グローバル生命倫理

Apr 8. Class 1: Embryo Disposition Apr 15. Class 2: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening; Gene Editing (1) Apr 22. Class 3: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Screening; Gene Editing (2) May 13. Class 4: Prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling in early pregnancy May 20. Class 5: Abortion by Minors May 27. Class 6: Treatment of Premature Babies Jun 3. Class 7: Explaining illness to children, Ethical issues at the end of life for children

This seminar will explore a variety of ethical issues that arise when becoming pregnant and leading up to childhood: beginning with embryo disposition, pre-implantation diagnosis and screening, then prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling in early pregnancy, abortion (also including access by minors to abortion and birth control), treatment of premature babies, explaining illness to children. This course will present eight cases from these respective stages (Class1-3: embryo stage, Class 4-5: embryo-fetus stage, Class 6-7 : childhood stage) and examine the cross-cultural ethical issues that arise (mainly, U.S. vs Japan). Often, patients (children/parents) and medical professionals are confronted with difficulty in dealing with these issues due to the wide range of circumstances, governments, policies, religions, and cultural values prevalent in that region. By discussing a same case with other students from different backgrounds, students acknowledge the cultural diversity in the ways of practice along with the spectrum of values that is both unique and similar to the rest of the world. These culturally sensitive findings will help in the day-to-day decisions for practitioners across a variety of nations and cultures as well as gaining respect for the universal components of biomedical ethics.

Discussion 50% Final Paper(30%) and Short paper(20%)

Required readings are given for each class.

Akabayashi A, Kodama S, Slingsby BT, Biomedical Ethics in Asia, A Casebook for Multicultural Learners, McGraw Hill Eduacation, 2011. Diekema D, Mercurio M, Adam M, Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case based Textbook, New York: Cambridge University Press 2011.

Please do the readings before class, otherwise we will not be able to discuss the topics in class. But, please come in even if you have not done the readings since being able to carry on an ethical discussion is one of the objectives for my class.

医師として実務経験のある教員による講義である。