current events & follow-up

Fresh Air interview about patenting human genes, cells, tissues, etc.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=141429392&m=141591220

Case 42 MASS Health Care (Week V)

Please discuss Case 42 here.  Use the more formal, thorough case analysis form in your module.

Case 41 Justice & Poverty (Week V)

Please discuss Case 41 here.  Use the more formal, thorough case analysis form in your module.

Case 10 Cultural Beliefs (Week V)

Please discuss Case 10 here.  Use the more formal, thorough case analysis form in your module.

Genetics

Here is some basic information about genetics:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/Yourgenes.aspx
We'll watch the short video in class.

We'll also watch these short series of videos on genetics.  The link is to the last in the series, but it has embedded links to the first 3:
http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/02/09/dna-video-23andme-genetics-101-part-4/

Here's an interview with a man who won the Nobel in 2008 for his work on teleomeres, which regulate how cells age:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/science/18conversation.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210

Case 38 Delayed Twinning (Week IV) Judy's group

Consider the claims of beneficence as well as the questions from the case.

Case 35 Cystic Fibrosis (Week IV) Sommer's group

Answer the questions and consider the claims of Justice in your response.

Case 34 Huntington's (Week IV)

While answering the questions, use Non-maleficence as an additional lens for this case.

Case 13 Cochlear Implant (Week IV)

Use the lens of autonomy to examine this case, in addition to answering the questions from it.

Case "c" (week III)

Case "b" (week III) Adam's group

Case "a" (week III) Sommer's group

Global Health, Health Care, Justice (Week V)

*new* update on Malaria
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-17/malaria-may-be-eliminated-from-a-quarter-of-nations-in-10-years.html

Essay on new global health agenda.
http://the-scientist.com/2011/10/04/opinion-a-new-global-health-agenda/

I sent you a link to our Google Doc for the countries & health care chart.

Professional Medical Relationships

This article is about nursing with advanced education using the title of "Dr." as in Ph.D. (Like I'm Dr. Cate)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

Research on Human Subjects (Week III)

We'll read about the Nuremberg Code and other codes governing research on human subjects in another week.  Take a look at this article about a man who reported on the trial of the Nazis, and look at the primary sources linked in the story
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/opinion/nocera-the-nuremberg-scripts.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212