Some assignment descriptions and student work from the course are included below. There are sections for both the Spring 2004 and Spring 2005 instances of the course.
Assignment 1 (PDF)
Assignment 2
Assignment 3 (PDF)
Examples of student work appear courtesy of the author.
Assignment 1
Tiffany Chen - The Hippocratic Oath Adapted by Modern Technology and Society (PDF)
Abdurrahman Kandil - The Kandilian Oath (PDF)
Abdurrahman Kandil - The Kandilian Oath: A Personalized Approach to the Medical Oath (PDF)
Richa Maheshwari - A Medical Oath for America's Current Social Landscape (PDF)
Assignment 3
Abdurrahman Kandil - Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing and Ethics: Identification of the Problem and the Exploration of Solutions (PDF)
Assignment 1 - Write an Oath for Doctors (PDF)
Assignment 2 - Your Place in the Tradition (PDF)
Assignment 3 - Metaphor and Illness (PDF)
Assignment 4 - Meditative Essay or Topic of Your Choice (PDF)
Examples of student work appear courtesy of the author.
Assignment 1
Janet Leung - De-Greeking the Oath of Hippocrates (PDF)
Assignment 2
Janet Leung - What is the Modern Western Medical Tradition, and How do I Belong to it? (PDF)
Assignment 3
Janet Leung - Metaphor and Illness: HIV and AIDS (PDF)
Assignment 4
Janet Leung - The Role of Community in the Treatment of Depression (PDF)