Spirituality, Religion and Ethics in Contemporary Healthcare

Five consecutive Saturdays (10.30 am – 3.30 pm) starting 6 October 2012

This postgraduate module offers an academically rigorous and structured reflection on the subject of spirituality and its related themes from the fields of philosophy, theology and ethics.

It is designed to enable healthcare professionals and all those interested in the subject to expand their understanding of spiritual, religious and ethical issues which are not normally part of medical formation, and encourage the development of a critical overview of the growing body of literature on this complex field. It explores such concepts as: ‘the human person’, ‘the meaning of life’, ‘care’ and ‘justice’ and examines the bases of (and some difficulties with) the language of ‘human dignity’, ‘sickness’, ‘health’, ‘stigma’ and ‘vulnerability’.

This module is part of the College’s MA in Contemporary Ethics programme but it can be audited by anyone interested in studying the above themes. ‘Auditing students’ will be issued with a certificate of attendance. Those who wish to receive 40 MA credits will need to register as ‘visiting students’ and will need to successfully complete the full module assessment (two pieces of coursework and an end of year essay).

For more information about the module, its content and the assessment pattern, please contact Dr Anna Abram  a.abram@heythrop.ac.uk