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My Top 10 Moments of Bioethics

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The 3 Ethical Principles

Respect for Persons

Maximize Benefits/Minimize Harm

Justice

How do we remain respectful towards each stakeholder?

How can we do the most good while causing the least amount of harm?

How can we be fair? How can we distribute materials equally?

9 iDebate: Right to Die?

When people are suffering

should they have the option

to die?

At what point is life not worth living?

Will physician assisted

suicide lead to certain

populations being purposefully killed?• The mentally ill?• Racial minorities?• The handicapped?

8 Film: A Good Death

I learned more about hospice and palliative care. This was great because I hope to become an oncology nurse!

As sad as this film was…

I realized that a good death can sometimes mean not dying in a hospital, or being able have human contact prior to death.

It really connected the whole week’s lesson.

7 Genetic Counselor Report

I LOVED “playing” the role of a genetic counselor!

I learned so much about Osteogenesis Imperfecta from my report, and learned about Hemophilia, Breast Cancer, Huntington’s Disease, and SO much more from everyone else’s!

6 Organ Donor Commercial

• Just 1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives!

• In the US, an average of 18 people die each day due to not receiving an organ in time.

• Almost all religions support organ donation!

• Doctors will ALWAYS try to save your life if you are in an accident BEFORE they check to see if you’re an organ donor!

*Facts from http://www.donatelifeny.org/about-donation/quick-facts-about-donation/

5 iDebate: Golden Rice

I had never heard of GMOs, especially not golden rice…

BUT, I soon learned along with many of my classmates that golden rice could be EXTREMELY beneficial to developing countries! It could provide many people with extra Vitamin A that they may not be able to get other wise…

Also, golden rice does not cause any harm; towards humans or the environment.

4 Shopping List

What GMOs did you know you had in your house?

At first I was a bit alarmed, but along with the rest of the GMO lesson, I realized it’s not so bad to own GMO foods (In least from my perspective).

I decided that until I had more information and read more long-term studies, GMOs were “safe” for my family and I.

3Historical Case Studies of

Human Research

How did we ever

allow such

unethical practices

to take place?People were harmed in ways that seem unfathomable!

• The Nazi Experiments• Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male • Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments• Walter Reed and Yellow Fever in Cuba • AZT and Pregnant Women in Africa: World Medical

Association • The Stanley Milgram Experiment

2 Discussion:“The Incriminating Brain - Who Stole the

Cookie from the Cookie Jar?”

It was fascinating to learn about neuroimaging in forensics!

At this point in the class, everyone was comfortable to share their own opinions, without being influenced by others’ comments.

This led to a great discussion full of many thoughts, discussions, and respectful disagreement!

I wonder what the future will hold for neuroimaging?!?!

1 Discussion: “Bringing it All Together: Final Reflection”

I’m so glad to have shared this experience with everyone, and I’m glad that many people said that they were excited to use this new information in

their future health care careers!

It was great to hear everyone talk about how much they learned, and I enjoyed

sharing a class with everyone who shared a passion for science!

Sources -

• http://www.kellyhills.com/blog/text-mining-bioethics-journals/ • bellarmine.lmu.edu• http://ctlatinonews.com/2012/11/27/does-state-need-a-right-to-die-law/ • http://mangrove-education.blogspot.com/2012/09/euthanasia-right-to-die-right-

to-choose.html

• http://www.millenniumphysicians.com/2014/01/genetic-counseling-millennium-oncology/

• http://register.donatelifecalifornia.org/BAHBAD• http://www.gfreefoodie.com/golden-rice-and-the-gmo-controversy/• http://time.com• http://skillsandethics.org • http://ethicalexchange.co.uk • http://stemcellbioethics.wikischolars.columbia.edu • http://alondranelson.wordpress.com • http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/shinlab/ • http://www.futureforall.org/brain/lie_detection.htm • www.harrisonshope.com • http://www.pinterest.com/kmwillson/i-am-a-hospice-nurse/ • http://thoughtshaker.com/blog/260-gmos-get-to-know-your-food • http://healthwealthandfit.com/the-good-bad-and-ugly-about-gmos/ • http://www.thefarmersdaughterusa.com/2013_07_01_archive.html • http://www.biomagazine.gr/index.php/site/article/2/42/BIO%20Ethics/Bioethica

l-Issues

• whsc.emory.edu • discovery.wisc.edu