BTHX5000
BTHX 5000 - Topics in Bioethics (1-4 Cr.) Topics Course
Bioethics, Center for (11362)
TAHS - Academic Health Center Shared
BTHX 5000 - Topics in Bioethics (1-4 Cr.) Topics Course
Course description
Two related movements have emerged in American health care. The first is an emphasis on medical enhancement, or the use of medical technologies to improve the looks, performance, and psychological well-being of people who are healthy. The second is the submission of the American health care system to the machinery of consumer capitalism. This seminar will use an interdisciplinary set of texts to explore the implications of medical consumerism. How is the consumerist model of medicine shaping our concepts of disease and disability? What larger historical developments have led to our current situation? How are the tools of medical enhancement shaping the way we think about our identities and the way we live our lives? Teaching modality: In-Person Classes.
Minimum credits
1
Maximum credits
4
Is this course repeatable?
Yes
What is the maximum number of completions allowed?
2
What is the maximum number of credits that can be earned from this course?
8
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Requirements
000017
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Fall & Spring