Assignment:
Research Paper - Each week there is an assigned research paper based upon the weekly topic. This research paper should be 2-3 pages in APA format, consistent with the current APA Publication manual (currently the 6th Edition). Remember that a research paper must have multiple resources (usually 3-4 references), of which your text may be one. This paper should reflect graduate level academic ability. Pay close attention to grammar and writing structure.
Part I: In this unit students will explore the intricacies of the medical system in The United States and other countries. There are examples of abuse both on the professional side of the medical system and on the patient side of the medical system. Research examples of both professional and patient abuses in the current medical system. Need Assignment Help?
Part II:
Final Project - Self-Modification Project OR Book Review/Opinion Paper-
Final Project: The Self-Modification Project OR Book Review.
Option One - Self Modification Project: One of the primary goals of this course is to better understand the impact that daily lifestyle and habits may have upon overall health and wellness. Consistent with this goal, each student will begin by completing a personal exploration or assessment of the challenges to personal wellness (smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol use, stress modification, etc). Based upon this initial exploration the student will have to develop a plan to modify the challenged found in this exercise and discuss how they have changed these lifestyle-challenges. The:
- Format for this paper will follow three general headings (Initial Challenges to Health and Wellness, Plan of Intervention In the initial section, relevant research regarding the unhealthy behavior should be offered and supported with relevant research. In the second section, the student will develop a detailed plan to change the researched behavior. In the last section, the student will discuss the results of their plan to change the unhealthy behavior. Requirements for the paper include a minimum of 5 pages (APA Format, 7th Edition). This assignment is due Not Later Than Monday the last week of the course. No Late Papers Will Be Accepted
Option 2 - Book Review. Choose one of the books below to read and answer a moral question. Over the years, the scientists of the world have performed horrible human medical experiments in trying to research disease. Two of the books (Doctors from Hell and Japan's Infamous Unit 731) are about medical experiments performed by either the Germans or the Japanese during World War two. The reality is that these experiments did result in a better understands of the impact of trauma and disease upon the human body. This in turn led to an improved success in medical treatment for these conditions even today. The "Moral Question" is, does the advancement in medical treatment that resulted form these experiments outweigh the human tragedy of the experiments. The third book (The Immortal Henrietta Lacks) documents the development of the HeLa cell. This is the cell that is used in medical research today, because it is continually self-replicating. It is used in cancer research predominantly, but other medical research as well. The issue is that it was harvested from Mrs. Lacks without her knowledge, and she was never compensated for the many millions of dollars that were profited from her cells. The same question... Does the advancements in medical science made possible by the HeLa cell outweigh victimizing Mrs. Lacks for the profit of the hospital?
1) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Scloot - (From Amazon) Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells-taken without her knowledge-became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Henrietta's family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a
- Multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family-past and present-is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.
2) Doctors From Hell - Vivian Spits - (From Amazon) As a court reporter in 1946, Vivien Spitz was sent to Nuremberg, Germany, to report proceedings at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Spitz applied for the job after World War II because she was half German and a Catholic and could not comprehend the horrors that were beginning to appear in the press and newsreels. At age 22, she was the youngest reporter at the trials. She was assigned to the medical case of 20 Nazi doctors and three medical assistants who had tortured and killed by experiments authorized in the name of scientific research and patriotism. This landmark trial resulted in the establishment of the Nuremberg code, which set the guidelines for medical research involving human beings.
3) Japan's Infamous Unit 731 - Hal Gold - (From Amazon) Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors and their assistants subjected human guinea pigs to gruesome medical experiments in the name of science and Japan's wartime chemical and biological warfare research. Author Hal Gold draws upon a wealth of sources to construct a portrait of the Imperial Japanese Army's most notorious medical unit, giving an overview of its history and detailing its most shocking activities. The book presents the words of former unit members themselves, taken from remarks they made at a traveling Unit 731 exhibition held in Japan in 1994-95. They recount vivid first-hand memories of what it was like to take part in horrific experiments on men, women and children, their motivations and reasons why they chose to speak about their actions all these years later.