ENRH 152 MEDICINE & THE END OF LIFE
We will all remember the first patient who dies under our care. This course intends to provide an overview of what it means to live, to die, and to mourn in our dual positions as people who will interact frequently with death both personally and professionally. Topics will cover how we define, approach, and care for both life and death from biomedical, sociological, cultural, religious, artistic, legal and ethical standpoints. We discuss issues ranging from the ethics of life-prolonging treatment and physicians’ suicide, to violence and human rights violations, to religious understandings and artistic depictions of the end of life.