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| Course ID: | JURI 5585/7585. 2-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bioethics | Course
Description: | Examination of the legal, ethical, and social problems generated
by advances in health, medicine, and biotechnology. Some of the
issues covered include human cloning and stem cell research,
gene-based therapies, death and dying, reproductive technologies,
experimentation with human subjects, and societal limits on
scientific developments. | | Oasis Title: | Bioethics | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JURI 5585E or JURI 7585E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | To familiarize students to the legal and philosophical
underpinnings of bioethics and the current major topics in the
field. In addition, provide students with the ability to
describe and analyze various principles and approaches to
bioethics in healthcare, law and public policy. | | Topical Outline: | 1. Philosophical/ethical constructs in bioethics
2. Legal constructs in bioethics
3. End of life issues
4. Reproductive technology
5. Humans as research subjects
6. Genetic-based medicine
7. Cloning and stem cell research
8. Societal constraints on science | |
| Course ID: | JURI 5585E/7585E. 2-3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Bioethics |
Course
Description: | Examination of the legal, ethical, and social problems generated by advances in health, medicine, and biotechnology. Some of the issues covered include human cloning and stem cell research, gene-based therapies, death and dying, reproductive technologies, experimentation with human subjects, and societal limits on scientific developments. |
| Oasis Title: | Bioethics |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JURI 5585 or JURI 7585 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To familiarize students with the legal and philosophical underpinnings of bioethics and the current major topics in the field. In addition, provide students with the ability to describe and analyze various principles and approaches to bioethics in healthcare, law, and public policy. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Philosophical/ethical constructs in bioethics
2. Legal constructs in bioethics
3. End-of-life issues
4. Reproductive technology
5. Humans as research subjects
6. Genetic-based medicine
7. Cloning and stem cell research
8. Societal constraints on science |
| Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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