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GSAS 515 - (2-3) (S)
Introduction to Clinical Ethics
An introduction to the ethical problems most frequently encountered in a
clinical setting. It is especially offered to Nursing School M.A.
students, and Law School students. For spring semester, this course is
required for first-year medical students.
GSAS 601, 602 - (1-4) (S)
Selected Topics
Pathophysiology and Clinical Knowledge is one of the offerings under
selected topics. It is a course for non-clinicians in anatomy, medical
terminology, and clinical reasoning.
GSAS 710 - (3) (Y)
Research Ethics
Reviews the history and central issues of research involving human
subjects, as well as reforms needed in current regulations and
practices. The course concludes with five one-hour sessions on research
fraud and its prevention.
GSAS 802 - (3) (S)
Ethics and Public Policy in Health Care
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This interdisciplinary and interprofessional seminar, involving both
faculty and students from various graduate and professional schools in
the University, examines several issues in health care from the
standpoint of the relations of ethics and public policy. It focuses on
the ethical principles and values that are invoked in debates about
public policies regarding health care (e.g., technology assessment,
research involving human subjects, and national health insurance).
GSAS 806 - (2) (Y)
Health Care Law and the Clinical Encounter
Addresses legal issues embedded in clinical ethical problems and surveys
the legal and regulatory environment in patient care today.
GSAS 812 - (5) (Y)
Cell Structure and Function
A beginning graduate course in molecular cell biology examining the
functional organization of eukaryotic cells and the interactions of cells
with their surroundings. General and specialized forms of cell signalling
are discussed, and events involved in regulating cell proliferation and
differentiation are emphasized. Four and one-half lecture hours.
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