Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.
In the rapidly changing world of healthcare, complex ethical issues arise from interpersonal interactions between patients and clinicians to broad controversies that propel medicine into headline news. This course will examine ethical challenges in contemporary medicine, healthcare, and biomedical research from the bedside to health policy. Using case-vignettes, news stories, narratives, and readings from the healthcare, ethics, and social science literature we will examine issues from multiple vantage points. A range of topics will be explored including the patient-clinician relationship, heath care decision-making, issues at the beginning and end-of-life, technological advances, human experimentation, healthcare systems, and distributive justice. The course will also examine the fluidity of normative ethical boundaries, and how context and point of reference influence our perceptions of and approach to ethical issues.
Distribution Requirements (D-AG, ETH-AG, KCM-AG), (ETM-AS, SCD-AS)
Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA
Regular Academic Session.Choose one lecture and one discussion.
Combined with:
STS 2051
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits
Graded(Letter grades only)
Class Number & Section Details
10595BSOC 2051 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited by College to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores; first-year students by permission of instructor.
If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/TtkQ18p4xbPmsg5b7.
Class Number & Section Details
10596BSOC 2051 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10597BSOC 2051 DIS 202
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10598BSOC 2051 DIS 203
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10599BSOC 2051 DIS 204
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10600BSOC 2051 DIS 205
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10601BSOC 2051 DIS 206
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10602BSOC 2051 DIS 207
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10603BSOC 2051 DIS 208
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10604BSOC 2051 DIS 209
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class Number & Section Details
10605BSOC 2051 DIS 210
Meeting Pattern
F
Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Prentice, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
