PHIL 3010
Health Care Ethics
Students will study various ethical and meta-ethical theories and will apply them to moral dilemmas in health care at the clinical, professional, and organizational levels. They will analyze various case studies that will help them develop competence in moral reasoning as it relates to personal, professional, and societal values - including (but not restricted to) the abortion and euthanasia debates, patient autonomy and the right to refuse treatment, two-tier health care, allocation of scarce resources, patient abuse and management of patient behaviour, alternative therapies, and the patient-caregiver relationship. Note: This course is intended for Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and required for Bachelor of Science in Health Science and Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Health Science degree programs. It will not count as upper-level PHIL credits for Philosophy BA degree programs.