Some assignment descriptions and student work from the course are included below. There are sections for both the Spring 2004 and Spring 2005 instances of the course.
Assignments for Spring 2005
Assignment 1 (PDF)
Assignment 2
Assignment 3 (PDF)
Examples of Student Work - Spring 2005
Examples of student work appear courtesy of the author.
Assignment 1
Tiffany Chen - The Hippocratic Oath Adapted by Modern Technology and Society (PDF)
Abdurrahman Kandil - The Kandilian Oath (PDF)
Abdurrahman Kandil - The Kandilian Oath: A Personalized Approach to the Medical Oath (PDF)
Richa Maheshwari - A Medical Oath for America's Current Social Landscape (PDF)
Assignment 3
Abdurrahman Kandil - Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing and Ethics: Identification of the Problem and the Exploration of Solutions (PDF)
Assignments for Spring 2004
Assignment 1 - Write an Oath for Doctors (PDF)
Assignment 2 - Your Place in the Tradition (PDF)
Assignment 3 - Metaphor and Illness (PDF)
Assignment 4 - Meditative Essay or Topic of Your Choice (PDF)
Examples of Student Work - Spring 2004
Examples of student work appear courtesy of the author.
Assignment 1
Janet Leung - De-Greeking the Oath of Hippocrates (PDF)
Assignment 2
Janet Leung - What is the Modern Western Medical Tradition, and How do I Belong to it? (PDF)
Assignment 3
Janet Leung - Metaphor and Illness: HIV and AIDS (PDF)
Assignment 4
Janet Leung - The Role of Community in the Treatment of Depression (PDF)