Groups form around whichever theory you pick but no more than 4 of you on any one theory.
- Utilitarianism
- Kant
- Virtue Ethics
- Ethics of Care / Feminist Ethics
- Principles of Biomedical Ethics
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Case 3 (1 & 5 Feb)
In groups, use the following theories to answer the questions at the end and generally assess the case.
Groups form around whichever theory you pick but no more than 4 of you on any one theory.
Groups form around whichever theory you pick but no more than 4 of you on any one theory.
Being Mortal (8 Feb)
*new* a related story if you are interested about improving nursing home care:
Using one of the readings for this week (Rachels, Callahan, or Brock on Euthanasia; the reading on futility; the Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide reading), comment on the main ideas of Dr. Atul Gawande's Being Mortal book and video. Here's a video interview with him about his book and those ideas.
He Broke the Law to Build a Better Nursing Home – Next
Avenue
Using one of the readings for this week (Rachels, Callahan, or Brock on Euthanasia; the reading on futility; the Oregon Physician-Assisted Suicide reading), comment on the main ideas of Dr. Atul Gawande's Being Mortal book and video. Here's a video interview with him about his book and those ideas.
Trolley Problem (1 & 5 Feb)
By 1 Feb
1. What is the problem? (The first 3 of you to post can work together to describe it -- from the 1st Sandel video here or
2. What are the possible solutions? The rest of you (if you weren't one of the 3 describers above) can use your intuitions to map out the possibilities.
By 5 Feb
3. What solution do you prefer? What are the strengths and weaknesses of your solution? (Everyone participates on this part, but you probably won't all have different solutions, so you don't need to repeat what someone else has said before you, but do try to gently critique the responses of at least two of your classmates).
1. What is the problem? (The first 3 of you to post can work together to describe it -- from the 1st Sandel video here or
2. What are the possible solutions? The rest of you (if you weren't one of the 3 describers above) can use your intuitions to map out the possibilities.
By 5 Feb
3. What solution do you prefer? What are the strengths and weaknesses of your solution? (Everyone participates on this part, but you probably won't all have different solutions, so you don't need to repeat what someone else has said before you, but do try to gently critique the responses of at least two of your classmates).
Current Events
I have posted RSS feeds from the Health and Research sections of the NYTimes. What stories do you see there that are related to our course? Feel free to post stories from other sources as well. You probably want to start with the Zika virus and/or Flint's public health crisis (lead in the water). There are always lots of stories to choose from. Be sure to focus on the ethical issues.
Zika virus:
this story is growing -- I'm seeing news about it every day. It will be more connected to our course when we talk about research in week 8.
*new 9 Feb* How a Medical Mystery in Brazil Led Doctors to Zika -
NYTimes.com
You nurses especially will appreciate this story about how and who figured out what was going on.
*new 9 Feb* Here's a update/solicitation from Partners in Health, a global medical relief organization
Dear Catherine,
Last spring, the Zika virus arrived in Brazil and quickly reached epidemic proportions. Now it's spreading north—first striking Haiti last month.
My colleagues in Haiti have reached out to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form a plan for the people we serve—especially pregnant women, whose babies risk devastating birth defects from this mosquito-borne disease.
I hope you'll take a moment now to read more about the Zika virus—and how PIH plans to respond.
Every year, we care for 32,000 expectant mothers in Haiti's lush Artibonite district and Central Plateau.
These pregnant women face particular danger, as Zika is potentially linked to babies born with very small heads and underdeveloped brains—a condition known as microcephaly.
With your partnership, we'll work to educate the people we serve about the Zika virus, equip families with potent bug repellent, and ramp up family planning services—so every woman can prevent pregnancy while Zika afflicts her home.
We're also connecting people with the care they need across the large network of PIH-supported hospitals and health centers across Haiti—whether for complications of Zika or prenatal screenings to help ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Please read more about the Zika virus here:
http://act.pih.org/zika
In solidarity,
Joia
Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Chief Medical Officer
Partners In Health
Flint's Water
When the Water Turned Brown - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/us/when-the-water-turned-brown.html?emc=edit_th_20160124&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
Pentagon to Offer Plan to Store Eggs and Sperm to Retain
Young Troops - NYTimes.com
Zika virus:
this story is growing -- I'm seeing news about it every day. It will be more connected to our course when we talk about research in week 8.
*new 7 Feb* Microcephaly, Spotlighted by Zika Virus, Has Long
Afflicted and Mystified - NYTimes.com
You nurses especially will appreciate this story about how and who figured out what was going on.
*new 2 Feb* Zika Virus a Global Health Emergency, W.H.O. Says -
NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/health/zika-virus-world-health-organization.html?emc=edit_th_20160202&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referer*new 9 Feb* Here's a update/solicitation from Partners in Health, a global medical relief organization
Dear Catherine,
Last spring, the Zika virus arrived in Brazil and quickly reached epidemic proportions. Now it's spreading north—first striking Haiti last month.
My colleagues in Haiti have reached out to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form a plan for the people we serve—especially pregnant women, whose babies risk devastating birth defects from this mosquito-borne disease.
I hope you'll take a moment now to read more about the Zika virus—and how PIH plans to respond.
Every year, we care for 32,000 expectant mothers in Haiti's lush Artibonite district and Central Plateau.
These pregnant women face particular danger, as Zika is potentially linked to babies born with very small heads and underdeveloped brains—a condition known as microcephaly.
With your partnership, we'll work to educate the people we serve about the Zika virus, equip families with potent bug repellent, and ramp up family planning services—so every woman can prevent pregnancy while Zika afflicts her home.
We're also connecting people with the care they need across the large network of PIH-supported hospitals and health centers across Haiti—whether for complications of Zika or prenatal screenings to help ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Please read more about the Zika virus here:
http://act.pih.org/zika
In solidarity,
Joia
Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Chief Medical Officer
Partners In Health
Flint's Water
*new 9Feb* As Flint Fought to Be Heard, Virginia Tech Team Sounded
Alarm - NYTimes.com
When the Water Turned Brown - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/us/when-the-water-turned-brown.html?emc=edit_th_20160124&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&referer=
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