Graduate Certificate of Bioethics

Monash University

Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues raised by advances in scientific knowledge and technical ability in medicine, genetics and biological sciences. It addresses moral issues in topics such as: life and death decision-making in the context of healthcare, health related social policies and laws and the role of technology in promoting collective and individual wellbeing.The Graduate Certificate of Bioethics is particularly well suited if you are a health care professional or scientist who faces complex ethical issues in your working life, if you are involved in the development of public policy and law, or if you are wishing to explore issues of public concern. The course has been designed in ways to suit both those with little or no prior educational background in ethics or philosophy, and philosophy graduates with an interest in further studies of bioethics.