Masters of Arts in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics
This 30-credit Master of Arts program can be completed in as little as one year, depending on start time
Why Stony Brook?
Programs addressing bioethics all too often focus exclusively on ethical dilemmas in healthcare and the life sciences without adequately attending to the patient's illness experience. At Stony Brook, we devote equal attention to medical humanities, the dynamic of compassionate care and bioethics.
Our innovative program from the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics provides students with a comprehensive overview of the paradigm cases and approaches to bioethics. We add to this an examination of the philosophical and spiritual traditions that inform contemporary debates. Students also learn about the human capacity for compassion that underlies effective clinical care. Finally through engagement in the medical humanities, our students enhance their capacity to respond to the patient as a person.
This program, which serves students from a wide range of disciplines and professional backgrounds, builds on a commitment to medical humanism and ethics that has defined education for Stony Brook students.
Program at a Glance
- Evening courses
- Full-time and part-time study options with flexible start terms
- Small class sizes with most courses meeting in-person
- 30 credits
- Ranked #6 in the 2027 Best Bioethics/Medical Ethics Master's Degree Schools (by College Factual)
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Program Faculty
Recognizing the need for an interdisciplinary approach to education, our faculty includes experts in Disability Studies, Ethics, History, Law, Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and the Social Sciences. Several of our faculty integrate perspectives from the humanities with their experience as healthcare providers.
Course Information
Our commitment to an integrative approach is embodied by the courses we offer.
- Compassionate Care, Medical Humanities, and the Illness Experience
- Landmark Cases in Bioethics
- Traditions and Values in Bioethical Conflicts
- Three Special Topics Courses: Bioethics, Biotechnology, Medical Humanities
- Capstone Course
- Literature, Compassion and Medical Care
- Bioethics, Disability and Community
- Altruism and Bioethics
- Disease and Society
- Health Policy, History, Ethics
- Bioethics and Film
- Independent Study
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