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Health Care Ethics, Minor

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Saint Louis University's minor in health care ethics allows students to examine some of the ethical questions that arise in the complex health care system. Students will discuss the definition of death, how to allocate donated organs, what is considered a disease and when to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.

Students pursuing the minor must take Foundations in Clinical Health Care Ethics (HCE 2010) before or at the same time as any 4000-level courses. Two of the five courses for the minor must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Course List
Code Title Credits
Introductory Courses
Select one of the following:3
HCE 2010
Foundations in Clinical Health Care Ethics
Elective Courses12
HCE 3010
Ethics in Clinical Medicine
HCE 3030
Disability Studies: Medicine, Ethics, and Policy
HCE 3040
Mindfulness & the Ethics of Healthcare
HCE 3050
Bioethics in Popular Culture
HCE 3100
Public Health & Social Justice
HCE 3200
Freaks and the Medical Body
HCE 3220
The Desire to Dissect: Philosophical History of Anatomical Dissection
HCE 3250
God in the Clinic? Exploring the Tension Between Spirituality and Health Care
HCE 3300
Bioethics + Human Nature Film
HCE 4200
Warriors and Medics
HCE 4210
Controversies in Death and Dying
HCE 4220
Controversies in Reproductive and Pediatric Ethics
HCE 4240
Ethics and Geriatric Care
HCE 4250
Law and Bioethics
HCE 4260
Race and Research Ethics
HCE 4270
Controversies in Organ Donation
HCE 4280
Controversies in Neuroethics
HCE 4980
Independent Study
Students may take one Elective outside of the center:
PHIL 2050
Ethics
ENGL 3730
Introduction to Medical Humanities, Literature
ENGL 3740
Medicine and Literature
NURS 4814
Ethics in Nursing and Health Care
PHIL 3360
Medical Ethics
THEO 2510
Christian Ethics
THEO 2525
Theological Bioethics: Medicine and Morality
Total Credits15

Continuation Standards

A student must maintain a GPA in coursework for the minor in health care ethics of at least 2.00.

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