FALL 2010
SURVEY IN BIOETHICS
FOR HEALTHCARE AND LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS
(Tuesday Evenings, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.)
By
James J. Walter, PhD
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Survey 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, holds the
Austin & Ann O'Malley Chair in Bioethics at Loyola Marymount
University. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics
at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University of
Chicago and now serves weekly as a clinical bioethicist in the Intensive Care
Unit and on the palliative care service at Providence Little Company of Mary
Medical Center in Torrance, CA.
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 7 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 14 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 21 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 28 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, October 5 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 12 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 19 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 26 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, November 2 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 9 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.