FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL: Magnus Opus and Exigence > The Ethics of Geriatric Medicine and End of Life Care
E, this material could work in an undergraduate medical humanities course. For, say, a two-day discussion in a MWF one-hour class.
Yes to this. Can you see what medical schools are doing, curriculum wise? What specialties write articles on this topic?
What about some compelling cases? Check out:
Paul Kalanithi's story: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/03/stanford-neurosurgeon-writer-paul-kalanithi-dies-at-37.html
Two classic readings that you can look at too are the works of Susan Sonntag and Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych.
One way to make this manageable is to annotate a number of sources in clusters. Students could select subsets to look at. For example, death and dying for older people, death/dying of cancer, hospice knowledge after 40 years, assisted suicide.
Look at what bioethicists say, too. I would scope out LOTS OF STUFF now, and then plan to narrow.
In addition to academic literature, consider also news/magazines articles as well as TED talks, and even blogs by the dying or those who care for them.
Yes to this. Can you see what medical schools are doing, curriculum wise? What specialties write articles on this topic?
What about some compelling cases? Check out:
Paul Kalanithi's story: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/03/stanford-neurosurgeon-writer-paul-kalanithi-dies-at-37.html
Two classic readings that you can look at too are the works of Susan Sonntag and Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych.
One way to make this manageable is to annotate a number of sources in clusters. Students could select subsets to look at. For example, death and dying for older people, death/dying of cancer, hospice knowledge after 40 years, assisted suicide.
Look at what bioethicists say, too. I would scope out LOTS OF STUFF now, and then plan to narrow.
In addition to academic literature, consider also news/magazines articles as well as TED talks, and even blogs by the dying or those who care for them.
April 21, 2019 |
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Context: Long term and end of life care in medicine have significant ethical ramifications that are worthy of discussion. For students who wish to be introduced to the relevance of humanities to medicine, this topic is an excellent real world model that represents the application of humanistic theory in science.
Purpose: Create a curriculum outline including sources, summaries, and questions that are relevant to this topic.
Document type: Outline including sources, summaries, and follow up questions.
Citation style: Formal APA citations along with links to materials.