MA Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics

This degree uses specially designed online teaching materials to give you an in-depth understanding of professional ethics, and what they mean for practitioners in the biomedical and healthcare sectors.You ll learn about the ethical issues that arise across medicine and healthcare practice, but you ll also have the opportunity to specialise in areas that interest you or suit your career aspirations. You ll take modules on topics such as ethical issues at the beginning and end of life, autonomy and psychiatry, professional issues and allocating medical resources fairly, and focus on a topic of your choice to complete an independent dissertation.We re constantly developing the course and consulting with professionals working in the field, so our courses are informed by the most recent developments in practice. But you ll be guided by active researchers with expertise in teaching ethics across medical disciplines, giving you the chance to engage with the latest academic arguments and debates.