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Assignment for Day 17
Nanotech in genomic medicine
Lisa &
Robby’s Day!
Readings:
· Nanotech Rx: Medical applications of nano-scale technologies, Please read pages 2, 8-23; glossary not required but might be useful. (ETC Group, September, 2006)
· Outline of Nanotechnology Medical Technologies NOTE: Please read and bring this with you to class.
Thinking assignment for the presentation:
· What ethical pros and cons are most important in deciding the medical uses of nanotechnology?
Note: The outline above lists various possible uses.
Pass-fail writing assignment to turn in on Tuesday:
· Scenario: The Obama administration’s new Secretary of Health and Human Services has asked you to bring her up to speed on nanotech medicine. She already knows a bit about the science, and now she wants to focus on the ethics of nanotech in health and medical care. She is, after all, a political appointment and expected to set priorities for the nation’s health policy.
· Participants: The HHS Secretary wants the attendees to represent a wide range of perspectives and interest groups: patients, physicians, epidemiologists and health educators from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (including the CDC’s divisions for diabetes, infectious disease, HIV, etc.), taxpayers, U.S. senators, Urban League (black), La Raza (Hispanic), AARP (older individuals), and so on.
· Your task: Your task is to specify the topic for each workshop. There will be three in the morning and three in the afternoon. You have been pondering what 6 categories would best capture the breadth and depth of ethical questions that must be considered. Your recent reading (for today and earlier days) has convinced you that various financial and social tradeoffs have to be considered, that morally vexing choices must be made, and that decisions are made all the more difficult by the scientific uncertainties over how well different techniques will work and what their side-effects will be. You finally formulate the following six titles and short abstracts. (Abstracts supplement the titles in explaining session intent/content.)
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