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Need an upper level or Arts & Humanities course? Consider:

Spring 2022

Philosophy of Medicine

Tuesday - Thursday 11:30am-12:45pm

PUP 105

Instructor: Dr. Jessica Pfeifer

This course explores fundamental questions about the nature of medical care and medical knowledge. It focuses on issues concerning the aims of medicine, our concepts and theories of health and disease, medical evidence and diagnosis, the patient-physician relationship, and a variety of ethical, political, and values questions about medical research and practice. These explorations touch on and draw from the tools of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, and public policy.

Pre-req: One course in philosophy with a grade of "C" or better or permission of instructor.