FYI: on Nursing (not about ethics)
From University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Magazine - just because you're all nurses :)
http://alumnus.tennessee.edu/2015/05/what-is-a-nurse/
New Partnership in H.I.V. Research
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/business/drugmaker-and-university-ally-to-seek-cure-for-aids.html?emc=edit_th_20150511&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referrer=
Actually more interesting for general ethics, as society tries to figure out appropriate private-public relationships.
Feminist Approaches to Medical Care: Listen to Women
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/05/11/3654568/gender-roles-women-health/
See if you can connect your reading on Ethics of Care/Feminist Ethics to this essay.
Article about Dr. Arthur Caplan's Bioethics Career
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/business/eager-to-opine-on-the-toughest-calls-in-medical-ethics.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&_r=0&referrer=
Compassionate Use of Drugs @ Johnson & Johnson
New program to be overseen by bioethicist Arthur Caplan
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/business/company-creates-bioethics-panel-on-trial-drugs.html?emc=edit_th_20150507&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referrer=
"How to Solve the E.R. Problem" NYTimes
Op-Ed by Ezekiel J. Emanuel May 6, 2015
From University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Magazine - just because you're all nurses :)
http://alumnus.tennessee.edu/2015/05/what-is-a-nurse/
New Partnership in H.I.V. Research
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/business/drugmaker-and-university-ally-to-seek-cure-for-aids.html?emc=edit_th_20150511&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referrer=
Actually more interesting for general ethics, as society tries to figure out appropriate private-public relationships.
Feminist Approaches to Medical Care: Listen to Women
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/05/11/3654568/gender-roles-women-health/
See if you can connect your reading on Ethics of Care/Feminist Ethics to this essay.
Article about Dr. Arthur Caplan's Bioethics Career
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/business/eager-to-opine-on-the-toughest-calls-in-medical-ethics.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&_r=0&referrer=
Compassionate Use of Drugs @ Johnson & Johnson
New program to be overseen by bioethicist Arthur Caplan
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/business/company-creates-bioethics-panel-on-trial-drugs.html?emc=edit_th_20150507&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referrer=
"How to Solve the E.R. Problem" NYTimes
Op-Ed by Ezekiel J. Emanuel May 6, 2015
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/opinion/how-to-solve-the-er-problem.html?emc=edit_th_20150506&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25414714&_r=0&referrer= We'll read about health care reform at the end of the course, but this OpEd came out today. We aren't scheduled to read his essay, but you can find it in your textbook on p. 686.
Outbreak tonight 5
May 15 on Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/outbreak/ http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/business/eager-to-opine-on-the-toughest-calls-in-medical-ethics.html?nlid=25414714&src=recpb&_r=0&referrer=
The vivid, inside story of why the Ebola
outbreak wasn’t stopped before it was too late.
A Very Short History of Vaccines in America | The Vaccine War | FRONTLINE | PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/health-science-technology/the-vaccine-war/a-very-short-history-of-vaccines-in-america/
Rural Indiana Struggles to Contend With H.I.V. Outbreak - NYTimes.com
A serious epidemic of HIV not too far away. Should Indiana step up treatment? Continue its needle-exchange program? How should we combat i.v. drug use, especially when it occurs across multiple generations within many families?
Runaway Drug Prices - NYTimes.com
What is a fair price for a life-saving or other drug?
"The Operator: Is the most trusted doctor in America doing more harm than good?"
Concerns about Dr. Oz's health recommendations. By Michael Specter http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/04/the-operator February 4, 2013 New Yorker
Against her wishes, I want custody of the fertilized eggs
we made with I.V.F.
Double the N.I.H. Budget - NYTimes.com
This should be relevant (albeit tangentially) to topics for later in the course e.g., thinking about genetic techniques in medicine and thus considerations for health care reform. For example, you might argue that we should spend less on health care and more on basic research -- a macroallocation decision.
