PHI350 Schedule for Presentations/Debates

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January
T 27 Causes of Death (DSHE Ch. 4) FULL
Presentation: How medicine and health care have prolonged our lifespans. Comparison of North America now with the past, and with other parts of the world.

Kelly Forsyth
Elizabeth Sparks
Amy Brooks
Jared Hilton
Jeff Carrico

R 29 The Process of Dying FULL
Presentation: What role do hospitals and technology play in our last days?

Anissa Carver
Jenny Goff
Kevin Poe
Denny Fugate
Alyson Claywell

February
T 10 Legal Criteria of Death (EIDD §1 The Definition of Death) FULL
Presentation: Medical Views of Death different religions

Jan Carter
Mile Poynter
Kimberly Martin
Amy Teeple
Jessica Bell

R 12 Life After Death, Test FULL
Presentation: Views of the afterlife in different religions

Robert Rodriguez
Nimrat Dhooper
Donia Shuhaiber
Lynn Cager Thompson
Ben Caldwell
Joe Surkamer
Aileen Soo
Heather Haynes

T 17 Looking for Proof (DSHE Ch. 14) FULL
Presentation: Evidence of ghosts and communication with the dead

Kenneth Griffin
Chris Keith
Laura Chafin
Carrie Cornelius
Paula Duncan
Bonnie Collett

R 19 Is Suicide Wrong? (DSHE Ch. 8) (EIDD §3 Classical Problems)
Presentation: The role of suicide in modern society FULL

2 mini presentations:

One on the reasons people commit suicide, the nature of depression and mental illness, personal accounts, and some rational suicides
One on the ethics of suicide and suicide prevention.

Jody Jennings
Wm R Henry
Marc Frisiello
Richard Reece
Jennie Maxwell
Joy Fulton

T24 Truth Telling (EIDD §2 Truthtelling with Dying Patients) FULL
Debate: should health care professionals ever withhold the prognosis from dying patients (from age 12)?

Edwina McDonald
Shaun Jennings
Diane Dabit
Rebecca Rice
Lisa Griggs

T 3 March The Rights of Incompetent Conscious Adults (EIDD §7 Decisions on Behalf of Adults)
Debate: Should severely mental retarded and senile people with life threatening diseases be given the same health care as the rest of us?

Jenny Phillips
Jason Gresham
Brad Thomas
Bryan Fox

R 5 The Right to Refuse (DSHE Ch. 10 pp 235-258) (EIDD §3 The Prevention of Suicide; §5 Intending and Causing Death)
Presentation: How easy is it to to refuse life-saving treatment for oneself in hospitals today? FULL

Kara Cook
Jon Cole
Dana Clemons
Randy Lawson
Marcie Lewis

T 10 Dying Children (DSHE Ch. 11), Test
Presentation: Dying Children's (under 12) Right to Control their Death

Charles Hazelrigg
Jason Clark

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R 12 Living Wills and Organ Donation
Presentation: Living Wills and Organ Donation in Kentucky CANCELLED

T 24 Measuring the Quality of Life [See Encyclopedia of Bioethics in Bio Sciences & Med Center Libraries]
Presentation: Why would it be useful to measure the quality of life, and how could we do so?

R 26 The Effect of AIDS (DSHE Ch. 7) Visiting Speaker

T 31 Facing Death and Dying with Dignity (DSHE Ch. 5), Test
Presentation: Kubler-Ross and other approaches

Charlene Gemmill
Kristin Lamb
Baxter Jennings
Brandie Bohman

R April 2 Hospice Care and Palliative Care (DSHE Ch. 6)
Presentation: Hospices in Kentucky FULL

Kaye Gibson
Tracy Childress
Meredith Brown
Todd Meek
Chris Wallace

T 14 Terrorism (DSHE Ch. 9 pp. 218-228)
Debate: Terrorism is never justified

Clark Heinrichs
Chris Heim
Christopher Keesling
Jeff Culver
John Connelly

R16 The Death Penalty (DSHE Ch. 9 pp. 207-218)
Debate: Should Kentucky keep the death penalty?

Katrina Zabriskie NO
Diane Gahafar NO
Jason Masony YES
Jenn Chichester
Gam MacPherson
Scott Rizzo YES
Kate Stewart
Matt Eller