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Week Twelve
Tuesday, November 11th
“Active and Passive Euthanasia” by James Rachels
“Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethics Implications” by Lawrence Schneiderman, Nancy Jecker, & Albert Jonsen
Controversies in the Determination of Death by the President's Council on Bioethics, pgs. 1-6, 49-67
Thursday, November 13th
Bouvia v. Superior Court
“Confronting Death Who Chooses, Who Controls?” by Dax Cowart & Robert Burt
Week Thirteen
Tuesday, November 18th
In-class debate
Debate materials:
“Opinion 2.211: Physician-Assisted Suicide” by the AMA
“Physician Assisted Death” by Timothy E. Quill and Jane Greenlaw
“Sunday Dialogue: Choosing How We Die”
“Why Do So Many Disability Groups Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide?” by James D. McGaughey
Thursday, November 20th
Superintendent of Belchertown v. Saikewicz
“Testing the Limits of Precedent Autonomy: Five Scenarios” by Norman Cantor
“Quality of Life and Non-Treatment Decisions for Incompetent Patients: A Critique of the Orthodox Approach” by Rebecca Dresser & John Roberts
Week Fourteen
Tuesday, November 25th
“Extreme Prematurity and Parental Rights After Baby Doe” by John Robertson
“Resuscitation of the Preterm Infant Against Parental Wishes” by John Paris, Michael Schreiber, and Alun Elias-Jones
Thursday, November 27th
No class: Thanksgiving break
Tuesday, November 11th
“Active and Passive Euthanasia” by James Rachels
“Medical Futility: Its Meaning and Ethics Implications” by Lawrence Schneiderman, Nancy Jecker, & Albert Jonsen
Controversies in the Determination of Death by the President's Council on Bioethics, pgs. 1-6, 49-67
Thursday, November 13th
Bouvia v. Superior Court
“Confronting Death Who Chooses, Who Controls?” by Dax Cowart & Robert Burt
Week Thirteen
- Debate
contribution due by Monday, November 17th, @ 11.59 pm. Submit to
Blackboard.
Tuesday, November 18th
In-class debate
Debate materials:
“Opinion 2.211: Physician-Assisted Suicide” by the AMA
“Physician Assisted Death” by Timothy E. Quill and Jane Greenlaw
“Sunday Dialogue: Choosing How We Die”
“Why Do So Many Disability Groups Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide?” by James D. McGaughey
Thursday, November 20th
Superintendent of Belchertown v. Saikewicz
“Testing the Limits of Precedent Autonomy: Five Scenarios” by Norman Cantor
“Quality of Life and Non-Treatment Decisions for Incompetent Patients: A Critique of the Orthodox Approach” by Rebecca Dresser & John Roberts
Week Fourteen
Tuesday, November 25th
“Extreme Prematurity and Parental Rights After Baby Doe” by John Robertson
“Resuscitation of the Preterm Infant Against Parental Wishes” by John Paris, Michael Schreiber, and Alun Elias-Jones
Thursday, November 27th
No class: Thanksgiving break