Assessment Task 3: Essay Description: – Students are to review the Case Studies discussing an ethical issue in health care practice. The essay topic will be “An Ethical Dilemma.”
– Students are required to select the scenario that may be representative of a role their own health professional discipline can be involved in the ethical dilemma and compare and contrast their duties in the chosen scenario to the duties of one other health care professional. If students are studying in a course that is a dual degree, they can focus on their two professional specialties for this assessment task.
– Students should identify the conflicting ethical priorities in this case study and discuss them in relation to the following areas of ethical and professional reasoning: • Professional Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct & Position Statements. • The ethical theories and principles relevant to this given practice area • Human dignity and human rights Due date: September 24, 2017 Length and/or format: 2000 words +/- 10% Purpose: To demonstrate an understanding of the ethical requirements of professional practice
A QUICK OVERVIEW ON ESSAYWRITING
Inanessay, youareattemptingtoansweraquestion.
In this essay,you will beasking, ingeneral:whatdoesahealthcareprofessionaldowhenfacedwithparticularethicalissuesandconflicts.Yougoaboutansweringthatquestionbyconsideringitfromarangeofperspectives(asset out in theassessmenttask)
1) Your essay shouldhave: anintroductioninwhichyouidentifythecasestudyyouhavechosen,outlinetheessaydiscussion,brieflyspecifythemainpoints,andbrieflystateyourproposedrecommendationsforprofessionalpractice abodyinwhichyouworkthroughtherequiredperspectivesinordertoanswerthe essayquestion. Eachparagraphshouldaddressoneideaonly.Keepworkingthroughtheperspectivesuntil youhaveconsideredtheethical issue(s) fromalltherequiredperspectivesandmadesomerecommendationsforprofessionalpractice. Remember:alltheideasyouuseshouldbesupportedbyreferencetotheliterature/ coursematerial. Aconclusioninwhichyoubringtogetheryourmainpointsandprovideananswertoyourquestion.Donotintroduceanynewmaterialinyourconclusion–justsumupthediscussionandmakeafinalcommenttolendstrengthtoyourargument. AreferencelistformulatedinaccordancewiththeAPAreferencingconvention(6thedition).Remember:onlyincludethosereferencesyouhaveactuallyusedinyouressay (asindicatedbyin-textcitations).Alwaysusecredible,peer-reviewedsources–youwill losemarksifyouusenon-peerreviewedsources(e.g.consumerwebsites,informalblogs etc). A minimum of 10 reference list.
2) Ensure that your name and student number is on each page of the essay, use size 11 font,double space youressay,andremainwithinthe2,000wordlimit(+/-10%).