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Informed Consent

Handouts
Week Eleven
Monday, March 17th   
“The Willowbrook Hepatitis Study” by David J. Rothman & Sheila M. Rothman
“Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study” by Allan M. Brandt
“Fifty Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code” by Evelyne Shuster

Wednesday, March 19th 
“Informed Consent” in Belmont Report (pgs. 10-14)
Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Tom Beauchamp & James Childress (pgs. 117-148)

Week Twelve
Monday, March 24th    
“Informed Consent: Theory and Policy” by Carson Strong
“The Battering of Informed Consent” by Michael Kottow
“Patient Autonomy: A View from the Kitchen” by Rita M. Struhkamp

  • Debate contribution due Tuesday, March 25th, @ 11:59 pm

Wednesday, March 26th  
In-class debate
Debate materials:
“Opinion 2.211: Physician-Assisted Suicide” by the AMA
“Physician Assisted Death” by Timothy E. Quill and Jane Greenlaw
“Sunday Dialogue: Choosing How We Die”
“Why Do So Many Disability Groups Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide?” by James D. McGaughey

Week Thirteen
Monday, March 31st  
The Theory and Practice of Autonomy by Gerald Dworkin (pgs. 85-120)

  • Email final project idea to Laura by Tuesday, April 1st, @ 11:59 pm

Wednesday, April 2nd    
Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics by Onora O’Neill (pgs. 37-48, 151-164)

Week Fourteen
Monday, April 7th
Harm to Self  by Joel Feinberg (pgs. 316-343)
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