"Biomedical Ethics"

Philosophy 830, Winter, 2005
Seminar in Value Theory

Professor Hubin

Readings

    The Concepts of Health and Disease

"Health as a Theoretical Concept," by Christopher Boorse

"Four Basic Concepts of Medical Science," by Caroline Whitbeck

"Values, Health and Medicine," by William Goosens

"On the Value-Neutrality of the Concepts of Health and Disease: Unto the Breach Again," by Scott DeVito

"Disease," by Rachel Cooper

    Some Theories of Distributive Justice

"Handout on Rawls's Theory of Justice," by Don Hubin

"Handout on Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia," by Don Hubin

    Gender, Health and Health Care

"Caring for Women's Health - What is the Problem?" by Marcia Angell

"Gender Representation in Trials," by Curtis Meinert

"Feminism is Bad for Women's Healths," by Sally Satel

"False Diagnosis: When it Comes to Gender, Doctors Don't Play Favorites," by Cathy Young

"Separate, Unequal" by Sydney Smith, M.D.

"When Men's Health Doesn't Count" by Dianna Thompson and Glenn Sacks

"College men's health: An overview and a call to action," by Will Courtenay

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