Dr Tom Kerns
North Seattle Community College

 

 

Approximate Weekly Schedule
Spring 2011

 

Week	Date	Work
1	Apr 7-13	• Definitions • Case studies • Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill
2	Apr 14-20	• Ethical relativism and ethical essentialism • Erskine Caldwell, "Saturday Afternoon" • Lisa Belkin, First Do No Harm
3	Apr 21-27	• Freeman & McDonnell, Tough Decisions (selections) • Research projects approved • Midterm Self Evaluation due
4	Apr 28-May 4	• Freeman & McDonnell, Tough Decisions (selections) • Codes of medical ethics
5	May 5-11	• Coughlin & Soskolne (eds), Case Studies in Public Health Ethics
6	May 12-18	• Feldshuh, Miss Evers' Boys • The Nuremberg Code • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Midterm exam (details in classroom)
7	May 19-25	• Ethics Review Committees • Edward Jenner's vaccination experiment • WHO/CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Reserach Involving Human Subjects • Jenner on Trial • Human pesticide studies • Research projects posted
8	May 26-Jn 1	• Environmentally Induced Illnesses • Research projects posted
9	June 2-8	• Environmentally Induced Illnesses • Research projects discussed
10	June 9-15	• Ibsen/Miller, Enemy of the People • Wilson, Fear in the Fields • Final exam • Project Self Evaluation and Final Self Evaluation