Description: Lecture, three to four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Course 155A is not requisite to 155B. Intensive investigation of one or two topics or philosophical issues in medical ethics, such as paternalism, truth-telling, physician-patient relationship, distributional justice, autonomy and medical decision making, and research ethics. Topics announced each term. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 4.0