719: Ethics Religion and Medicine

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Identify and discuss the major issues associated with the debate about whether health professionals may refuse to provide treatments to which they object on moral grounds
2. Describe and evaluate the survey presented in this course of physician’s attitudes on this issue
3. Discuss the roles of religion and the law in formulating a health-care professional’s attitudes regarding these issues
4. Explain the importance of patients being aware of their physician’s views on controversial medical procedures and practices
5. Identify and discuss some of the more controversial issues raised in the “cases” section of this course

(118 pages)