Bioscience ethics facilitates free and accurate information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics. Its major elements are: increased understanding of biological systems; responsible use of technology; and curtailment of ethnocentric debates more in tune with new scientific insights. Subjects covered in this unit promote an increased awareness of self within the environment. Part I provides an overview of topics such as the treatment and causes of infertility, growth and maturation, parental behaviour, and neonate biology, and examines the effects of procreational biology on the foundation of human social structure. Part II deals with reproduction as it relates to health and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Irina Pollard
Prerequisites: 39cp(P)