| COURSE CALENDAR – BIOETHICS | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| January 9 First Day of Class |
10 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 13 | 14 Paternalism and Patient Autonomy 71-83 |
15 | 16 "Paternalism" 84-93 — "Why Doctors Should Intervene" 99-103 — "Autonomy, Futility, and the Limits of Medicine" 104-108 |
17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 Truth-Telling and Confidentiality 131-140 |
22 | 23 "On Telling Patients the Truth" 145-147 — "Why Privacy Is Important" 156-161 |
24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 Informed Consent 180-190 — Why Doctors Die Differently |
29 | 30 Human Research 221-240 |
31 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | February 4 "The Nuremberg Code" 241-242 — "Declaration of Helsinki" 242-245 — "The Belmont Report" 245-248 |
5 | 6 "The Ethics of Clinical Research in the Third World" 279-282 — "Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials in Developing Countries" 283-287 |
7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 Abortion 291-306 |
12 | 13 No Class Snow Day |
14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 "In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide" 354-370 |
19 | 20 "Why Abortion Is Immoral" 317-329 |
21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 "A Defense of Abortion" 307-317 |
26 | 27 Midterm Review |
28 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | March 4 Midterm Exam |
5 | 6 Post-Midterm Review |
7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 No Class Spring Break |
12 | 13 No Class Spring Break |
14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 Reproductive Technology 392-410 |
19 | 20 "Is Women's Labor a Commodity?" 471-481 |
21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 "Cloning Human Beings" 499-509 |
26 | 27 Genetic Choices 518-538 |
28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | April 1 "Extending Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis" — "The Morality of Screening for Disability" 549-552 — "Genetic Enhancement" 577-582 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 Euthanasia and Physician- Assisted Suicide 594-610 |
9 | 10 Belgian Identical Twins in Unique Mercy Killing — "Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Tragic View" 634-646 |
11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 "Active and Passive Euthanasia" 649-652 |
16 | 17 Dividing Up Health Care Resources 681-695 |
18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 "Heath Care Reform: Lessons from Canada" 717-723 — "Rationing Fairly: Programmatic Considerations" 724-729 — "The Allocation of Exotic Medical Lifesaving Therapy" 729-738 |
23 | 24 Final Review — Last Day of Class |
25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 Final Exam 4:00pm |