Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Links to case studies

Here are the links to the case studies that we discussed at the past two Bioethics Committee meetings. These case studies are from the New York Presbyterian Hospital Ethics Committee and were presented to the public during the Columbia Center for Bioethics Ethics for Lunch series.

"A Patient's Request for Removal of a Ventricular Assist Device: Is it ethical? Is it legal?"
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/pdf/Ventricular_Assist_Device_11_28_06.pdf

"Advertisting for a Kidney: Is it ethical? Is it legal?"
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/pdf/Advertising_Kidney_5_9_06.pdf

"When Parents Request an Untested Experimental Therapy for their Extremely Ill Child"
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/pdf/Experimental_Therapy_2_16_06.pdf

"A Blind and Psychotic PatientRefusing Cataract Surgery: Beneficent Paternalism or Irrational Autonomy?"
http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/bioethics/upload/Prager_11-15.07_Ethics_Lunch_Write_Up-1.pdf

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