Department of Religion and Classics
Ethical Decisions in Medicine
REL 290 | PHL 225
Department of Religion and Classics
Ethical Decisions in Medicine
REL 290 | PHL 225
This is a WebCT course. Registered students can find additional information and features at http://webct.rochester.edu
In addition to suggestions for writing the papers and lecture aids, there is a discussion group and links to interesting bioethics sites.
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, Beauchamp and Walters, eds. (Wadsworth, 6th ed.) (CIB)
Reprints of recent court decisions and other articles, available on electronic reserve at Rush Rhees Library (RRL)
Documents available on the World Wide Web (click on link)
John Deregowski will serve as a teaching assistant for this course. He will hold office hours in Lattimore 534 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30. You may also contact him via email at: dere@mail.rochester.edu. In addition, Cori Ringholz (Take-Five) will serve as a Religion Fellow in this course. In that capacity she will be available for review sessions and for advice on writing the papers. You may reach her at: cr001h@mail.rochester.edu.
You will also write two short (5-6 page) papers. The first paper is to be a critical discussion of Mary Anne Warren's "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" (CIB): 298, and it is due on February 19. Late papers will be accepted until the beginning of class on February 24, but they will be graded down. The second paper will be due on April 2. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
There will be two essay tests. The first will be given in class on March 5. The second, to be given in class on April 30, will cover only the second half of the course. Each of these four graded assignments will determine 25% of your grade for the course.
United States Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade (CIB): 308
United States Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Robert P. Casey, et al. (CIB): 312
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Carhart v. Stenberg (CIB): 318
Brody, "The Morality of Abortion"(CIB): 288
recommended:
John Paul II, "Evangelium Vitae: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life" (1995) (http://www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/tdocs/evangel/evangeli.htm)
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Instruction on Respect for Human Life..." (http://www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/tdocs/donumvitae.htm)
Sherwin, "Feminist Ethics and In Vitro Fertilization" (CIB): 580
ISLAT Working Group, "ART into Science: Regulation of Fertility Techniques" (CIB): 589
Brock, "Cloning Human Beings: An Assessment of the Ethical Issues Pro and Con" (CIB): 593
Kass, "The Wisdom of Repugnance" (CIB): 603
National Bioethics Advisory Committee, "Cloning Human Beings" (CIB): 618
National Reseach Council, "Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning" (CIB): 633
New York City Health and Hospital Corp. v. Sulsona
Siegler, "Confidentiality in Medicine--A Decrepit Concept" (CIB): 116
California Supreme Court, Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (CIB): 119
Katz, "Physicians and Patients: A History of Silence" (CIB): 141
Faden and Beauchamp, "The Concept of Informed Consent" (CIB): 145
Levine, "Informed Consent: Some Challenges to the Universal Validity of the Western Model" (CIB): 150
Brock, "Voluntary Active Euthanasia" (CIB): 216
Byrn, Robert M., Compulsory Life Saving Treatment for the Competent Adult"
Goldblatt, David, "Decisions about Life Support in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"
Kamm, "A Right to Choose Death?" (CIB): 186
Kass, "Is There a Right to Die?"(CIB): 191
Imbus and Zawacki, "Autonomy for Burn Patients When Survival is Unprecedented"
California Court of Appeals, Second District, Bouvia v. Superior Court (CIB): 156
recommended:
In the Matter of Karen Quinlan, An Alleged Incompetent
Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
In the Matter of Philip K Eichner on Behalf of Joseph C. Fox
In the Matter of the Application for Order Authorizing Medical Procedures on John Storar
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (CIB): 201
United States Supreme Court, Vacco v. Quill and Washington v. Glucksberg (CIB): 207
Jochemsen and Keown, "Voluntary Euthanasia under Control? Further Empirical Evidence from the Netherlands" (CIB): 235
van Delden, "Slippery Slopes in Flat Countries--A Response" (CIB): 241
World Medical Association, "Declaration of Helsinki (1996)" (CIB): 355
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences, "International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research involving Human Subjects" (CIB): 358
Pence, "The Tuskegee Study" (CIB): 384
National Bioethics Advisory Commission, "Protecting Research Participants--A Time for Change" (CIB): 371
Emanuel and Miller, "The Ethics of Placebo-Controlled Trials--A Middle Ground" (CIB): 379
Shapiro and Meslin, "Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials in Developing Countries" (CIB): 385
Gould, "Carrie Buck's Daughter" (CIB): 462
Glover, "Questions about Some Uses of Genetic Engineering" (CIB): 534
Somia and Verma, "Gene Therapy: Trials and Tribulations" (CIB): 526
Savulescu, "Harm, Ethics Committees and the Gene Therapy Death" (CIB): 531
