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PCR Learning Objectives
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1. Discuss how what is condoned and promoted within the culture of medicine is in a constant state of social reevaluation.
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2. Understand the history of eugenics at the University of Vermont and in the state of Vermont.
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3. Understand the genetics of race and how it has been used to justify mistreatment.
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4. Examine communication in the context of medicine.
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PCR Readings/Resources
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1. Description of eugenics in Vermont: http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/VT/VT.html
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2. Passage from “Breeding better Vermonters” by Nancy Gallagher
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3. Donald Berwick’s article, “The epitaph of profession”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629825/
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4. Description of the Eugenics Survey in Vermont: http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/famstudiesf.html
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PCR Sample Discussion Questions
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1. What is the definition of race? Is race genetically acquired? How has science/genetics been used to justify mistreatment?
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2. Who are the Abenaki people?
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3. How has medicine and the practice of medicine changed over time?
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4. Where does science end and social perception begin?
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5. How is the history of eugenics at Vermont a useful way to think about how cultural expectations of the role of medicine are constantly changing?
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a. Are there things that are currently happening in medicine today that might seem problematic with the benefit of hindsight?
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6. History of medicine and doctors is one of silencing different types of people and instituting certain types of people, white men in suits, as physicians and silencing others
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7. Do you know of any other examples of the institution of medicine causing more harm than good?
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8. Is forced sterilization ever justified?
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9. How is the inequitable distribution of resources in the healthcare system similar to the eugenics movement?
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10. How do modern attempts to interfere with genetics resemble or not resemble eugenics movements of the past?
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