21A.302J | Fall 2013 | Undergraduate

Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?

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Assignment to construct an essay that draws on specific, cross-cultural cases to make an argument that addresses the following questions: How does an institution’s perception/conception of a “population” shape the way that medical practices and technologies are applied toward that population? How do culture, history, politics, and economics influence these dynamics? To what degree do individuals have agency or power to resist or use technologies and interventions to further their own ends?

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