Chapter 11: The First Course in Ethics
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Description
In this segment, Dr. Stancel talks about his role on the Research Ethics Task Force. He stresses that as far as he knows the Graduate School of Biomedical Science is the first institution to offer a course in ethics and to require it. He explains why teaching ethics has been controversial, then talks about the plans to formally track the effect of this program and possible ethical dilemmas medical professionals will face. He vividly describes some of the teaching methods.
Publication Date
2-29-2012
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
George Stancel, PhD, Oral History Interview, February 29, 2012
Topics Covered
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Building the Institution; Overview; Education; Ethics; Building/Transforming the Institution; Professional Practice; The Professional at Work
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Stancel, George M. PhD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 11: The First Course in Ethics" (2012). Interview Chapters. 1477.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1477
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Open
