In this module, you will write a paper approximately 2-3 pages in length (APA format), responding to the assigned Critical Thinking (CT) Question. Your instructor will post the question for you to answer by the first day of the module (Monday). Be sure to follow the MBA writing guidelines rubric (available in the Course Home) when completing your paper.
In this module, you will write a paper approximately 2-3 pages in length (APA format), responding to the assigned Critical Thinking (CT) Question. Your instructor will post the question for you to answer by the first day of the module (Monday). Be sure to follow the MBA writing guidelines rubric (available in the Course Home) when completing your paper.
In this module, you will write a paper approximately 2-3 pages in length (APA format), responding to the assigned Critical Thinking (CT) Question. Your instructor will post the question for you to answer by the first day of the module (Monday). Be sure to follow the MBA writing guidelines rubric (available in the Course Home) when completing your paper.
In this module, you will write a paper approximately 2-3 pages in length (APA format), responding to the assigned Critical Thinking (CT) Question. Your instructor will post the question for you to answer by the first day of the module (Monday). Be sure to follow the MBA writing guidelines rubric (available in the Course Home) when completing your paper.
Saint Leo University HCM 540 Term Paper Requirements
You are required to complete a term paper for this course, in which you will apply the
information you have covered throughout the course.
The term paper applies the Morrison and Furlong (2014) Health Care Ethics, Critical
Issues for the 21st
Century (3rd ed.) textbook to lead HCM 540 students through a
process of health leadership competency, affective domain of learning, self-reflection,
personal assessment, and professional development planning. The term paper is
designed to facilitate the student to; comprehend, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create a
better understanding of how to apply ethics when emerging ethical dilemmas arise and
to articulate professional interests, strengths, and areas for further learning and
development in preparation for managing and leading health care organizations in the
future.
The term paper project milestone deadlines, by module, are as follows:
1. Read and familiarize yourself with the term paper assignment guidelines by the
conclusion of Module 1
2. Submit the term paper via the Dropbox (linked to Turnitin) no later than
Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 7.
In preparation for your term paper, research and compare the cases of Quinlan, Cruzan,
and Schiavo. During your research, you should read about patient self-determination,
right to die, advance care planning, ethical issues in right to die cases, the moral
significance of family decision making, and ethical issues concerning physician-assisted
suicide. After you have completed these tasks, write a paper on:
Death, Dying, and the Law in America.
What are the ethical dilemmas and legal considerations families and providers will be
faced with? Do you think that these ethical dilemmas and legal considerations are
more important than they were in the past?
What ethics issues related to death, medicine, and the family decision-making do you
think will apply and be present as the patients experience the dying process today?
Your paper must:
? be 8–10 pages in length
? be double-spaced
? use 1 inch margins left, right, top, and bottom
? use 12-point Times New Roman font
The cover sheet, table of contents, index, pictures, long quotations, or multiple
quotations will not count toward the 8–10 page requirement. APA format is required.
Summarization and/or Conclusions
Write a thoughtful and detailed summarization and/or conclusion of your term paper
showing how you compared and integrated the Saint Leo core values of community,
integrity, and excellence into the selected topic.
“A foundation in the principles of ethics is essential to successful practice in any healthcare setting.” Using the principles described in Chapter Two, give examples of four reasons why this statement is true.
Question 2. Question :
There are ethics issues that occur even before a person is born. Using the content of Chapters Three, Four, Five, and Six, select which issues affect moral status before birth and what the ethical concerns are for healthcare practitioners.
Question 3. Question :
In Chapter One, you studied the key features of several theories of ethics. You will use these theories in your practice as a healthcare professional. Choose two theories from those that you studied. For each theory, discuss at least three reasons why they will be useful to you.
Question 4. Question :
Aging is not for the faint of heart. There are many issues related to care needs and options, access, and the view of the patient or resident versus that of the practitioner. Given what you learned in Chapters Eight and Nine, choose two issues that you think are most important to patients or residents as they age and answer the following: What principles of ethics relate to these issues?
