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Introduction Purposes of Class Social viewpoint on health (epistemology) Bioethics (defined) Critical thinking and writing Dialectic techniques

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Introduction. Purposes of Class Social viewpoint on health (epistemology) Bioethics (defined) Critical thinking and writing Dialectic techniques. Expectations. Civility Responsibility Attendance Grades. Introduction. Lectures twice weekly Recitation once weekly - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Introduction

Introduction

Purposes of Class Social viewpoint on health (epistemology) Bioethics (defined) Critical thinking and writing Dialectic techniques

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Expectations

Civility Responsibility Attendance Grades

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Introduction

Lectures twice weekly Recitation once weekly Separate syllabi/ readings grades 2/3’s for lecture portion and 1/3 for

recitation Recitation requires attendance 25% A’s by departmental mandate

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Grades, Papers and Tests

Grades on standard CU scale Rounded up if fraction above the number Two tests including the final One paper Recitation has separate assignments

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Attendance

Required if you wish to do well Material contains some sexual information

because of the health content of the class—if you are uncomfortable with the information please contact me. There is no intent to harass.

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Instructor Availability

Ketchum 11A 11am Tuesdays or by appointment

Email is best way to communicate TA available to consult as well Instructions for papers and reviews IN CLASS If you skip, you lose

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Type of Thinking

Emotive Utilitarian Intellectual Ideological Critical

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Critical Thinking

Critical thinking has to do with seeing two sides of EVERY issue, the supportive evidence for each and make a logical choice of action based on intellect and epistemology

Pragmatism vs. Ideology Evidence vs. enunciation/rhetoric

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Sources of Thought

Media Research Socialization Ideology All these sources have an underlying

epistemology that you must recognize and adjust for

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Sociological relationships

Norms, values and beliefs Patterns of behavior Conflict versus consensus Open versus closed thinking Structure versus action Individual versus society Socialization

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Medicine—Theoretical Stances

Health Sociology defined Biological model Socio-biological model Social model Art versus Science?

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Health

Not just absence of disease Durkheim and the categorization process Complexity—example—the interaction

between genetics and behavior results in health status

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Health

Includes Illness and health Prevention of disease and public health Injury and illness Issues of natural science related to social

action

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Reading writing and thinking

Critical thought requires information What information? How do you obtain it? Reliability and validity Filters Experience

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Critical writing

Make an outline Argue both sides Clear, concise statements Evidentiary support is key, logical ordering Make your case in strong and straightforward

logical manner Be prepared to defend your viewpoint with

facts, not emotion

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Example

Two young people “hook up” after a party The woman becomes pregnant and decides on

an abortion The young man sees the woman before the

abortion occurs and asserts a right to decisional capacity in the decision

Does he have a right in law?; in ethical sense?