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Required Texts


Amazon logo Camus, Albert. The Plague. Translated by Robin Buss. London, UK: Allen Lane, 2001. ISBN: 9780713995978.

Amazon logo Kleinman, Arthur. Illness Narratives. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1988. ISBN: 9780465032020.

Amazon logo Hippocrates. Hippocratic Writings. Edited by G. E. R. Lloyd. Harmondsworth, NY: Penguin, 1978. ISBN: 9780140400311.

Amazon logo Pence, Gregory. Classic Cases in Medical Ethics. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 9780072829358.

Amazon logo Solomon, Andrew. The Noonday Demon. New York, NY: Scribner, 2001. ISBN: 9780684854663.



Readings by Class Session


SES #TOPICSREADINGS
1Discussion of Hippocratic Writings Hippocratic Writings.
2Discussion of Hippocratic Writings (cont.)Hippocratic Writings.
3Peer Review
4Discussion of Hippocratic Writings (cont.)Hippocratic Writings.
5Discussion of Medical Ethics Medical Ethics. pp. 1-28.
6Library Visit
7Discussion of Medical Ethics: Comas"Comas." In Medical Ethics.
8Discussion of Medical Ethics: Requests to Die"Requests to Die." In Medical Ethics.
9Discussion of Medical Ethics: Human Subjects"Human Subjects." In Medical Ethics.
10Peer Review
11No Class (Go! To! The! Library!)
12Discussion of Illness Narratives Illness Narratives. pp. 1-99.
13Discussion of Illness Narratives (cont.)Illness Narratives. pp. 100-193.
14Discussion of Noonday Demon Noonday Demon. pp. 11-172.
15Discussion of Noonday Demon (cont.)Noonday Demon. pp. 285-444.
16Illness Narrative and Noonday Demon discussed together
17Research Clinic - Bring in your Problems

Oral Presentation Techniques Discussed
18Peer review
19Prof. Ann Jurecic Visits
20Discussion of The Plague The Plague.
21Discussion of The Plague (cont.)The Plague.
22-24Presentations

 








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