Medical Ethics Topics

This is a repository of medical ethics resources created by John Orlando and the students of the Medical Ethics course at Norwich University in Vermont.

## Syllabus

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Medical Ethics Syllabus Fall 2009

## Topics

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History of Medical Ethics

Privacy

Informed Consent

Surrogate Decision-making

Human and Animal Testing

Death

Euthanasia

Healthcare Rationing

Organ Donation

Surrogate motherhood and IVF

Genetics

* Szaszian studies \- professor emeritus and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz wrote a great deal about ethics in psychiatry and psychology

## Other Resources

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### Debates/Discourse/Dialogues

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* Should suicide be legal?

### Articles

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* Medical School Pressure\--JohnOrlando 13:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

### Medical Ethics in the Media

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Books, TV shows, Videos, Movies, and other media with medical ethics themes.

### Medical Ethics Class Blog

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* Medical Ethics Class Blog

### Just for Fun

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* Diagnosis Wenckebach\--JohnOrlando 13:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
* Waking Up Is Hard To Do\--JohnOrlando 13:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
* UAB Emergency Room Rap\--JohnOrlando 13:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)