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PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 2 Assignment  

Term Paper-Topic

In this assignment, you will select a current medical ethics issue to research and write about for your research paper.

Select a topic related to one of the following current medical ethics issues:

End of Life

Eugenics and Human Genetics

Medical Research

Reproductive Issues

Organ Donation and Transplantation

Public Health Issues

Access to Health Care

Biotechnology

One of your own choosing (with approval)

Complete and submit this template.Download this template stating your specific issue (for instance, if you choose to write about End of Life, the particular case might be physician-assisted suicide) and explain why you have chosen this issue to research. Make sure there are competing positions on this issue that reflect differing ethical principles or interpretations.

Include references for three sources that could be used in the final paper. All sources should be less than five years old unless recent research is not available, and at least one reference must be a peer-reviewed article from a professional journal. Do not use Wikipedia or an encyclopedia as they are not considered reliable academic sources and will not be accepted.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 4 Assignment  

Term Paper- Outline

This week, you will submit a detailed outline of your term paper. Your submission must include sections corresponding to the following subheadings:

Technical Aspects

Provides necessary medical and scientific information to understand the issue.

Public Policy

Describes current and proposed changes in public policy/law.

Arguments For and Against

Include a summary of the arguments in favor of and opposed to specific interventions, techniques, or products and a discussion of underlying ethical principles. Discuss the public policy with two additional argumentative paragraphs- one discussing the in favor of and one paragraph discussing the opposing argument

Conclusion

Expresses your personal opinion regarding the importance of the topic and the strength of the pro and con arguments.

Use the provided template  Download provided templateto create your outline.

Additionally, you must include:

Topic Sentences and Paragraph Transitions

Each section of your outline should include topic sentences and paragraph transitions that tie your significant points together.

Detail Sufficient to Evaluate your Thinking

Write complete thoughts.

Quotes and Paraphrases

Include from three outside sources, indicated by APA in-text citations. Sources should be less than five years old unless recent research is not available, and at least one reference must be a peer-reviewed article from a professional journal. Do not use Wikipedia or an encyclopedia as they are not considered reliable academic sources and will not be accepted.

Proper APA Formatting

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 8 Assignment  

Term Paper-Final Draft

This week you will submit the final draft of your term paper. Your term paper should:

Discuss the technical aspects of your topic in general terms.

Discuss the public policy debates relevant to the topic you choose. This section should cover arguments that favor and oppose the use of the techniques or products.

Express your personal opinion regarding the topic's importance and the validity of the pro and con arguments.

Your submission must include:

A title page

The body of the paper, which includes 4–6 content pages of a professionally written text

At least three references from textbooks, websites, and articles that provide adequate justification and support your claim

Subheadings (technical aspects, public policy, and personal opinion/conclusion)

Appropriate in-text citations throughout the paper

A reference list with only the sources used in the body of the paper (All sources should be less than five years old unless recent research is not available, and at least one reference must be a peer-reviewed article from a professional journal. Do not use Wikipedia or an encyclopedia as they are not considered reliable academic sources and will not be accepted.)

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 3 Assignment  

Prenatal Testing Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 4 Assignment  

Animal Research Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 5 Assignment  

Debating Abortion Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 6 Assignment  

Transplant Tourism Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 7 Assignment  

HIV/AIDS Prevention Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

 

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 8 Assignment  

Debating the Right to Health Care Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 9 Assignment  

Free Market Reproduction Learning Scenario and Reflection

In the scenario assignments, you are asked to reflect on responses to the presented scenario. It should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about theories of ethics, logic, and reasoning. You will need to question your current knowledge and beliefs. Discuss the main points of the debate, what stance you take, support that stance, and discuss the opposing argument. Also, discuss an ethical theory that would apply to defend your view.

To complete each scenario assignment:

1.       Complete the entire scenario.

2.       Fill out the template attached below, ask your professor for details on submission.

3.       Compose the last question on the template reflection in a Word document and be sure to address, at a minimum, the following questions:

Why do you feel the way you do about the issue presented?

Of the four responses offered in the scenario, which do you think is the most ethical and why?

Which ethical theory would you use to support your stance? Why does this theory work?

4.       Support your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum of one theory of ethics to defend your stance.

5.       Your reflection must be 1-2 pages in length and follow APA formatting and citation guidelines as appropriate, making sure to cite at least two sources.

 

PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 10 Assignment  

Reflection

As the term winds down, think about what you’re going to take away from this class. The questions below should guide your thinking, but feel free to volunteer additional information if you feel it is relevant. You are expected to write a minimum of 200 words for this assignment. This is the last assignment, so give it your best effort!

At the beginning of this term what did you expect to learn from this course?

Did the course require more of less effort than you thought it would?

What was your favorite part of this course? (Be specific)

What was your least favorite part? (Be specific)

What was something unexpected that you learned?

What do you feel was the most valuable thing you learned?

What benefits does this class provide for your career choice at WCU?

What would you change about this class?

What advice would you give an incoming student on how to prepare for this course?