CEBI 0931 - Medical Bioethics in the Movies

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Brown University

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Ethics seek to define the gap in society between what CAN be done and what SHOULD be done. Ethical frameworks are constantly changing and adapting based upon the prevailing conditions and attitudes in the society and the emergence of new ethical dilemmas, often posed by the development of new technologies. This has been particularly important in the development of medical bioethics. This course will use cinematic tools such as character and plot development, scene setting, and narrative framing to examine a range of principles and topics in contemporary medical ethics. The aim of this course is to define the technology and philosophy that underlies societal and medical postures on ethical dilemmas and to foster discussion and debate concerning these stances and how they have changed in the past and might change in the future. We will also examine real life medical case studies to highlight how ethics relates to practice.

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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