PHI 2635 HEALTH CARE ETHICS APPLIED 3 credits

"G" Prerequisites: (REA 0002 and ENC 0020) or (EAP 1695) or (appropriate score on the SPC placement test). This course is a practical overview of key issues, questions and concepts existing in the various health professions. Special emphases are placed on the historical development of ethical thinking, a variety of ethical approaches and on the multicultural aspects of health care ethics. The principles of ethical reasoning are applied to a wide range of issues related to the maintenance of life and human and non-human animal health. The moral and legal ramifications of human decisions regarding human and non-human animal life, bio-diversity and sustainability are examined. Students are provided an active learning experience, increased student interaction and opportunities for independent research into health care issues of professional interest, including the code of ethics for the students' particular health care profession. This course has substantial writing requirement. Credit is not given for both PHI 2635 and any of the following courses: PHI 1600, PHI 1603, PHI 1602H, PHI 1631, PHI 2621, PHI 2622, or PHI 2649. 47 contact hours.