Bioethics: Autonomy and Health
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Module: Informed Consent

Handouts
Week Ten

Monday, October 29th  
“The Willowbrook Hepatitis Study” by David J. Rothman & Sheila M. Rothman
“Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study” by Allan M. Brandt
“Fifty Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code” by Evelyne Shuster

Wednesday, October 31st
“Informed Consent” in Belmont Report (pgs. 10-14)
Principles of Biomedical Ethics by Tom Beauchamp & James Childress (pgs. 117-148)

  • Short paper #2 due on Saturday, November 3rd @ 11:59 pm. Submit to Blackboard Assignments. 

Week Eleven

Monday, November 5th  
“Informed Consent: Theory and Policy” by Carson Strong
“The Battering of Informed Consent” by Michael Kottow
“Patient Autonomy: A View from the Kitchen” by Rita M. Struhkamp

Wednesday, November 7th  
The Theory and Practice of Autonomy by Gerald Dworkin (pgs. 85-120)


Week Twelve

Monday, November 12th
Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics by Onora O’Neill (pgs. 37-48, 151-164)

Wednesday, November 14th  
Harm to Self  by Joel Feinberg (pgs. 316-343)
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