Justin Oakley (on campus); Justin Oakley (distance education)
8 points
* 2 hours per week (on-campus students)
*
First semester
* Clayton
* Distance education students can take this
subject in either semester
* Prerequisite: CHB5101 or equivalent
Objectives As for CHB4203, with the additional objective of making informed judgments and be able to defend on the basis of argument, informed judgements about the ethics of certain ways of acting in ethically sensitive areas of patient care.
Synopsis As for CHB4203.
Assessment Essay (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (2500
words): 40%
* Take-home exam (2000 words): 40%
* Distance education
students are also required to keep a journal, recording their work for each
topic.
Prescribed texts
Beauchamp T L and Childress J F Principles of biomedical ethics 4th edn, OUP, 1994
Recommended texts
Gorovitz S and others (eds) Moral problems in medicine
Prentice-Hall, 1983
A book of readings will also be provided by the centre.
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