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Fundamental changes in society brought about by science and technology have affected human relationships and practices in often unpredictable ways. Bioscience ethics facilitates free and accurate information transfer from applied science to applied bioethics. To this end, the unit integrates economic and ethical impact of scientific and technological change with a review of short-term costs and benefits counter balanced by long-term health and environmental implications. Lecture topics include the treatment and causes of infertility, growth and maturation, parental behaviour and neonate biology and examines the effects of procreational biology on the foundation of human social structure. Other topics emphasizing life-style factors include the physiology of stress, the state of wellbeing, human dominated ecosystems and global responsibility. The unit is inclusive of background and will be of interest to those wishing to increase awareness of self in an environmental/social context.
Laboratory work will be carried out in block practical sessions for both internal and external students and are compulsory.