Professional Ethics |
Week Four
Tuesday, September 16th
The Hippocratic Oath
“Please Don’t Tell” by Len Fleck and Marcia Angell
“SARS Plague: Duty of Care or Medical Heroism?” by Dessmon Tai
Thursday, September 18th
“Professionalism, Profession and the Virtues of the Good Physician” by Edmund Pellegrino
“Why Doctors Should Intervene” by Terrence F. Ackerman
Week Five
Tuesday, September 23rd
“Doctor Does Not Know Best: Why in the New Century Physicians Must Stop Trying to Benefit Patients”
by Robert Veatch
Thursday, September 25th
From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice by Jodi Halpern (excerpts)
Tuesday, September 16th
The Hippocratic Oath
“Please Don’t Tell” by Len Fleck and Marcia Angell
“SARS Plague: Duty of Care or Medical Heroism?” by Dessmon Tai
Thursday, September 18th
“Professionalism, Profession and the Virtues of the Good Physician” by Edmund Pellegrino
“Why Doctors Should Intervene” by Terrence F. Ackerman
Week Five
Tuesday, September 23rd
“Doctor Does Not Know Best: Why in the New Century Physicians Must Stop Trying to Benefit Patients”
by Robert Veatch
Thursday, September 25th
From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice by Jodi Halpern (excerpts)
- Short paper #1 due by Friday, September 26th, @ 11.59 pm. Submit to Blackboard.