Biomedical Ethics OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Undergraduate Biomedical Ethics Class
New medical technologies offer ethical challenges to bio-medical researchers and health care practitioners. 'Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good,' a free course offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), provides an introduction to the anthropological study of bio-medical ethics. This OpenCourseWare from MIT is aimed at undergraduate students whose major or minor is Anthropology.
Dilemmas in Bio-medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good' Course Specifics
| Degree Level | Free | Audio | Video | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Lectures/Notes | Study Materials | Tests/Quizzes |
|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No |
Dilemmas in Bio-medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good' Course Description
This OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks at the ethical challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of these technologies. Case studies focus on issues, such as abortion, organ transplantation, cloning and end-of-life care. These issues shed light on the ethical foundations of western bio-medicine. The course looks at such issues from anthropological, cross-cultural, political, religious, legal and feminist perspectives. MIT Professor Erica James teaches this free undergraduate bio-medical ethics course. This MIT OpenCourseWare about bio-medical ethics includes detailed lecture notes, paper assignments and examples of students' papers.
If you are interested in taking this free course, visit the 'Dilemmas in Bio-medical Ethics' course page.
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