Health care practice has been complicated over the last half century by progress in medical science and technology, and by societal transition from the paternalistic model of medical decision-making to an approach based on respect for patient autonomy. Any student preparing to enter a healthcare profession or a health-related field (e.g. Nursing, Social Work, Medicine, Dentistry, etc.) would benefit from classroom exposure to the issues they will face and the conceptual resources available for navigating them. This program aims at this by linking the fundamental theoretical considerations covered in philosophy ethics courses with the clinical realities explored in such fields such as gerontology, nursing, sociology, and women’s studies. 

The certificate in Interdisciplinary Health Care Ethics (IHCE) will link courses that, in different disciplinary contexts, engage subject matter relevant to ethical decision-making in contemporary health care practice. 

The program will consist of two FCEs:
a) PHIL 2511 Biomedical Ethics; and,
b) 1.5 FCEs electives, any 3 courses from the list below:

PHIL 1571 Contemporary Moral Issues 
GERO 1110 Aging, Health, and Wellbeing 
GERO 2110 Overview of Dementia Studies 
GERO 2010 Introduction to Palliative Care 
GERO/PHIL 3011 Death 
NURS/GERO 2139 Gerontology 
NURS 3250 Community Cancer Care 
SOCI 3122 Sociology of Mental Disorder
SOCI 4010 Critical Public Health
WOME 4214/SOCJ 5214 Regulating Reproduction and Families
WOME 3214 -Queer Studies

*Courses can be taken at any year level and in any order.