1. Aims To understand an ethical issue from medical research.
Medical Ethics
Aims To understand an ethical issue from medical research.
Evaluate different points of view in Medical Ethics and how the Catholic Church approaches Medical Ethics

2. Medical Ethics
Medical ethics is when doctors and researchers aim to heal, cure and enhance our lives by altering and curing our physical bodies.
It becomes an ethical issue when people disagree as to the extent of the medical research that should be allowed.

3. What issues are part of medical ethics?
Designer babies
Stem cell research
IVF
Anything that alters our created bodies. i.e Cosmetic surgery

4. Your task.
In pairs you are going to write a newspaper report about an issue in Medical Ethics. You must find an example of one of the types of issues we have looked at. You might want to do this on Publisher

5. You need to include Explanation of the issue
Why people might agree or disagree with it.
What some of the Ethical theories we have studied would say
What the Catholic church would say.
Give a conclusion at the end.

6. Resources You can find your situation online.
Also use Catholic teaching from online or use a YouCat (or the full Catechism if you are feeling brave).
Then find some opinion that disagrees with this.

7. Plenary Why is it important we think about Ethics in medicine?
Why is it sometimes important to put a limit on what people do or ask whether or not we should be allowed to do certain things such as designer babies?