PL 541 Philosophy of Health Science: East and West (Spring: 3)
Satisfies Cultural Diversity Core Requirement
This course will explore the underlying ethical suppositions of health care
practice. Starting from concrete clinical problems such as the care of the
elderly and the influence of technology, the course will attempt to draw
out the philosophical assumptions of health care practice and show the necessity
of an appropriate philosophical perspective in the resolution of day-to-day
ethical dilemmas in health care. A close examination of medical practice,
from Hippocratic regimen to high-tech medicine, will be undertaken. As a
counterpoint, another ancient medical tradition from India, of about 500
B.C., will be studied.
Pramod B. Thaker
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