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PHIL 335: Biomedical Ethics (Rev. 2 & 3) Report a Broken Link

Philosophy 335: Biomedical Ethics is a senior-level, three-credit course that will introduce you to ethical issues about health and health care in Canada and globally.

Required Readings

Unit 1

Wikler, Daniel. “Presidential Address: Bioethics and Social Responsibility.” Bioethics, vol 11, no. 3 and 4 (1997): 185-192.

Unit 3

Lippman, A. “Led (Astray) by Genetic Maps: The Cartography of the Human Genome and Health Care.” Social Science and Medicine 35.12 (1992): 1469-1476.

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Unit 6

Harkness, Jon, Susan Lederer, and Daniel Wikler. “Laying Ethical Foundations for Critical Research.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol 79, no. 4 (2001): 365-372.

Freedman, Benjamin. “Placebo Controlled Trials and the Logic of Clinical Purpose.” IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research, vol 12, no. 6 (Nov/Dec 1990): 1-6.

Salisbury, David A., and Martin Schechter. “AIDS Trials, Civil Liberties, and the Social Control of Therapy: Should We Embrace New Drugs with Open Arms?” Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 142, no. 10 (1990): 1057-1062.

Dresser, R. “Wanted: Single White Male for Medical Research.” Hastings Center Report, vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1992): 24-29.

Lewis, Steven, Patricia Baird, Robert G. Evans, William A. Ghali, Charles J. Wright, Elaine Gibson, and Fracoise Baylis. “Dancing with the Porcupine: Rules for Governing the University-Industry Relationship.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol 165, no 6 (18 Sept, 2001): 783-785.
Gibson, Elaine, Francoise Baylis, and Steven Lewis. “Dances with the Pharmaceutical Industry.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 166, no. 4 (19 Feb 2002): 448-450.

Unit 7

Kaye, T. (Director). (2007). Lake of Fire [Film]. Above the Sea.

Recommended, not required.

Unit 8

Botkin, Jeffrey R. “Ethical Issues and Practical Problems in Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. ” Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 17-28.

Unit 10

Whitehouse, Peter J. “The Ecomedical Disconnection Syndrome.” Hastings Center Report, vol. 29, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1999): 41-44.