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Bioethics and Infectious Disease
BETH 741

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Description

This course will cover selected topics related to bioethics and infectious disease. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples of disease outbreaks in the US and abroad, we will consider how concepts like beneficence, human dignity, utility, individual liberty, solidarity, and equality inform decision-making with respect to individual wellbeing and population health. We will pay particular attention to the unique feature of contagion and examine how it generates complex and distinct challenges for bioethics. We will also consider the challenges of responding to potential or actual infectious disease outbreaks amid circumstances of fear, urgency, and uncertainty.

School Harvard Medical School
Credits 2
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Department Bioethics
Course Component Elective
Instruction Mode Online
Subject Bioethics
Grading Basis HMS Ordinal
Course Requirements This course is only open to HMS Masters in Bioethics students.
Curriculum Phase N/A
Visiting Clerks N/A
Course Type N/A