Go to this link and watch each segment. Take notes on important ideas you get from each section.
Be sure that you have read Section 3-4: Cancer in your textbook and take input/output notes.
When you finish these two tasks, read pages 68 and 69 in your textbook titled: When Should New Medicines Be Made Available? You will use the knowledge you gained from watching this video and the readings to complete a One World Report regarding medicine, science and society. You may use the FDA website on drug testing if you want for more information.
In your own words:
- Write a short introductory paragraph about the film: Cancer Warrior as well as your thoughts on the information you gained regarding cancer and the innovative treatments you saw.
- Using the section in the textbook regarding medicines, describe the benefits of parmaceutical drugs for society, but also the benefits of thoroughly testing a drug before it is approved for widespread use.
- Explain the problem of determining when people with serious illnesses should be allowed to have experimental drugs.
- Examine the pros and cons of allowing experimental drugs to be released before the entire testing process is complete and be sure to provide examples.
- List possible benefits of releasing a drug early.
- Identify risks that patients take when they use medicines that have not been fully tested.
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