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Genetic Testing and Athletes

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-06-27 14:20

Whose Property Are They?

Authors: Leshem-Ackerman, Adash
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a married couple has a number of viable embryos frozen in a laboratory and later decide to get a divorce, whose property are the embryos? ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/whoseproperty.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 11:38

The Orphan Embryos : A Case Study in Bioethics

Authors: Whittaker, Peter ; Santos, Heloisa G. dos ; Sakaguchi, Donald ; Pareja, Enrique ; Gouvenia, Maria M. C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Mr. and Mrs. Smith went through in vitro fertilization a number of years ago and had a number of viable embryos kept frozen at their local hospital. A year later, both of the Smiths were killed in an automobile accident. Now, a re...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/orphanembryos.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 13:12

Case Studies in Organ Transplantation

Authors: Naylor, Gavin J. ; Mallapragada, Surya ; Health, Carol A. ; Hammerberg, Bruce ; Deaver, Emily ; Bristol, David ; Baldwin, Christopher ; Richardson, Elaine ; Wilson, Jim
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A series of short cases and discussion questions on organ transplantation in humans and animals. ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/organtransplants.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 13:32

Responding to the Risks Presented by the Presence of Bovine Turberculosis in Wild Deer: A Case Study

Authors: Newberry, Ruth ; Lane, T. J. ; Peyton, R. B.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: From 1994 to 1996, the USDA saw a rise in the number of Tuberculosis cases in wild deer. The case discusses some of the actions taken by Michigan authorities to help contain the problems, and the reactions of stakeholders, such as f...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 14:34

Tissue Donations

Authors: Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A hospital and university enter into a partnership with Ardais Corporation, a biotechnology company who wishes to set up a tissue bank for genetic researchers. The hospital and university will ask patients to donate tissue samples ...
Year: 2001
URL: http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/Detail.asp?ID=49

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:11

Intra-familial Organ Transplants

Authors: Huston, Carole F.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A woman who needs a kidney transplant looks to her brother, who is unwilling to go through the operation. What should the physician do?...
Year: 1998
URL: http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/Detail.asp?ID=3

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:04

Edible Antibiotics in Food Crop

Authors: Orvis, Kathryn ; Zaleski, Halina ; Zeller, Mike ; Riordan, Terrance
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A large land-grant institution and a major agricultural company have teamed together to create a variety of corn that has been bioengineered to create large quantities of penicillin. The developers believe that this new crop will h...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/ediblevaccines.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 15:45

Golden Rice

Authors: Guarino, Linda, Comstock, Gary ; Torrie, Melanie ; Fletcher, Jacqueline ; Ziegler, Robert ; Shriver, Sharon ; Penner, Karen Pesaresi ; Hessler, Kristen ; Whetten, Ross
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the effort to develop a variety of rice that could potentially solve a vitamin deficiency that affects over 230 million children in the world. The case study asks students to write a letter either supporting or opposing fu...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/publications/case_studies/golden_rice/default.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-25 16:08

Hybrid Corn: A Case Study for Bioethics

Authors: Konde, Victor ; Duvick, Don ; Wiersma, Jochum ; Fan, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A three-part case study about hybrid corn and some of the ethical issues faced by start-up seed companies working on developing new corn hybrids, as well as tensions between companies and activist groups opposed to genetic engineeri...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/hybridcorn.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-25 15:58

Gene Therapy

Authors: Shipp, Allan C. ; Korenman, Stanley G.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A clinical investigator has developed gene therapy which causes a permanent change in the patient`s immune cell-producing tissues....
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/GeneTherapy.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 10:24

Genetic Testing and Uses of Genetic Information I

Authors: Korenman, Stanley G. ; Shipp, Allan C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A physician and geneticist believes she has detected a predictive marker for Huntington`s disease and wants to conduct a project in which she would look at the genetic make up of families with a history of Huntington`s disease. This...
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/GeneticTestingJ2.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 10:28

Genetic Testing and Uses of Genetic Information II

Authors: Shipp, Allan C. ; Korenman, Stanley G.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is set several years in the future. A researcher has developed a method for detecting in utero genetic predisposition for about 200 genetic and congenital conditions. A major laboratory company wants to license the method ...
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/GeneticTestingJ3.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 10:31

Gene Therapy

Authors: Korenman, Stanley G. ; Shipp, Allan C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A clinical investigator has developed gene therapy which causes a permanent change in the patient`s immune cell-producing tissues....
Year: 1994
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/GeneTherapy.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 10:24

Researchers` Duty to Warn

Authors: Schrag, Brian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The PI of an HIV/AIDS research project finds out that one of the positive participants is having unprotected sex with her unknowing boyfriend. He is faced with the dilemma of what to do since the interviews are supposed to be confid...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.research.umn.edu/ethics/pdf/researchersdutytowarn.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-08 12:40

Commercial Surrogacy and Fertility Tourism in India: The Case of Baby Manji

Authors: Points, Kari
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the institutional complexities around the surrogacy and birth of a child with a Japanese biological father and three mothers–the intended Japanese mother who had contracted for the surrogacy, the Indian egg donor, and the ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/BabyManji.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-23 13:39

From Chronic to Critical: A Latino Family Confronts End-of-Life Decisions

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study of an elderly Puerto Rican immigrant to the United States suffering from the effects of diabetes. Includes expert commentaries....
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/chronic-to-critical.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-02 14:11

Confronting a Fetal Abnormality

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A case study raising issues of culturally competent health care for a Muslim woman. When doctors at a local hospital discover brain abnormalities in the unborn child of a young woman from Afghanistan recently admitted to the hospita...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/fetal-abnormality.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-02 15:00

A Difficult Birth: Navigating Language and Cultural Differences

Authors: Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A woman working as an immigrant farm laborer in the United States is admitted to the hospital to give birth, and needs an emergency operation. Her primary language is Mixteco, and she speaks only a smattering of English and Spanish...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/difficult-birth.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-02 14:27

End-of-Life Decision Making:Case 1

Authors: Menkin, Elizabeth
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A physician has questions for a public guardian in charge of the medical care for a conserved patient....
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conserved-patient/case1.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-09 15:18

End-of-Life Decision Making:Case 2

Authors: Menkin, Elizabeth
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A public guardian must make decisions for a 78 year-old woman with severe dementia, and multiple illnesses....
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conserved-patient/case2.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-09 15:59

The Case of the Depressed Patient

Authors: Lee, Melinda
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A doctor must decide if a patient's decision to stop dialysis is motivated by depression....
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/dialogue/candc/cases/patient.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-09 16:06

Cases in Medical Ethics: Student-Led Disussions

Authors: Cirone, Chris
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A selection of medical ethics cases designed to bring up ethical issues in the field if medicine and help students determine whether medicine is the correct calling for them....
Year: 2001
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/cirone/medical-ethics.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-11-10 12:25

Baby, Baby, Baby

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Robert Ladenson ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Nadya Suleman recently gave birth to eight premature infants with help of her fertility doctor. Concerned observers pointed out a number of problems with this situation, namely Ms. Suleman is Single and unemployed, and care if thes...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Baby_Baby_Baby.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-04 11:07

Health Bars

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Robert Ladenson ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: De Torres, an illegal immigrant from Mexico gets into the United States under a stolen identity and social security number, is diagnosed with cervical cancer and receives treatment a several Illinois hospitals until her real identit...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Health%20Bars.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-04 11:24