MA in Bioethics
MA in Bioethics
MA in Bioethics
Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics
Postgraduate Certificate in Bioethics
Everyday, it seems, some new medical ethical problem appears in the news: whether to do with resource allocation or withdrawing treatment, assisting suicide or human cloning. There is an obvious need for people, and especially for healthcare professionals and teachers, to be informed about these issues.
To address this need, St Mary's University College has established a Postgraduate Programme in Bioethics. The discipline of bioethics addresses ethical issues related to medicine, life sciences, and associated technologies as applied to human beings, taking into account their social, legal, environmental and spiritual dimensions.
The primary aim of the programme is to promote respect for human dignity and respect for the life of human beings through the provision of a thorough academic understanding of the major issues and competing schools of contemporary bioethics. The perspective of the course is strongly influenced by the Hippocratic Oath. This corresponds closely to the traditional stance of Judaism and Christianity on medical ethics.
The programme also draws on international declarations such as the Declaration of Geneva (1947), the Declaration of Helsinki (1964) and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005).
"This is an excellent programme in which the highest confidence can be placed. Its aim of giving a grounding in the ethical principles of medicine as understood in the Hippocratic/Judaeo-Christian tradition make it unique in the United Kingdom." Dr Robert Song, Durham University |
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