The Ethics of Biomedicine

The Ethics of Biomedicine

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Syllabus

a. The basic theories, principles, and concepts within biomedical ethics.

b. How to identify ethical problems within biomedicine.

c. How to perform an analysis of an ethical problem within biomedicine.

d. How to coherently argue for and against courses of action on how to deal with an ethical problem within biomedicine.

e. How to reflect on one’s own and others’ values and norms within biomedicine.

f. What are the specific ethical issues related to medical research.

g. What are the specific ethical issues related to global justice and biomedicine.

h. What are the specific ethical issues related to drug development and biomedicine.

i. What are the specific ethical issues related to biobankning.

j. What are the specific ethical issues related to contemporary genetics and ethics.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Niklas Juth
Associate Professor
KIx: Karolinska Institutet

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