Cancer+Journal

Cancer - A Brief Introduction  MLA Formatting Guidelines for Works Cited

** //The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks// ** by Rebecca Skloot

** __Objectives__ **
 * Reinforce concepts learned and discussed in class
 * Analyze the complex historical relationships between doctors and patients/research subjects
 * Reflect on real-life (or death) applications and implications of bioethics
 * Be able to ask and answer—and then ask some more—questions that will enhance our ability to work in both the disciplines of science and social studies

**__Rubric__**



**__Part I: Life - due Friday, May 24th, 2013__** 

**__Part II: Death - due Monday, June 3rd, 2013__** 

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Part III: Immortality - due Wednesday, June 12th, 2013__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

=** Cancer Journal Project **= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;"> Our disease journal project will provide a unique opportunity for you to “experience” a disease (minus the part where you actually are sick). It also marks the beginning of a month-long collaboration between Mr. Hammer’s Honors Biology course and Ms. McGrath’s African American History course. Our multidisciplinary approach will provide opportunities for in-depth investigation of the complex scientific and sociological determinants of disease as well as historical and ethical perspectives on health care and biomedical research. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;"> In a few minutes, you will be "given" symptoms of a particular disease and be asked to research possible causes of these symptoms. Upon receiving your diagnosis, you will be asked to research your particular disease and various treatment regimens from a variety of sources, including journal articles, textbooks, and personal interviews with doctors, scientists, related agencies, and former patients. You will ultimately be asked to make decisions about whether you will accept treatment, whether your insurance will cover such treatment, and what you will do if your treatment does not work and/or your prognosis changes. Throughout the course of the project, you will maintain a journal of your activities, findings, reactions, and reflections.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-top: 0in;"> **__ Objectives __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;">Reinforce concepts learned and discussed in class
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;">Investigate and understand proposed causes of disease at the molecular level
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;">Research medical treatments, their mechanisms of action, and side effects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in;">Reflect on real-life (or death) applications and implications of biology

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; margin-top: 0in;">**Check out these real disease journals online:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-top: 0in;"> @http://myhodgkins.org/journal/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-top: 0in;"> http://gotlyme.wordpress.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-top: 0in;"> @http://hivpositiveandliving.blogspot.com/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; margin-top: 0in;"> __**Rubric**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in;"> **__Parts I –II__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in;"> - due Tuesday, May 21st ,2013 - due Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 - due Friday, May 31st, 2013 - due Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Link to Cancer Treatment Spreadsheet

- due Tuesday, June 11th, 2013