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PHIL-3324: Biomedical Ethics

Description: Philosophical analysis of ethical issues in medicine and biotechnology, such as problems arising in connection with the relations between physicians and patients, the challenges of cultural diversity, practices surrounding human and animal research, decisions about end of life care, embryonic stem cell research, genetic engineering, biotechnological human enhancement, and social justice in relation to health-care policy.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 42

Average GPA: 3.55 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.77%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.15%

Justin M Horn202472.6%18.7%4.5%1.4%1.2%1.6%3.568
Short Hannah R Wildman202474.2%19.0%4.5%0.8%0.8%0.6%3.6025
Jordan Mackenzie202077.5%21.0%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.642
Tristram Mcpherson201525.2%56.6%13.6%0.0%2.0%2.6%3.023
David Faraci201323.8%50.0%16.7%4.8%0.0%4.8%2.991
Jacob Stegenga201130.7%46.2%13.5%0.0%1.9%7.7%3.111
Souza Charles R De2021100.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941
Melissa R Schwartz2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001

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