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...professors that are probably most aware of the apparent ethics boom among undergraduates are Dyck, and Stanley J. Reiser, assistant professor of the History of Medicine. Their course, Hum 130, on "Problems in Medical Ethics," has registered the most phenomenal growth in enrollment, drawing 315 students this year, compared to 180 the last time it was offered...
...Hum 130, a course begun at the Medical School in 1974, attempts to acquaint students with health care issues such as bereavement, abortion, illness and birth, through readings in philosophy, ethics and medicine, as well as through case discussions...
Dyck says the popularity of Hum 130 among undergraduates is a result of a "tremendous surge of interest" in medical ethics that has been growing over the past several years...
Reiser says that in Hum 130, "Those who want to go into the medical professions get to see another dimension beyond science requirements. They see the stuff and substance of a doctor's life...
Students in Hum 130 enroll in the course for a variety of reasons, yet few of those questioned expressed ethical considerations as their primary motivation...