Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Case 7 Cosmetic Surgery (8 - 10 Feb)
Discuss this case more thoroughly, yet still informally with significant engagement of your classmates' responses. Make an initial post by 8 Feb then respond to at least two of your classmates by 10 Feb.
Cases 5 Elder Pt (5Feb)
Assess this case and the questions at the end of the case by paying particular attention to what a Virtue Ethicist and Ross would say about it. Respond to one of your classmate's posts.
Case 25 Anencephalic newborns (3Feb)
Answer the questions at the end of the case. Use the Principles of Bioethics and Ethics of Care as particular points of view to assess the case.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Health
General
Personalized Health
- al Jazeera coverage on "health" http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/health.html
- See also NYTimes Health RSS feed on main blog page. Comment here on cases/issues/questions.
Personalized Health
- Obama to Request Research Funding for Treatments Tailored to Patients’ DNA - NYTimes.com 25Jan15 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/us/obama-to-request-research-funding-for-treatments-tailored-to-patients-dna.html?referrer=
- Response to Obama's request ‘Moonshot’ Medicine Will Let Us Down - NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/opinion/moonshot-medicine-will-let-us-down.html?referrer=
End of Life (ongoing through Feb)
1Feb15 Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal - NYTimes.com
- see other post re: Atul Gawande's Being Mortal
- Hasting Center's Guidelines to End of Life care:
- executive summary at: http://www.hastingscenterguidelines.org/executive-summary/
- http://www.hastingscenterguidelines.org
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Ethical Theory (for 27-30 Jan)
A. Respond to the trolley problem (from the first Sandel video) from the point of view of one of your theories. Each of you take a different theory; first-come, first-served on your choice of theory. By Tuesday 27 January.
B. I've graded your quizzes. What questions do you have now? Would you mind posting what you got wrong on your quiz for the group so we can discuss those issues? (Don't worry about your grade -- it is just a small part of your Quiz grade, and that's a small part of your overall grade. What's important is that you come to understand the various theories more deeply and fully. We'll learn as we apply them, but you probably have some questions about your own comprehension and we should try to address those basic issues now.) You seem to be getting the basics of ethical theory, but must still have questions. Please ask them here. By Friday 30 January.
- Act-utilitarian
- Rule-utilitarian
- Kant
- virtue ethics
- ethics of care
- rights
- Ross' Principles
- Principles of Bioethics
B. I've graded your quizzes. What questions do you have now? Would you mind posting what you got wrong on your quiz for the group so we can discuss those issues? (Don't worry about your grade -- it is just a small part of your Quiz grade, and that's a small part of your overall grade. What's important is that you come to understand the various theories more deeply and fully. We'll learn as we apply them, but you probably have some questions about your own comprehension and we should try to address those basic issues now.) You seem to be getting the basics of ethical theory, but must still have questions. Please ask them here. By Friday 30 January.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Case 14 (week of MLK)
Read Case 14. Answer the questions here, but answer from a Utilitarian point of view.
Case 3 (for MLK week)
Read the case. Respond to the questions at the end of the case here. Then respond to one of your classmate's postings.
Being Mortal / Atul Gawande (by 20 Feb)
This is the name of a new book, which we are reading for the course. It is also the name
of a new Frontline episode. Here's a trailer for the video:
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365349267/
17Feb15
* What has surprised you in chpts 1-4?
* What is the role of medicine? How should it address aging and dying? Gawande says they are unfixable. Does that mean there is nothing to do about them?
Answer the following questions about the video.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/
1) What was the most optimistic part/message of the video?
2) Using your reading from a few weeks ago (pp. 74-82 on Dr-pt. models), discuss what kind of model was at play between the doctors and patients in Being Mortal.
17Feb15
* What has surprised you in chpts 1-4?
* What is the role of medicine? How should it address aging and dying? Gawande says they are unfixable. Does that mean there is nothing to do about them?
Answer the following questions about the video.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/
1) What was the most optimistic part/message of the video?
2) Using your reading from a few weeks ago (pp. 74-82 on Dr-pt. models), discuss what kind of model was at play between the doctors and patients in Being Mortal.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Current Events
*new* 4Feb15 HC
NYTimes: A Path for Precision Medicine
The budget President Obama sent to Congress would
establish a coordinated way for researchers to get genetic and clinical data on
a million people.
*new* PAS 4Feb15
NYTimes: Lawsuit Seeks to Legalize Doctor-Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients in NY
Under New York State law, any doctor who helps a
terminally ill patient die by providing a fatal dose of medication can be
prosecuted under the manslaughter statute.
*new* Vaccines 4Feb15
NYTimes: Spreading Along With Measles: Polarization on a Hot-Button Issue
Extensive news coverage has helped fuel a backlash
against the anti-vaccine movement that is likely to be counterproductive.
*new* Genetic Engineering 4Feb15
NYTimes: Britain Set to Approve Technique to Create Babies From 3 People
*new* Genetic Engineering 4Feb15
NYTimes: Britain Set to Approve Technique to Create Babies From 3 People
The House of Commons voted to allow the in vitro creation
of embryos using the DNA of three people, a procedure that could prevent the
inheritance of genetic diseases.
20Jan Belgium's euthanasia law gives terminally ill children the right to die | PBS NewsHour
New law in Belgium allows terminally ill children the right to die
Q: do you think it is morally acceptable to allow dying children the right to assisted suicide?
20Jan Belgium's euthanasia law gives terminally ill children the right to die | PBS NewsHour
New law in Belgium allows terminally ill children the right to die
Q: do you think it is morally acceptable to allow dying children the right to assisted suicide?
Story about a 17 year old who doesn't want to have chemotherapy
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/08/375659085/can-connecticut-force-a-teenage-girl-to-undergo-chemotherapy
Q: what do you think should happen?
Friday, January 9, 2015
Reactions to The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
More info on the film
- http://www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly
- http://www.salon.com/2008/02/23/diving_bell_2/
What questions do you have? What was your favorite scene? What "lessons" do you take away from the film? What surprised you? What made you sad? Make an original post, then come back and comment on 2 of your classmates' posts.
Introductions
Who are you and what do you expect from this class? Please write 4-5 sentences about yourself, including academic, career, and personal goals relevant to our course in biomedical ethics (why you are in school, what you like to study, where you work/volunteer/spend your time, other relevant experience, something interesting about you, etc.)
Then please ask questions and/or comment on the posts of at least two of your classmates. Let's get to know each other.
Then please ask questions and/or comment on the posts of at least two of your classmates. Let's get to know each other.
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