Summer 2007
All page references are to Furrow et al., Bioethics (5th ed. 2004).
Class 1
Handouts:
(a) Gunther & Diekma
(b) Brosco & Feudtner
Casebook pp. 1-30, 87-91
- Introduction to bioethics; the "pillow angel" case
Class 2
Pp. 31-68; 85-87
- Human reproduction and birth
- Abortion
- RU-486 & "Plan B"
Class 3
(a) Pp. 68-83;
(b) Handout: Gonzales v. Carhart
(c) Pp. 91-104
- Partial-birth abortion
- Wrongful birth, wrongful conception, wrongful life
Class 4
Handout: assisted reproduction schematic
Pp. 104-28, 153-59
- Assisted reproduction
- Cloning & stem-cell research
Class 5
Pp. 159-208
- Fetal-maternal decisionmaking
- Issues in human genetics
Class 6
Pp. 209-28, 233-37
- Catch up (if needed)
- Defining death
Class 7
Pp. 243-56
- U.S. Constitution & the "right to die"
- Watch PBS program, "The Death of Nancy Cruzan" [IVS 02493; 88 mins.]
Class 8
Pp. 256-97
- The "right to die" -- patients with decisional capacity
Class 9
(a) Pp. 297-309, 228-33, 309-311
(b) Handouts: Texas Health & Safety Code §§ 166.009, 044-046, .052-.053
- The "right to die" -- decisionmaking for patients who lack advance directives
- Dealing with the problem of "medically futile" treatment
Class 10
Pp. 341-65
- The "right to die" -- children & newborns
- Catch up (if needed)
Class 11
Pp. 365-98
- Physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia
Class 12
Handouts:
(a) Gonzales v. Raich
(b) Gonzales v. Oregon
- Federal regulation of end-of-life interventions
Class 13
Handout: "Critical Care Without Consent"
Pp. 408-49
- Regulation of human-subject research
Class 14
Pp. 450-72
- Catch up (if needed)
- Human organ transplantation