Lessons on thinking about Bioethics with high school students

Naoki Shiraishi

Tokyo metropolitan Sumidagawa high school (biology)

Class flowsome basic background knowledge on the blackboard

some basic background knowledge on the blackboard

VTR about 35 minutes

10 min.breakQuestions

Watch 2nd half

Opinion time

10min.

Report as soon as possible(10min)

Curriculum1 Informed choice, Brain death 13 medicine in brain

2 organ transplantation 14, 15 Drug dependency

3 human cloning 16 Current problems

4 In vitro fertilization 17Abortion, Regenerative Medicine, Genetic Diagnosis,

5 AID 18 human Body business

6 Multiple personalities 19 Abortion

7, Prenatal diagnosis 20 Gene diagnoses

8,9,10Barrier-Free 21 movie “Awakenings”

11 The vegetative state 22 Another Cloning technology

12 ALS conclusion

Brain death-What is living? -.

After watching the video "Life and transplantation". Please fill in the gaps:

1 Heart death① ( ) stops.② ( ) breath isn't made③ ( ) is wide open (It doesn't close even if light is shone). The appearance of the medical equipment ( ) appearance: (① and ②are recovered)

2 Brain death (Five Judgment standards) ( 　　　 ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

These five continue for more than ( ) hours

3 Do you think that the brain death is the death of the person? 1 When you become brain dead YES NO* １ 2 In the case where the person (e.g. family) who is important to you becomes brain dead ① When the very person admits brain death as one’s death 　　 YES NO* 2 ② When the will of the very person is unknown 　　 YES NO* 3

4 Your impression (How do you think about deciding brain death by the law as the death of the person)?

 

Your name

brain death of self

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brain death of family (who accept it)

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“Hensa-chi” :popular high school ranking in Japan

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CABHigher passing mark

50 means average

Acceptance of brain death(Y) & Hensa-chi(X)of 　 3 high schools

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Family(yes)

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brain death of family(whose will couldn't be known)

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2001.7.2体 外 受 精 と 親 子 関 係 （ ） に 当 て は ま る 言 葉 は な ん で し ょ う ？（ ） （ ）（ ） （ ）BANK BANK① ② ③ ④

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（ ⑪ ）surrogate mother donor

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cell

nuclear(⑨ ）

（ ⑫ ）（ ⑩ ）host

組 番 氏 名

M A M A P A P A？ ？M A M A P A P A？ ？

Fill in the gaps, and think who is parents. What is Parents?

name

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