University of Manchester - An Introduction to Medical Ethics: The Impact of Disability Screening
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Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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- Ethics play an important role in healthcare, and need to be considered by health professionals and patients alike. On this course, you will get a practical introduction to ethics, and develop the reasoning skills needed to deal with ethical questions.
- You will build your understanding of these issues by examining the ethics of prenatal screening for disabilities, like Down Syndrome and deafness. You will also gain an introduction to bioethics and the development of medical technologies to use in health services.
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What is medical ethics?
Welcome to the course
What is ethics and why is it important?
Law and ethics
Case study: selecting for deafness
Defending your positions: When intuition is not enough
Welcome to week 2
Defending your ethical answer
Unconscious bias
The 'ABC Approach' to defending ethical positions
An Ethical Toolkit ? defending your position further
Welcome to week 3
Concepts in medical ethics
Evaluating your arguments
Harm and disability
Screening for Down?s Syndrome ? applying what you?ve learned
Welcome to week 4
Case study: Ethical controversy about screening in pregnancy for Down?s Syndrome
A focus on harm
The Non-Identity Problem
Wrapping up
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