Medical+Ethics

Introduction:
The medical ethics collection is intended to augment the Medical Science Institute curriculum at Midwood High School. This Institute is a challenging sequence of courses focusing on science and mathematics, in which students are required to complete five years of Regents-level science classes. Among the required classes in the Institute is a class in medical ethics, and another in science research.

Questions for Inquiry:
How can we conduct human research in an ethical manner? How can we treat all patients ethically? How do we allow patients to die with dignity? Do we treat people at all levels of society in an equal manner? Should we treat all patients the same? Do we have the right to engineer living things? To what extent do we have the right to intervene in reproduction?

Keywords:
medical ethics, bioethics, abortion, stem cell research, right to die, medical experimentation, genetic engineering, cloning

Dewey Decimal Classification(s) with Subject Headings:
174 Economic and professional ethics 176 Ethics of sex and reproduction 177 Ethics of social relationships 363.46 Abortion 616 Diseases

Reference:
__Encyclopedia of Bioethics__. Ed. Stephen G. Post. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan ReferenceUSA/‌Thompson/Gale, 2004. __Source Book in Bioethics A Documentary History__. Ed. Albert R. Jonsen, Robert M. Veatch, and LeRoy Walters. Washington, D.C.: Gergetown University Press, 1998.

Non-fiction:
Campbell, Alastair, Grant Gillett, and Gareth Jones. __Medical Ethics__. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press, 2005. Egendorf, Laura K. __Medical Ethics__. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Fremgen, Bonnie F. __Medical Law and Ethics__. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/‌Prentice Hall, 2006. Hilliard, Bryan. __The U.S. Supreme Court and Medical Ethics: From Contraception to Managed Health Care__. St. Paul, Minn.: Paragon House, 2004. Moreno, Jonathan D. __Is There an Ethicist in the House? On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics__. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005 Skoloot,Rebecca. __The Immortal life of Henrietta Lack__ New York, Crown,2010

Fiction:
Braver, Gary. __Gray Matter__. New York: Forge/‌Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2002. Cormier, Robert. __The Bumblebee Flies Anyway__. New York City: Dell, 1984. Keyes, Daniel. __Flowers for Algernon__. New York City: Bantam, 1966. Patterson, James. __The Lake House__. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 2003. Picault, Jodi. __My Sister’s Keeper: a novel__. New York City: Atria, 2004. Werlin, Nancy. __Double Helix__. New York City: Dial Books, 2004.

Magazine Articles:
• Print: //Bioscience, Scientific American// • Online: ScienceDirect, National Institutes for Health, Science Resource Center; EBSCO Host Research Databases: MasterFile Select, General Science Collection. Hoffmaster, Barry. “Can ethnography save the life of medical ethics?” __Social Science and Medicine__ 35.12 (Dec. 1992): 1421-1431. __ScienceDirect__. Elsevier. 20 Apr. 2007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/ - - -. “The forms and limits of medical ethics.” __Social Science & Medicine__ 39.9 (Nov. 1994): 155-1164. __ScienceDirect__. Elsevier. 20 Apr. 2007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Murray, Thomas H. “Medical ethics, moral philosophy and moral tradition.” __Social Science and Medicine__ 25.6 (1987): 637-644. __ScienceDirect__. Elsevier. 20 Apr. 2007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Smith, Harmon L. “Medical ethics in the primary care setting.” __Social Science & Medicine__ 25.6 (1987): 705-709. __ScienceDirect__. Elsevier. 20 Apr. 2007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Databases:
[|//www.ScienceDirect.com//]//,// http://delib.qatar-med.cornell.edu/index.php?page=MedicalEthics&pagetype=Subject, http://www.euroethics.de/, http://mu-hslweb02.umh.edu/omni/subjectIDquery.cfm?subjectheadingID=17, http://www.library.uq.edu.au/findits/findit.php?title=Medical+Ethics, [|www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov]

Web Sites:
American Society of Law, Medicine and Bioethics [|http://aslme.org] Kennedy Center for Bioethics http://kennedyinstitute.georgetown.edu/ New York Academy of Medicine http://www.nyam.org Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics http://bioethics.stanford.edu/

Videos/DVDs:
__Charly__. 1968. DVD. MGM Home Entertainment, 2004. __Lorenzo’s Oil__. 1992. Videocassette. Univeral Pictures.

EdVideo:
//The Way We Live: Taking the Pulse: Health & Medicine// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=26538 //The Examined Life: Moral Dilemmas…Can Ethics Help?// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=27782 //The Human Condition: What Price?// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=26522 //The Human Condition: Final Chapter// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=26520 //NOVA: Life's Greatest Miracle?// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=24816 //Gene Technology: Designing Genes// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=1317&segmentID=98586 //Gene Technology: Manipulating Animal Genes// http://powermediaplus.com/player.asp?mediaID=1317&segmentID=98588

Community Resources:
Brooklyn College Library http://library.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ SUNY Downstate Medical School http://library.downstate.edu/

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:
-ELA Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding. -ELA Standard 2: Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. -ELA Standard 3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction. -MST Standard 1: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions. -MST Standard 2: Students will access, generate, and transfer information using appropriate technologies. -MST Standard 5: Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs. -MST Standard 6: Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning. -MST Standard 7: Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions. -Health Education Standard V: Advocacy: Demonstrates the ability to apply advocacy strategies and skills to enhance personal, family, and community health.

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