Division Faculty - Division of Medical Humanities

Text: Gregory Pence, Classic Cases in Medical Ethics, Fourth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2004)

Assignments: Chapter assignments below are from the text. Additional readings will be handed out in class for the next session. Before each session, email me at least three discussion points: concepts, passages, or arguments you do not fully understand, questions you would pose for discussion, etc. Send these to me by 1:30 on class day at (hacklerchris@uams.edu)

Session 2:

1/30

Concepts and Theories of Ethics

Handout from Rachels

Session 3:

2/01

Comas: Joseph Fins, MD, Cornell Medical College

Chapter 2

Session 4:

2/08

Withdrawing Treatment and Suicide

Chapter 3

Session 5:

2/15

Medical Futility and Inappropriate Care

Handouts

Session 6:

2/22

Physician-assisted Dying

Chapter 4

Session 7:

2/28 (Wed.)

Why is Ethics Essential

Richard Gunderman, MD; Pauly Aud. 5 pm

Session 8:

3/01

Hospital Ethics Committees

Handouts

Session 9:

3/06 (Tue.)

Distribution of Vaccines During a Pandemic

Bonnie Taylor, MD; ACH 3 pm

Session 10:

3/08

Ethics Consult Service Meeting

Room TBD; 12 noon (lunch served)

Session 11:

3/22

IRBs and Human Research

Chapter 11

Session 12:

3/29

Reproductive Issues (abortion, IVF, stem cells, cloning?)

Session 13:

4/05

Psychiatric Issues (involuntary commitment, homelessness, psych. advance directives?

Session 14:

4/12

Health Care Reform

Session 15:

TBD