NURS 03309 - Topics in Health Care Ethics

Institution:

Rowan University

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Description:

Students in this nursing course will examine moral dilemmas created or intensified by recent advances in medical technology and study ways of analyzing those dilemmas. Discussion topics include: euthanasia and the right to die, abortion, behavior modification, allocation of scarce medical resources, in vitro fertilization, genetic screening and engineering and human experimentation. These moral dilemmas will be related to nursing.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rowan.edu

Phone Number:

(856) 256-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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