RS 325 PR - Spirituality & Ethics of Healthcare

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This course explores selected philosophical, spiritual and religious approaches to health and healthcare, including clinical medicine and public health, in an increasingly pluralistic world. Students will become familiar with some important issues in health care ethics, such as physician-assisted death right to refuse treatment and stem cell research. Topics in spirituality and religion will include ethical challenges associated with conflicting religious convictions, the spiritual complications associated with suffering, religious traditions surrounding significant healthcare life events such as birth, death and coming of age rites and tending to the spiritual needs of patients and their families.

Offered Fall

Prerequisite(s): Admission to ADN-MSN program or Consent of instructor