英語総合講座III-47 
SAKIYAMA UTAKO
崎山 詩子 
4単位 
3〜4年 
後期 
Medical Ethics

With the development of modern technology and medicine, what was impossible a generation ago is now scientifically possible. It is thankful that many lives have been saved and thousands of illness detected and/or cured.
While continuing scientific advances extend our biological options, they also present major moral and ethical dilemmas.
The aim of the course is to provide students with ethical discussions on medical issues. Issues included are organ transplants, animal and human cloning, gene therapy, and eugenics. The students are encouraged to express their opinions in various ways.
Reading materials will be taken from new papers and magazines and films will be used to illustrate the areas studied.  

評価方法: will be explained in the first class.

テキスト名: will be distributed in the first class.

注意事項: some technological and medical terms will be introduced. dictionary use is crucial. anyone who would like to think of value of life, share your opinion with us. 

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1.Introduction of the class and themes. Explanation of the grade evaluation.
Distribution of text copies.
2.Explanation on basic knowledge of brain death and organ transplant. By reading an article of brain death and organ transplant, discussion.
3.By reading an article of brain death and organ transplant, drill and discussion.
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10.By watching a film review the areas studied. Introduction of Cloning.
11.Explanation on basic knowkedge of cloning technology. Read an atricle of cloning.
12.By reading an article of cloning, drill and discussion.
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15.By reading an article of cloning, drill and discussion.
After the 15th session, Gene Therapy is studied.