Subject: CASE STUDIES
BIOMEDICAL CASE STUDIES
WORTH EIGHT (16) Points toward your final grade.
In 8 modules each student must submit a case presentation on some incident or situation which relates to the topic and issues of those modules.
Such presentations consist of the following three(3) sections.
(1) A very brief description fo the case in just one or two sentences. The case must relate to topics in the current module.
(2) URLs of Materials concerning the case located on the internet
i. Newspaper articles
ii. Magazine articles
iii. Professional Journal articles , e.g., Philosophy, Law, Medicine Nursing, Public Health, etc..
iv. Other Internet items
MINIMUM of four (4) items
(3) URLs of Viewpoints on the case or on the ethical matters/issues involved in the case by analysts, ethicists, commentators .
MINIMUM of four (4) items which MUST include commentary and/or analysis by people who use ethical principles. These would NOT be articles in newspapers or magazines but items found in professional journals or at the websites of academic and professional organizations.
This is basically an assignment where you will use a number of search engines to gather materials from the internet.
GOOGLE, Northernlights, yahoo, etc...
CASE PRESENTATION FORMAT
Your NAME:
CASE TITLE:
DESCRIPTION of the case by student:
url’s for the Articles Describing case:
url’s for Articles with Ethical Position: Philosophers, Theologians, Lawyers, Medical Doctors
SUBMISSION of the CASE STUDY
You will copy and paste the addresses(url's) of those materials into a single file or document and then copy all of the text and paste it into the message space of an email sent to the the instructor. SEND BY EMAIL NO ATTACHMENTS!!
The BEST of these submissions may be placed on a website with the student’s name as author. These may be used by future students of this course.
If any student feels able and willing to create a POWERPOINT presentation for the case study including live links and illustrations, images, photos, etc... contact me for permission and instructions on what would be required and how to submit the material.
Assignments: Due Date: ??? CHECK the course schedule !
When you are ready you simply send your case study to me by email and be sure to include the url's.
SEND BY EMAIL NO ATTACHMENTS!!
I shall make my comments on what you submit and assign a grade.
If you want to, then you can submit the assignment early and I'll comment on it and return it to you and you can proceed to work on it and submit the final work by the deadline.
Click here for > SAMPLES of CASE STUDIES
BIOMEDICAL ETHICS CASES
in the News recently1. Consent to surgery- surgery forced on a drug
Amule@2. Removal and reinsertion/transplantation of ovaries
3. 15 year old orphan requesting a late term abortion- autonomy and informed consent issue
4. Parental Notification before abortion in a teen-ager :the New Jersey law
5. Misplanted fertilized eggs-whose child is it?
6. Physician assisted suicide
7. Physician- requested homicide- Dr. Kevorkian
8. Notification of contacts of those who have AIDS/ HIV
9. Mass spraying of Malathion to prevent spread of disease-Meningitis
10. Overmedication of children for behavior modification
11. Acceptance of alternative medicine- autonomy-informed consent-paternalism
12. Physicians who own pharmacies or pharmaceutical companies conflict of interest
13. Permitting unproven medical procedures bone marrow transplants for breast cancer
14.Using technology to slow down the biological clock extending fertility or child bearing abilities in women over 55
15.Human embryo research
16. Use of human stem cells
17. Patient's right to sue the HMO for denial of treatment
18. Cloning of humans
19. Zenotransplants- cloning pigs for transplanting parts into humans
20. Mass innoculation of the population against smallpox
21. The right to health care- even to poor, 15% of Americans have no coverage
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