
Courses
Check out our courses offered at the University of Waterloo to jump start your understanding of the end-of-life experience.
Search By Course
-
MEDVL 391
- May 7, 2020 Ars Moriendi: Death and Dying in the Middle Ages
-
PHIL 319J
- May 28, 2019 Ethics of End -Of-Life Care
-
PHIL 321J
- May 6, 2020 Philosophy of Palliative Care

Ethics of End -Of-Life Care
What options does a person reaching the end of life have and how can they best be cared for? How can we balance patient autonomy with the expertise of the health-care provider and the demands of the health-care system? This course will help students think philosophically and critically about issues like these in their cultural, historical, and legal context. Specific topics may include consent, human dignity, euthanasia, refusal or withdrawal of treatment, palliative care and holistic patient care, pluralism and diverse understandings of dying, and treatment of the elderly.