Course 3 hours

NURS 3340 Health Care Ethics

2026-2027 Course Catalog

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Course description

This introduction to the study of ethics uses primary sources for the analysis of present day ethical dilemmas in health care.  The course examines some of the prominent moral principles and systems of the western tradition from Aristotle to the present and how those principles are applied to issues in health care ethics. The course is over an 8-week period.
Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing

Archway Curriculum: Essential Connections: Writing Instructive
Archway Curriculum: Integrative Core: Human Health and Disease Thread

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