REL 352 - Biomedical Issues

Institution:

La Salle University

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Description:

3 credits Concentration Option or Patterns 2 or A study of health care delivery as an American institution, with the tensions caused by ever increasing technology, the pressures of the market, and American culture's extreme emphasis upon individualism, the downgrading of the religious emphasis upon caring for the whole person, as well as the refusal to set limits. After surveying the contemporary plight of the medical profession, the course will examine dilemmas resulting from informed consent, death and dying, defective newborns, reproductive technologies, epidemics and AIDS. It will explore issues involved with stem cell research, abortion, and cloning. The new field of genetics and what it holds for diagnosis will be examined, and the problems and perils of research. No previous background in science is required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lasalle.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 951-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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