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B i o e t h i c s a n d t h e L a w
Law and History of Medicine 905
Fall 1999, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Taught with Professor Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
- Syllabus.pdf
(40k)
- First
Paper Assignments.pdf (12k)
- Second
Paper Assignments.pdf (24k)
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H a n d o u t s
- 990915_Informed_Consent.pdf
(36k)
- 990929_Euthanasia_&_PAS.pdf
(36k)
- 991012_Abortion.pdf
(40k)
- 991018_Abortion_2.pdf
(24k)
R e a d i n g s
- Cases
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- Informed Consent
- Canterbury_v_Spence.pdf
(116k)
- SchloendorffvSociety_of_NY.pdf
(40k)
- Thor_v_Superior_Court.pdf
(80k)
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- Advanced directives and the right to refuse treatment
- Superintendent_v_Saikewicz.pdf
(96k):
- In_re_Storar.pdf
(96k)
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- Surrogate Decisionmaking
- In_re_Quinlan.pdf
(108k)
- Cruzan_v_Director.pdf
(216k)
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- Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Vacco_v_Quill.pdf
(84k)
- Washington_v_Glucksberg.pdf
(184k)
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- The Definition of Death
- In_re_Baby_K.pdf
(6k)
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- Abortion
- Roe_v_Wade.pdf
(136k)
- PlannedP_v_Casey.pdf
(336k)
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- Procreative Autonomy and Responsibility
- Skinner_v_State_of_Okl.pdf
(40k)
- Eisenstadt_v_Baird.pdf
(84k)
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- Genetic Screening and Testing
- Turpin_v_Sortini.pdf
(76k)
- Procanik_v_Cillo.pdf
(80k)
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- In vitro fertilization
- Davis_v_Davis.pdf
(92k)
- Kass_v_Kass.pdf
(48k)
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- Contract Pregnancy
- Loving_v_Virginia.pdf
(40k)
- In_the_Matter_of_Baby_M.pdf
(184k)
- Johnson_v_Calvert.pdf
(128k)
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- Regulations
- 45 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 46 (108k): experimentation on human
subjects
- NBAC_Cloning_Report.pdf
(396k)
- NBAC
Research on Persons: research involving persons with mental
disabilities that affect decisionmaking capacity
- President_Stem_Cell.pdf
(16k)
- Stem_Cells_Executive_Summar.pdf
(60k)
- WH_Memo_on_Cloning.pdf
(12k)
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News Articles
- Amish_On_Cutting_Edge.pdf
(16k): Amish use light-beds to combat a a rare hereditary
disease
- Company_Denies.pdf
(20k): Geron Corp. denies that it was trying to create cloned
human embryos
- Doctors_Try_Bold_Move.pdf
(32k): Dr. McGlashan tests anti-psychotic drugs in people at risk
for schizophrenia, prior to the onset of any symptoms
- Gene_Therapys_Focus_Shifts.pdf
(32k): … from rare illnesses to more common ailments
- Govt_Proposes_Regs.pdf
(16k): NIH proposes draft guidlines for federally funded research
on human embryonic stem cells
- Losing_Ones_Bearings.pdf
(20k): End of life issues in the ICU
- Of_Mice_Men.pdf
(24k): A gene that jump starts hair follicles
- Patients_Death_Stops_Genes.pdf
(12k): Jesse Gelsinger dies in a gene therapy trial at
Pennsylvania
- Successful_Gene_Therapy.pdf
(20k): … on hemophelia and heart cells
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- Second Paper
Assignment Readings
- Paper Topic 1
- 990915BattleOverEmbryos.pdf
(16k): Chicago Tribune "Battle over Embryos fate gets a hearing
Estranged husband tells his side"
- 990915NurseEmbryosDeserve.pdf
(16k): Chicago Sun-Times "Nurse: Embryos 'deserve shot at life'
Estranged husband wants fertilized eggs destroyed"
- 990916EmbryosRemainInLimbo.pdf
(16k): Chicago Tribune "Embryos remain in limbo as hearing takes a
break Wife tells course why she should get them"
- 990930JudgeKeepsEmbryos.pdf
(16k): Chicago Sun-Times "Judge keeps embryos from wife"
- Behind
Frozen-Embryos Case.pdf: (20k) Chicago Daily Bulletin "Behind
Frozen-Embryos Case Lies Consent Issue"
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- Paper Topic Two
- NBAC
Research on Persons: research involving persons with mental
disabilities that affect decisionmaking capacity
- TD_v_NYSOMH.pdf
(500k): T. D. v New York State Office of Mental Health
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L i n k s
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