Medical Ethics Winter 2007

Monday 6:00 to 8:20 pm

A&S 113

And-For MU in the Evening Students:

Tuesday and Thursday 5:00 to 7:20 pm

A&S 104

 

Instructor: Bill Bondeson
401 Reynolds Alumni Center / 884-3128
Home: 445-9828
E-mail: BondesonW@missouri.edu

Grader: Alan Tomhave

E-mail: aetx35@mizzou.edu

Announcements

·  Link to databases available through the MU Health Sciences Library
(Note: To search some of these databases, you must be using a computer registered on campus because they recognize on-campus IP addresses only.)

·  Link to the AMA's website
This is an interesting site to visit, if you've never seen it!

The link to the journal assignments can be found below under "Assignments".

 

Syllabus
TEXT: INTERVENTION ANDREFLECTION Seventh Edition, by Ronald Munson

Class 1

Introduction
Notes: Introduction
Cases: Debbie Case

Class 2

Ethical Theories and Major Moral Principles pp. 744-792
Notes: Ethical Theories
Cases: Quill case

Class 3

Informed Consent and Research Ethics pp. 2-30
Readings: Cold War Radiation, p. 35, Willowbrook and Perhkopf, pp. 38-40,
Cases: Siamese Twins Case

Class 4

Informed Consent and Research Ethics
Notes: Informed Consent
Readings: Jonas, pp. 45-53,Goldby, etc., pp. 54-57, Ramsey, pp.57-61, Nuremburg Code, p. 61,Passamani, pp. 66-70, Buchanan, pp. 74-81, Singer, pp. 81-87, Cohen,pp. 88-94
Cases: TBA

Class 5

Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Notes: Physician Assisted Suicide
Readings: pp. 690-696, Oregon, p. 697, Dutch experience,p. 706, Gay-Williams, pp. 708-710, Callahan, pp. 711-715, Lachs, pp.716-719, Brock, pp. 723-729. AMA, pp. 730-32
Cases: TBA

Class 6

Dax's Case Film and video
Readings: pp. 101-103, pp. 135-38.

Class 7

Informed Consent and Advance Directives
Notes: Advanced Directives
Readings: Cruzan, pp. 701-703, Jecker, pp. 671-75, Fost, pp.676-680
Cases: Wanglie Case

Class 8

MID-TERM EXAM

 

Class 9

Physicians, Patients, and Others: Autonomy, Truth-telling, and Confidentiality
Notes: Privacy and Confidentiality
Readings: pp. 104-118, Twitchell, pp. 124-25, Brody, pp. 139-44, Capron, pp. 145-47,Robertson, pp. 148-153, Lipkin, pop. 154-55, Cullen, pp. 156-62.
Cases: Laud Humphreys Case, Australia Case, The Case of the Omniscient Organization, Tarasoff

Class 10

Impaired Infants
Notes: Impaired Infants
Readings: Baby Owens, pp. 632-34,Briefing, pp. 633-38, Baby Doe, pp. 643-45, Baby K, pp. 645-46,Robertson, pp. 647-652, Engelhardt, pp. 653-657, Gross, pp. 664-70.
Cases: Baby Owens, Baby Novick, Baby K video.

Class 11

Genetic Control
Notes: Genetics
Readings: pp. 274-300, Huntington's Disease, pp., 303-306, President's Council, pp. 314-318, Pontifical Acadamy, pp. 318, Wilson, pp. 319-321, Davis, pp 328-338, Purdy, pp. 338-344, Kass, pp. 344-351.

Class 12

Reproductive Control
Notes: Reproductive Control
Notes: Stem Cells
Readings: Stem Cells, pp. 365-385, Baby M, pp. 390-92, Congregation, p.393, Hanscomb, pp.401-404, Cohen, pp. 404-414, Klotzko, pp.414-418, (in Autonomy and Pregnancy in Chapter 2, Capron, pp.145-148, Robertson, pp.148-154), Kass, pp. 433-438, National Bioethics Commission, pp. 438-447.

Class 13

Scarce Medical Resources
Notes: Scarce Resources
Readings: pp. 452-471, Betaseron, pp. 474-475, Rescher, pp. 475-483, Kinsley, pp. 489-490, Phadke, pp. 490-493, Annas, pp. 493-498, Cohen, pp. 498-501.

Class 14

Health Care
Notes: Health Care
Readings: Health Care, pp. 507-529, President's Commission, pp. 529-537, Buchanan, pp. 537-542, Angell, pp. 542-546, Reinhardt, pp. 546-549.

Class 15

FINAL EXAM
Journals due (Honors: please clearly mark the additional entries).

Assignments

This information is available in alternative formats upon request.

Grading

The two tests and journal each count for 1/3 of your final grade. We use the plus/minus grading system.

Academic Dishonesty
Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and principles of a university. All members of the academic community must be confident that each person's work has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. Any effort to gain an advantage not given to all students is dishonest whether or not the effort is successful. The academic community regards academic dishonesty as an extremely serious matter, with serious consequences that range from probation to expulsion. When in doubt about plagiarism, paraphrasing, quoting, or collaboration, consult the course instructor.

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students with Disabilities
If you need accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform me immediately. Please see me privately after class, or at my office.
To request academic accommodations (for example, a note taker), students must also register with Disability Services, AO38 Brady Commons, 882-4696. It is the campus office responsible for reviewing documentation provided by students requesting academic accommodations, and for accommodations planning in cooperation with students and instructors, as needed and consistent with course requirements. Another resource, MU's Adaptive Computing Technology Center, 884-2828, is available to provide computing assistance to students with disabilities. For more information about the rights of people with disabilities, please see ada.missouri.edu or call 884-7278.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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