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PHIL 432Medical and Health Care Ethics

3 credits · Philosophy · Penn State

This course examines ethical, social, legal, and policy issues related to the research, implementation, and practice of medicine, medical technologies, and healthcare. It uses secular ethical theories, frameworks, and concepts, as well as health/medical humanities methodologies.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “fifth-semester standing”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (4)

  • Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Minor
  • Business and the Liberal Arts, Minor
  • Ethics, Minor
  • Philosophy, B.S.