Study Group Details
889: Contemporary Issues in Medical Ethics
Wednesday11:45 - 1:15
Starting October 04
In-Person
This course offers an introduction to core issues in medical ethics. Among the questions addressed are: What do patients have the right to know to make informed decisions about their health care? When do doctors have a duty to break confidentiality? When and how can patients and families refuse unwanted medical interventions near the end of life? Who should receive scarce life-saving resources such as a ventilator during a public-health emergency like a pandemic? This class will provide an interdisciplinary framework for thinking about these and other questions in medical ethics. Class sessions will emphasize interactive, case-based discussion. Recommended reading for each session will be approximately 20 pages.
Recorded: NO
This study group is a repeat with revisions
Class Type: Reading and Discussion
Class Format: In-Person
Hours of Reading: 1-2 hrs/week
Study Group Leader(s):
Robert Olick
Robert S. Olick, JD, PhD in bioethics, has taught medical ethics for more than two decades as a member of the faculties of SUNY Upstate Medical University and the University of Iowa Colleges of Medicine and Law. His approach to bioethics is interdisciplinary, drawing on training and experience in law, bioethics, and public policy.