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Deveterre, R. (2016). Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics: Cases, concepts, and the virtue of prudence (4th Edition). Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. (“PDM”)
Week 12: Chapter 14 (Medical and Behavioral Research)
Read PDM Ch. 14 (pp. 463-528) and outline the main topics, key points, and any questions you have. Because this chapter is so long, you may focus on the sections of the reading related to human research.
Re-read pp. 465-472 and describe in your own words the facts and ethical issues raised by the following examples:
Tusgekee Syphillis Study
Experiments in Nazi Germany
Hepatitis at the Willowbrook State School
Cancer Research at the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital
Obedience Tests at Yale University
Stanford Prison Experiment
Re-read pp. 472-479 and describe in your words the development of the following ethics initiatives:
Henry Beecher’s work
Early Federal Initiatives
National Commission for Protection of Human Subjects
President’s Commission
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
President’s Council on Bioethics
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethics
Skim pp. 479-521 and analyze in your own words ONE (1) of the topics or case studies presented in the chapter. You can pick the one that interests you the most, and analyze the key concepts, ethical challenges, different perspectives, and application of prudential reasoning.
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