FALL 2009
SURVEY COURSE IN BIOETHICS
FOR HEALTHCARE AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
(Tuesday Evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)
By
James J. Walter, PhD
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Survey Course in Bioethics for Healthcare and
Legal Professionals is designed especially for physicians, nurses,
chaplains, hospital administrators, social workers and attorneys who
either have an interest in or who are already involved in the field of
bioethics. The course would be particularly helpful for new members of
bioethics committees. It intends to survey the major developments in
bioethics and then focus on some of the most important ethical, legal and
medical issues associated with clinical decision making. The course will
use both a lecture format and group discussions of case studies.
22 hours of CME, CEB, CEU
and MCLE credits will be offered upon completion of the course.
COURSE FACULTY:
JAMES J. WALTER, PhD, is the Austin
& Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics at
VISITING
LECTURERS:
LESLIE JENAL, JD,
MA, is a member of the Affiliate Faculty in The Bioethics
Institute, and she also teaches bioethics in the nursing program at Mount St.
Mary's College in
GLEN
KOMATSU, MD, is Chief Medical Officer for Trinity Care Hospice &
Palliative Services and Director of the
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COURSE OUTLINE
Tuesday, September 1 Introduction to the Course and a Brief History of Bioethics
o Daniel Callahan, “Bioethics,” Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Vol. 1, pp. 247-256.
o
Stephen Post,
o CASE STUDY #5, Crigger, pp. 19-23.
Tuesday, September 8 Ethical Models of the Healthcare Professional-Patient Relation
o Ruth Purtilo, "Professional-Patient Relationship: Ethical Issues," in Warren T. Reich, ed., Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Revised Edition (New York: Macmillan, 1995), Vol 4, pp. 2094-2103.
o Daniel P. Sulmasy, "Physicians, Cost Control, and Ethics," Annals of Internal Medicine 116(June 1, 1992): 920-926.
o CASE STUDY #9, Crigger, pp. 38-42.
Tuesday, September 15 Models of Legal and Moral Reflection and Deliberation
o
Daniel Callahan, “Minimalist
Ethics,” The
o Darrell Reeck, Ethics for the Professions, pp. 42-59.
o CASE STUDY #48, Crigger, pp. 234-238.
Tuesday, September 22 The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Forgoing/Withdrawing Medical Treatment
o Ezekiel Emanuel and Linda Emanuel, “Living Wills: Past, Present and Future,”Journal of Clinical Ethics 1(1990), pp. 9-17.
o American Thoracic Society, "Withholding and Withdrawing Life-sustaining Therapy," Annals of Internal Medicine 115(September 15, 1991): 478-485.
o CASE STUDY #27, Crigger, pp. 124-128.
Tuesday, September 29 Pain Management and the Palliative Care of the Dying
o Ira Byock, “Hospice and Palliative Care: A Parting of Ways or a Path to the Future?”Journal of Palliative Medicine 1(1998), pp. 165-176.
o
Ira Byock, “The Nature of Suffering and
the Nature of
o CASE STUDY #59, Crigger, pp. 286-289.
Tuesday, October 6 End-of-Life Decision Making, Medical Futility & Euthanasia
o Schneiderman, et al., “Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethical Implications,”Annals of Internal Medicine 112(1990), pp. 949-954.
o
Norman Daniels, “Why Saying No to Patients
in the
o CASE STUDY #29, Crigger, pp. 135-141.
Tuesday, October 13 The Use of Quality-of-Life Judgments in Clinical Decision Making
o James J. Walter, E. Morreim and Norman Cantor, “Quality of Life,” Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Vol. 3, pp. 1352-1366.
o CASE STUDY #24, Crigger, pp. 110-114.
Tuesday, October 20 The Ethical and Legal Aspects of Organ & Tissue Procurement
·
Jeffrey M.
Prottas, “Medical and Organizational Aspects of Organ and Tissue
Procurement,” Encyclopedia of
Bioethics, Vol 4, pp. 1930-1936.
·
Jeffrey Kahn
& Susan Parry, “Ethical and Legal Issues Regarding Living
Donors,” Encyclopedia of Bioethics,
Vol 4, pp.1936-1940.
· CASE STUDY #52, Crigger, pp. 253-258.
Tuesday, October 27 Beginning-of-Life Decision Making
o Richard A. McCormick, “Who or What is the Preembryo?” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 1(March 1991), pp. 1-15.
o LeRoy Walters, “Current and Future Issues in Assisted Reproduction,”Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 6(December 1996), pp. 383-386.
o Ethics Committee of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, “Sex Selection and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis,”Fertility and Sterility 72(October 1999), pp. 595-598.
o CASE STUDY #16, Crigger, pp. 72-77.
Tuesday, November 3 A Process for an Ethics Case Consultation
o American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation (pamphlet).
o CASE STUDY #26, Crigger, pp. 118-124.