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BETH 508 – Clinical Topics in Bioethics
This course enables students to develop a clinical specialization in Bioethics. It
prepares them to serve on hospital ethics committees and to provide formal and informal
ethics consultations in hospitals and other clinical settings. One important component of
the course is contextualized learning and observation in clinical externships at Kansas
City hospitals and other health-care facilities. Students may not earn credit for both
BETH 508 and 507.
3 semester credits
BETH 509 – Independence Study: Core Replacement
This independent study opportunity enables students to complete one of the required
courses at a time when it is not being offered as a group class.
3 semester credits
BETH 510 – Selected Topics (E)
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair
This elective course explores various topics and issues in bioethics as identified by
the Bioethics Department. May be repeated for credit with different topics up to a
maximum of 12 semester hours.
BETH 511 – Bioethics and Globalization (E)
This elective course explores global health care and emerging bioethical issues. It
begins with a comparative survey of different national health-care plans, examining a
range of approaches from universal coverage to laissez-faire approaches. It will also
explore the challenge of providing healthcare in areas of severe poverty, focusing
especially on conditions such as hunger and malnutrition, malaria and HIV/AIDS.
Finally, the course will explore the internationalization of health care, including topics
such as “medical tourism” and the increasing use of off-shore medical service.
3 semester credits
BETH 512 – Environmental Quality, Human Health and Bioethics (E)
There is increasing evidence that a malicious inter-relationship exists between
environmental problems and human health. Reports of the relationship between the
release of industrial chemicals into the environment and rapidly increasing child
development problems are an illustration of this emerging problem. The interplay
between environmental problems and human health raises new issues and new
challenges for bioethics. This elective course will explore these new dimensions of
bioethics and their implications for medicine, health care and public policy. Course
requirements will include a final research paper.
3 semester credits
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