MCE5213 Regulation and ethics in assisted reproductive technologies

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Recognise the role of ethics in health care and legal decision-making and apply ethical frameworks and principles when analysing conflicts and solving problems;

2. 2

   Evaluate and compare the diverse and often conflicting views about current ART practices present in local and world communities,

3. 3

   Apply an ethical framework when interpreting specific legal and ethical issues, such as gamete and embryo donation, embryo experimentation, surrogacy, cloning, stem cell research, genetic selection and manipulation;

4. 4

   Recognise the social and ethical responsibilities as a health care professional and with regard to patient care

5. 5

   Be able to describe the current major legislative and non-legislative schemes for regulating ART in Australia and have some knowledge of how the Australian situation compares with other countries;

6. 6

   Argue for and against ethical concerns raised by current and future ART practices