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We will use HEALTH
CARE
LAW
AND
ETHICS
(6th ed. 2003) by Hall
et al. as our basic text, supplemented by handout readings.
Handouts are in PDF
(Portable Document Format). These can be viewed and printed only
with an Adobe Reader, which you can download for free here:
|
Class # |
Coverage |
Casebook pages /
handouts |
|
1 |
Introduction |
xxix-xxxi, 1-7 (top; NOTE: this includes pp. 591-95, 446-52, and
714-19);
SKIP Tenet case;
7 (bottom) -29 |
|
2 |
|
29-38; 66-86; 91-99 |
|
3 |
Confidentiality |
163-85; Thapar v. Zezulka (handout) |
|
4 |
Informed Consent |
185-229; Texas Disclosure Panel statute
(handout) |
|
5 |
|
229-53
Optional: PBS
broadcast a
story about Pres. Clinton's apology for the Tuskegee
study, together with an excellent background piece on Tuskegee and
its legacy.
Sound files are also available on
these pages.
Optional: 5-part series,
"Uninformed Consent" [link
to Seattle Times site] |
|
6 |
Public Health - issues of confidentiality and informed consent |
782-94, 798-805, 833-43 |
|
7 |
|
843-84 |
|
8 |
Right to Die |
491-518 |
|
9 |
|
In-class discussion of an 88-minute "Frontline"
(PBS) report, "The Death of Nancy Cruzan" (IVS 02493) |
|
10 |
|
518-52 Optional: For those who want a
literary treatment of some of these issues, consider reading the
Pulitzer-prize-winning play, "Wit," by Margaret Edson. It is also
available in an HBO DVD/VHS starring Emma Thompson. A similar, but
true-life, account of end-of-life care decisions appeared in The New
York Times on June 5, 2003, followed by five letters to the editor on
June 9 (click here
[PDF]). |
|
11 |
|
552 - 58
(i)
Texas Advance Directives Act (handout,
37 pp.);
(ii)
Texas Consent to Medical
Treatment Act (handout);
(iii) study questions (handout)
Supplement: S.B. 1320 (Tex. 78th Leg., eff.
20 Jun 03) |
|
12 |
|
558-64;
HCA, Inc., et al. v. Miller et al.
(handout) Optional:
article from Dec. 2002
Texas Monthly about the Millers |
|
13 |
Physician-Assisted Suicide |
565-91 |
|
14 |
Futility and Brain Death |
591-606 (i)
futility articles
(handout);
(ii)
Advance Directives Act, Tx. Health & Safety Code §§ 166.045-.046 (see
Class 11 handout);
(iii)
Texas Determination of Death Statute (handout)
(iv)
Non-heart-beating donor protocols (handout) |
|
15 |
Organ Transplantation |
607-40
Optional:
the award-winning
Scenes from a Transplant,
from This
American Life (NPR), 5/29/98, 59 min. (requires RealAudio, available for
free
here) |
|
16 |
|
641-62 |
|
17 |
Reproductive Rights & Genetic Technologies |
663-695 |
|
18 |
|
695-723 |
|
19 |
|
723-51 Senate
Bill 319, 78th Texas Legislature (2003) (handout) |
|
20 |
|
751-81 |
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Last
updated:
10 July 2003
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