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SAMPLE SYLLABUS |
SYLLABUS
BIOETHICS
(0122-400-06)
Spring, 2001 |
Raymond Dennehy
CA-D6; 422-6456
Fax: 422-5356
e-mail: dennehyr@usfca.edu |
| Office Hours T 11am, TR 1pm &
by appt. |
| Required Texts
available in USF bookstore: |
| Healthcare Ethics in a Diverse
Society, ed. by Brannigan & Boss (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company;
2001) |
| Culture of Death, Wesley Smith (San
Francisco: Encounter Books; 2000) |
| Course Objectives: |
| To introduce the student to
familiarize the student with the principal ethical theories and to address the central
disputes amongst the different ethical theories; to apply these distinct ethical theories
to ethical concerns specific to the health sciences and the practice of health care; e.g.,
abortion, physician-assisted suicide, the delivery of health care, and laboratory
reproduction,etc. |
| Grading: |
| The final course grade will be
based on a midterm test (3 essays) and a final examination (3 essays); the midterm will
count for 1/3 of the grade and the final examination for 2/3. The midterm test and final
examination must be written in a bluebook; otherwise it will be treated as a failure to
take the test or examination. THE STUDENT MUST TAKE THE MIDTERM TEST AND FINAL EXAMINATION
ON THE DATE, TIME, AND AT THE PLACE ASSIGNED FOR THE CLASS. NO MAKE-UP EXAMINATIONS WILL
BE GIVEN EXCEPT IN CASES OF A PHYSICIAN’S WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE STUDENT’S
INCAPACITY TO TAKE THE TEST AND WHERE THE TEACHER JUDGES THAT THE STUDENT’S
CIRCUMSTANCES JUSTIFY A MAKE-UP. |
| The midterm test date is WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 7, 4:35 PM; the final examination date isWEDNESDAY, MAY 16th, 3:30 pm. |
| ASSIGNMENTS |
| Ethical Theory |
| M 1/22 |
Introductory lecture: What is Bioethics? |
| W 1/24 |
Topic: Moral Theory; text, 1-19 |
| M 1/29 |
20-37 |
| W 1/31 |
39-53 |
| M 2/5 |
Topic: Abortion & Maternal-Fetal Conflicts;
text, 175-196 |
| W 2/7 |
196-218 |
| M 2/12 |
219-226 |
| W 2/14 |
Topic: Euthanasia: End of Life Decisions;
475-495 |
| M 2/19 |
HOLIDAY; no class |
| W 2/21 |
496-515 |
| M 2/26 |
516-532 |
| W 2/28 |
532-548 |
| M 3/5 |
Review |
| W 3/7 |
Midterm test |
| M 3/12 |
SPRING BREAK; no class |
| W 3/14 |
SPRING BREAK; no class |
| M 3/19 |
Topic: Genetic Engineering, Reproductive
Technology, and Cloning; 249-268 |
| W 3/21 |
268-290 |
| M 3/26 |
291-326 |
| W 3/28 |
Topic: Wesley Smith, Culture of Death,
Introduction & Ch 1 |
| M 4/2 |
Ch 2 |
| W 4/4 |
Ch 3 |
| M 4/9 |
Ch 4 |
| W 4/11 |
Ch 5 |
| M 4/16 |
Ch 6 |
| W 4/18 |
Ch 7 |
| M 4/23 |
Topic: Challenges in Healthcare Policy and
Reform, 606-623 |
| W 4/25 |
624-650 |
| M 4/30 |
Topic: Class Critique of Culture of Death |
| W 5/2 |
continue critique |
| M 5/7 |
Review for final examination |
| W 5/9 |
Last Day of Class: Review for final examination |
| W 5/16 |
FINAL EXAMINATION |
