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The legal regulation of medical science and biotechnology will be explored, particularly in connection with controversial procedures such as genetic testing, assisted suicide, research on human subjects, and the cloning of human tissue. Students will read court opinions deciding whether a patient’s consent is fully informed and effective, who owns frozen embryos when a marriage is dissolved, whether results of genetic testing may be kept private and confidential, and so forth. Throughout the semester, students will be encouraged to explore and discuss the ways in which law, ethics, and morality intertwine in the regulation of medicine and biotechnology.
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