Required Texts
Camus, Albert. The Plague. Translated by Robin Buss. London, UK: Allen Lane, 2001. ISBN: 9780713995978.
Kleinman, Arthur. Illness Narratives. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1988. ISBN: 9780465032020.
Hippocrates. Hippocratic Writings. Edited by G. E. R. Lloyd. Harmondsworth, NY: Penguin, 1978. ISBN: 9780140400311.
Pence, Gregory. Classic Cases in Medical Ethics. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 9780072829358.
Solomon, Andrew. The Noonday Demon. New York, NY: Scribner, 2001. ISBN: 9780684854663.
Readings by Class Session
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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1 | Discussion of Hippocratic Writings | Hippocratic Writings. |
2 | Discussion of Hippocratic Writings (cont.) | Hippocratic Writings. |
3 | Peer Review | |
4 | Discussion of Hippocratic Writings (cont.) | Hippocratic Writings. |
5 | Discussion of Medical Ethics | Medical Ethics. pp. 1-28. |
6 | Library Visit | |
7 | Discussion of Medical Ethics: Comas | "Comas." In Medical Ethics. |
8 | Discussion of Medical Ethics: Requests to Die | "Requests to Die." In Medical Ethics. |
9 | Discussion of Medical Ethics: Human Subjects | "Human Subjects." In Medical Ethics. |
10 | Peer Review | |
11 | No Class (Go! To! The! Library!) | |
12 | Discussion of Illness Narratives | Illness Narratives. pp. 1-99. |
13 | Discussion of Illness Narratives (cont.) | Illness Narratives. pp. 100-193. |
14 | Discussion of Noonday Demon | Noonday Demon. pp. 11-172. |
15 | Discussion of Noonday Demon (cont.) | Noonday Demon. pp. 285-444. |
16 | Illness Narrative and Noonday Demon discussed together | |
17 | Research Clinic - Bring in your Problems Oral Presentation Techniques Discussed |
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18 | Peer review | |
19 | Prof. Ann Jurecic Visits | |
20 | Discussion of The Plague | The Plague. |
21 | Discussion of The Plague (cont.) | The Plague. |
22-24 | Presentations |