Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Health and Society, 9th Edition

Cover page......Page 1
Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Preface......Page 8
Correlation Guide......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Contents In Brief......Page 10
Contents (with page links)......Page 11
UNIT 1 THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY......Page 26
Issue 1. Should the United States Adopt a Single-Payer Plan to Fund National Health Insurance?
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YES: Physicians for a National Health Program, from “Proposal of the Physicians’ Working Group for Single Payer National
Health Insurance,” (2006). http://www.pnhp.org/......Page 29
NO: Ezekiel J. Emanuel, from “The Problem with Single-Payer Plans,” Hastings Center Report (January–February 2008)......Page 33
Issue 2. Should Life-Sustaining Medical Care Be Rationed Based on Age?......Page 41
YES: Clare M. Clarke, from “Rationing Scarce Life-Sustaining Resources on the Basis of Age,” Journal of Advanced Nursing (September 2001)......Page 43
NO: Norman G. Levinsky, from “Can We Afford Medical Care for Alice C?” The Lancet (December 1998)
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Issue 3. Is the Pharmaceutical Industry Responsible for
the High Cost of Prescription Drugs?......Page 59
YES: Christopher F. Koller, from “Prescription for Trouble: Why
Drug Prices Keep Exploding,” Commonweal ( June 15, 2001)......Page 61
NO: Peter W. Huber, from “Of Pills and Profits: In Defense of Big Pharma,” Commentary ( July/August 2006)......Page 68
UNIT 2 HEALTH AND SOCIETY......Page 82
Issue 4. Is Drug Testing Vital to the Workplace?
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YES: William F. Current, from “Cut Costs and Increase Safety with Pre-Employment Drug Testing,” Occupational Hazards ( July 2002)......Page 85
NO: Jacob Sullum, from “Urine—or You’re Out: Drug Testing Is Invasive, Insulting, and Generally Irrelevant to Job Performance. Why Do So Many Companies Insist on It?” Reason (November 2002)......Page 89
Issue 5. Should Doctors Ever Help Terminally Ill Patients to Commit Suicide?......Page 102
YES: Richard T. Hull, from “The Case for Physician-Assisted Suicide,” Free Inquiry (Spring 2003)......Page 104
NO: Margaret Somerville, from “The Case Against: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide,” Free Inquiry (Spring 2003)......Page 108
Issue 6. Should the Government Regulate the Sale, Advertisement, and Distribution of Junk Food?......Page 115
YES: Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson, from “Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach,” Public Health Reports (January/February 2000)......Page 117
NO: Michelle Cottle, from “Heavy Duty—The War on Tobacco Becomes the War on Fat,” The New Republic (May 13, 2002)......Page 134
Issue 7. Should Doctors Prescribe Drugs Based
on Race?......Page 142
YES: Sally Satel, from “I am a Racially Profiling Doctor,” The New York Times Magazine (May 5, 2002)......Page 144
NO: Gregory Michael Dorr and David S. Jones, from “Facts and Fiction: BiDil and the Resurgence of Racial Medicine,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Fall 2008)......Page 149
Issue 8. Should Embryonic Stem Cell Research Be Permitted?......Page 159
YES: Jeffrey Hart, from “NR on Stem Cells: The Magazine Is Wrong,” National Review (April 19, 2004)......Page 161
NO: Ramesh Ponnuru, from “NR on Stem Cells: The Magazine Is Right,” National Review (April 19, 2004)......Page 164
UNIT 3 MIND-BODY RELATIONSHIP......Page 170
Issue 9. Should Addiction to Drugs Be Labeled a Brain Disease?......Page 171
YES: Alan I. Leshner, from “Addiction Is a Brain Disease,” Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 2001)......Page 173
NO: Sally L. Satel, from “The Fallacies of No-Fault Addiction,” The Public Interest (Winter 1999)......Page 180
Issue 10. Do Religion and Prayer Benefit Health?......Page 193
YES: Gregg Easterbrook, from “Is Religion Good for Your Health?” The New Republic (July 19 & 26, 1999)......Page 195
NO: Michael Shermer, from “Prayer and Healing: The Verdict Is in and the Results Are Null,” Skeptic (vol. 12, no. 3, 2006)......Page 201
UNIT 4 SEXUALITY AND GENDER ISSUES......Page 208
Issue 11. Is It Necessary for Pregnant Women to Completely Abstain from All Alcoholic Beverages?......Page 209
YES: Phyllida Brown, from “Drinking for Two,” New Scientist ( July 1, 2006)......Page 211
NO: Julia Moskin, from “The Weighty Responsibility of Drinking for Two,” The New York Times (November 29, 2006)......Page 216
Issue 12. Should Pro-Life Health Providers Be Allowed to Deny Prescriptions on the Basis of Conscience?......Page 222
YES: John A. Menges, from “Public Hearing on HB4346 Before the House State Government Administration Committee,” Illinois House State Government Administration Committee (February 15, 2006)......Page 224
NO: R. Alta Charo, from “The Celestial Fire of Conscience— Refusing to Deliver Medical Care,” New England Journal of Medicine ( June 16, 2005)......Page 227
Issue 13. Should the Cervical Cancer Vaccine for Girls Be Compulsory?......Page 233
YES: Cynthia Dailard, from “Achieving Universal Vaccination Against Cervical Cancer in the United States: The Need and the Means,” Guttmacher Policy Review (Fall 2006)......Page 235
NO: Gail Javitt, Deena Berkowitz, and Lawrence O. Gostin, from “Assessing Mandatory HPV Vaccination: Who Should Call the Shots?” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Summer 2008)......Page 242
Issue 14. Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?......Page 262
YES: Ian Gentles, from “Poor God-Crazed Rhonda: Daring to Challenge the ‘Scientific’ Consensus,” The Human Life Review (Spring 2007)......Page 264
NO: Emily Bazelon, from “Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?” The New York Times Magazine ( January 21, 2007)......Page 270
UNIT 5 PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES......Page 288
Issue 15. Is There a Link Between Vaccination and Autism?......Page 289
YES: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from “Deadly Immunity,” Rolling Stone ( June 30–July 14, 2005)......Page 291
NO: Matthew Normand and Jessee Dallery, from “Mercury Rising: Exposing the Vaccine-Autism Myth,” Skeptic, (vol. 13, no. 3, 2007)......Page 301
Issue 16. Does Anabolic Steroid Use Cause Serious Health Problems for Athletes?......Page 311
YES: Glenn Cook, from “Steroids: Shortcut to Tragedy,” American School Board Journal (August 2004)......Page 313
NO: Dayn Perry, from “Pumped-Up Hysteria: Forget the Hype. Steroids Aren’t Wrecking Professional Baseball,” Reason (January 2003)......Page 321
Issue 17. Will Global Warming Negatively Impact Human Health?......Page 333
YES: Carl Bloice and Conn Hallinan, from “Global Warming,” California Nurse (December 2005)......Page 335
NO: Indur M. Goklany, from “Stop the Panic on Climate Change,” USA Today Magazine (May 2008)......Page 342
Issue 18. Is Breast-feeding the Best Way to Feed Babies?......Page 352
YES: Pat Thomas, from “Suck on This,” The Ecologist (May 2006)......Page 354
NO: Hanna Rosin, from “The Case Against Breast-feeding,” The Atlantic (April 2009)......Page 370
UNIT 6 CONSUMER HEALTH......Page 382
Issue 19. Is It Safe to Consume Genetically Engineered Foods?......Page 383
YES: Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko, from “Scary Food,” Policy Review (June/July 2006)......Page 385
NO: Mark Schapiro, from “Sowing Disaster: How Genetically Engineered American Corn Has Altered the Global Landscape,” The Nation (October 28, 2002)......Page 393
Issue 20. Does Obesity Cause a Decline in Life Expectancy?......Page 408
YES: Samuel H. Preston, from “Deadweight? The Influence of Obesity on Longevity,” New England Journal of Medicine (March 17, 2005)......Page 410
NO: Paul Campos, from “The Weighting Game: Why Being Fat Isn’t Bad for You,” The New Republic (January 13, 2003)......Page 414
Contributors......Page 424