The Human Side of Medicine

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The Human Side of Medicine

• James G. Anderson, Ph.D.
• Dept. of Sociology Anthropology
• Purdue University

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Biomedical Ethics and the Transformation of
Medical Decision Making
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Strangers at the Bedside

• 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trials
• 1962 Kidney Dialysis
• 1965 Medicare and Medicaid
• 1966 NEJM Article on Abuses in Human
  Experimentation
• 1967 Heart Transplants

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Strangers at the Bedside

• 1970 Tuskagee Experiments
• 1973 NEJM Article on Withholding Life-Support
  from Newborns
• 1973 Roe vs. Wade
• 1975 Karen Ann Quinlan Case
• 1994 Oregon Euthanasia Act

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Choices in Human Reproduction
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Issues

• Long-Acting Contraceptives
• Abortion
• IVF
• Surrogacy
• Post-Menopausal Pregnancy

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Decisions about Death and Dying
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Issues

• Assisted Suicide.
• Withholding Treatment from Newborns with Birth
  Defects.
• Withholding of Food and Water from Dying
  Patients.
• Withholding the Truth form Dying Patients.

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HIV A Global, National and Local Epidemic
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Issues

• Sexual Contact Tracing.
• Duty to Treat HIV Patients.
• Restrictions on HIV-Positive Physicians
• Screening of Pregnant Women.

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Human/Animal Experimentation
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Issues

• Use of Animals in Experimentation
• Sham Surgery.
• Conducting Research in Cyberspace.
• Human Experimentation in Third World Countries.

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Organ Transplants
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Issues

• Xenotransplants.
• Use of Anencephalic Fetuses.
• Market in Body Parts.
• Social Criteria for Organ Allocation.

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The Doctor/Patient Relationship
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Issues

• Refusal of Medical Treatment on Religious Grounds
• Futile Treatment
• The Impact of the Internet

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Genetic Testing and Research
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• Use of Genetic Information.
• Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing.
• Stem Cell Research.
• Human Cloning.

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