Biomedical Ethics

Evaluating ethics and ethical committees is on the rise in the health care industry, and there is a new job title emerging: ethicist. This role focuses on consulting leadership teams on policies and education to best approach future ethical issues.

Discuss the following questions with the class:

• What is a current biomedical ethics issue in health care that concerns you? Explain your answer.
• Do you feel the biomedical ethics issue is being handled appropriately? Explain your answer.