Overview
The ethical dimensions of major areas of contention and themes in health care and its provision such as beginning and end of life issues, resource allocation, animals and ethics, mental illness and ethics, new and emerging technologies, genetics and ethics.
BITC 404 Ethics and Health Care follows on from BITC 401 and goes into more detail regarding some of the main historical, contemporary and emerging issues of bioethics. A long, self-chosen essay topic allows students to explore an issue of interest in some depth.
About this paper
| Paper title | Ethics and Health Care |
|---|---|
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,498.25 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Eligibility
Entry to Bioethics postgraduate papers assumes that the student has completed an undergraduate degree or has completed BITC 301 Bioethics or a 300-level paper in a related subject (e.g. in Philosophy, Politics, Law, Health Sciences or Life Sciences).
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Convenor: Associate Professor Josephine Johnston
Module Teachers:
Dr. Simon Walker
Professor John McMillan
Associate Professor Josephine Johnston
Professor Neil Pickering
Dr. Elizabeth Fenton- Paper Structure
The paper has four modules (each lasting three weeks) covering topics such as:
- Ethical issues at the beginning of life, suffering
- Identity and end of life care
- Public Health Ethics
- Global Health Ethics
- Psychiatry, mental illness and Ethics
- Teaching Arrangements
The thirteen 2-hour audiovisual seminars from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm on Tuesdays in the second semester for BITC 404 are AV-linked.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper - readings will be provided via eReserve.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Understand the application of a range of ethical concepts to issues in health care
- Reflect critically upon those ethical concepts and arguments they are deployed to advance
- Critically analyse a range of bioethical concerns in health care
- Show knowledge of developing research in selected areas of health care ethics
- Identify and explore integrating themes emerging in these areas
- Develop a question and research, analyse, synthesise and present a reasoned set of arguments related to that question
Timetable
Overview
The ethical dimensions of major areas of contention and themes in health care and its provision such as beginning and end of life issues, resource allocation, animals and ethics, mental illness and ethics, new and emerging technologies, genetics and ethics.
BITC 404 Ethics and Health Care follows on from BITC 401 and goes into more detail regarding some of the main historical, contemporary and emerging issues of bioethics. A research essay allows students to explore a specific issue in depth.
About this paper
| Paper title | Ethics and Health Care |
|---|---|
| Subject | Bioethics |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Eligibility
Entry to Bioethics postgraduate papers assumes that the student has completed an undergraduate degree or has completed BITC 301 Bioethics or a 300-level paper in a related subject (e.g. in Philosophy, Politics, Law, Health Sciences or Life Sciences).
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Convener: Dr Taryn Knox
Module Teachers:
Dr Simon Walker
Dr Taryn Knox
Professor Neil Pickering
Dr Elizabeth Fenton- Paper Structure
This 30-point paper is expected to require approximately 30 hours per week for readings, seminars, and coursework over the semester.
The paper is broken into several modules covering a range of topics such as:
- Reproductive ethics
- Ethical issues in genetics and genomics
- End of life care
- Public Health Ethics
- Global Health Ethics
- Psychiatry, mental illness and ethics
- Teaching Arrangements
This distance learning paper is delivered fully online.
- Textbooks
All material will be available on Aoroa. There are no specific textbooks to be used for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Understand the application of a range of ethical concepts to issues in health care
- Reflect critically upon those ethical concepts and arguments that are deployed to advance
- Critically analyse a range of bioethical concerns in health care
- Show knowledge of developing research in selected areas of health care ethics
- Identify and explore integrating themes emerging in these areas
- Develop a question and research, analyse, synthesise and present a reasoned set of arguments related to that question