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Instructions:
This is consists of a series of short answer questions. Read the questions carefully before writing your answers. Please answer each question in full sentences. Include enough detail in order to demonstrate your knowledge. You do not have to write paragraphs and paragraphs worth of information but put enough down that it’s clear to me that you understand the concepts you are dealing with.
To answer the questions, you need to use only the document provided, However, you cannot consult any outside materials. “Outside materials” include books or articles not found on the document provided, other sources on the internet. Do not copy from outside sources.
Although you are free to look at your notes and the course readings, please do not quote directly from the readings. I would like you to state all of your answers in your own words. This means that you should not copy directly from any of the readings, whether cited or not. Your answer contains no grammar and spelling errors
A descriptive term is a term which does not make reference to any values. An evaluative term is one which does make reference to values. Why does R. M. Hare think that health is an evaluative term and not a descriptive one? (Hare)
Why doesn’t Kukla think that illiteracy should be considered a medical problem? (Kukla)
Why do Battin et. al. think that the viewpoints of bioethics and public health are in tension? (Battin)
Explain how economic factors contextualize the decisions for David Rivlin and Larry McAfee to seek physician-assisted suicide. (Pence)
What is social epidemiology and why do Venkatapuram and Marmot think it is necessary to use it in order to understand the causes of disease and illness? (Venkatapuram and Marmot)
Why does Longmore think we have a double-standard when it comes to suicide prevention for disabled people? (Longmore)
Give an example of a treatment in a clinical setting where, in order to uphold our duty to one of the principles of biomedical ethics, we must act against a different principle of biomedical ethics. Explain in your example how the first principle is upheld and the second is transgressed. (Beauchamp)
Explain how the deliberative model of the physician-patient relationship is said to add a brand-new skillset to clinicians.( Emanuel & Emanuel – Four Models)
