Student Activities - Chapter 9

• 1. Students should read the Health Focus, Spare Parts, before coming to class. Select various students to role-play, or initiate a discussion with your students regarding whether they would be willing to donate their organs in the instance of a fatal accident. Would they be willing to donate the organs of a parent? A spouse? A child? Ask them to consider why or why not in each instance. If one is available, have a medical professional discuss the critical need for organ donors.

Should Sex Partners Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections in Each Other?

• 2. Assign students to read the Health Focus, Urinary Tract Infections Require Attention. Have students consider this ethical question: What adjustments should male sex partners make to help prevent urinary tract infections in their female sex partners? Should they take medicine to ensure that they are not the source of infection or wash the genitals before having sex? What adjustments should women make to lessen the chance of developing urinary tract infections? Lead a discussion involving these questions.