Inner Hygiene , a new book by Professor James Whorton, recently has been released by Oxford University Press. The volume explores the history of western society's concern for constipation as a serious threat to health, and discusses the extraordinary variety of preventive and curative measures that have been developed to save people from the presumed toxic effects of intestinal irregularity. This Department is responsible for the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Theme in the medical curriculum, a Master of Arts degree program in Bioethics, an undergraduate Minor in Medical History and Ethics, and an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Philosophy and Bioethics with the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. The Department also operates a Continuing Education Program including an intensive Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics, a Certificate Program in Health Care Ethics, a week long course in Ethics of Research with Humans, and a Certificate Program in Research with Humans. The Department has five full time faculty positions, three part-time faculty, six adjunct faculty, and three staff positions.
All faculty members engage in research and publication in their respective fields.
The Chair of this Department should hold a doctoral degree in a discipline relevant to the medical humanities or a professional degree with significant training in medical humanities. Due to the Department's heavy concentration on bioethics, preference will be given to scholars familiar with that field. Substantial experience in medical education is advisable. New core and elective courses were approved Winter Quarter 1999. Students currently working on the minor may use either the former or new schedule of requirements.