Medicine, Ethics and Me

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Produced by the new economics foundation (nef), this resource contains activities that help students to discuss and understand issues around medical ethics. The materials contain teacher guidance, student information and a range of activities that promote discussion and debate.

Medicine, Ethics and Me is a versatile resource that uses the issue of infertility and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) to explore ethics in medicine. Two approaches to ethics are looked at:
• rights based, where the rights and wrongs decide an issue
• consequences-based, where the effects on everyone involved in a decision are taken into consideration.

Additionally, inherited disorders, including Huntington's and Thalassaemia, are considered.

Students use the materials to discuss and debate the issues. This allows students to gain a greater understanding of the topic as well as formulate polices and recommendations that could be made to the Government or other decision-makers.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx49h

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