Professional Ethics
Week Four

Tuesday, January 27th  
The Hippocratic Oath
“Please Don’t Tell” by Len Fleck and Marcia Angell
“SARS Plague: Duty of Care or Medical Heroism?” by Dessmon Tai     

Thursday, January 29th
“Professionalism, Profession and the Virtues of the Good Physician” by Edmund Pellegrino
“Why Doctors Should Intervene” by Terrence F. Ackerman

Week Five

Tuesday, February 3rd
“Doctor Does Not Know Best: Why in the New Century Physicians Must Stop Trying to Benefit Patients” by Robert Veatch

Thursday, February 5th
From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice by Jodi Halpern (excerpts)

  • Short paper #1 due by Sunday, February 8th, @ 11.59 pm. Submit to Blackboard.