Ethics in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Exploring Bioethics through Manga

Description

In this course, you will learn:

Bioethics' fundamental terms.
The fundamentals of ethical debate.
The process via which key bioethics choices are made.
Regulations and public policies in Japan and other countries concerning bioethical problems.

Syllabus:

1. Ethics of Assisted Reproductive Technology

• What is Assisted Reproductive Technology?
• Sex Selection
• Pros & Cons of Sex Selection
• Ethical Issues Associated with Assisted Reproductive Technology
   

2. The Ethics of Truth-Telling

• Cancer and Its Disclosure in Japan
• Pros & Cons of Cancer Disclosure
• Paternalism & Self-Determination
• Informed Consent & Patient-Centered Medicine
   

3. Is Abortion Murder?

• Current Situation of Abortion in Japan
• Ethical Discussions in Japan
• Ethical Discussions in Europe & America
• Social Problems Related to Abortion
   

4. What’s wrong with Enhancement?

• Use of Medical Technologies for Enhancement
• The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – The Anti-Use Position
• The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – Where Are Enhancement Technologies Heading?
   

5. Is Euthanasia Wrong?

• Euthanasia and Death with Dignity
• Japanese Cases of Euthanasia
• For and Against Euthanasia
• Palliative Medicine
• Living Wills
   

6. Living-Donor Organ Transplantation

• Organ Transplantation
• The History of Organ Transplantation
• Living-Donor Organ Transplantation and Ethical Problems
• Organ Trafficking
• Living-Donor Organ Transplants: Exception or the Rule?
   

7. Cloning Technology

• Media Reports on the Birth of Dolly the Cloned Sheep and “the Birth of a Human Clone”
• Two Purposes of Cloning and Ethical Controversy
• Regulation of Human Cloning
• Discussion with the Instructor – Part 1
   

8. ES Cells and iPS Cells

• Production of ES Cells and Regenerative Medicine
• Barriers to ES Cell Production
• The Production of iPS Cells
• Problems of iPS Cells
   

9. Lifespan and Eternal Life

• Human Lifespan in the Past, Present, and Future
• Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on the Individual
• Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on Society
• Discussion with the Instructor – Part 2
   

10. Brain Death and Organ Transplants

• The Organ Transplant Law and its Revision in Japan
• The Process of Organ Donation
• Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 1
• Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 2

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