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View the American College of Healthcare Executives (A.C.H.E.) website. Using the
Diversity Resources and Ethics Resources links available in the left-hand navigation
panel of the site, explore the relationship between cultural diversity and the process for
ethical decision making. What are the most important factors in producing ethical
decisions? Why? Your initial post must be a minimum of 250-300 words. Respond to at
least two of your classmates posts.
focusing particularly on a medical staffs relationship with the patient and the ability to
act in the patients best interests.
Your
intial post must be 200-250 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.
List and describe the three best and the three worst attributes of Health Care Ethics
Committees. Do you agree that the expanding use and power of ethics committees helps
foster and ensure ethical standards are upheld in the medical profession?
Why or why
not?
Your initial post must be 200-250 words. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
Write a four to five page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that discusses your
position regarding euthanasia. Address the following:
1. Define euthanasia and identify the difference between the types of euthanasia
(passive/active euthanasia)
2. Discuss your beliefs regarding euthanasia. Are there any circumstances when you
feel it is justified? Explain your answer.
3. Define and describe the special populations as presented on the Pro/Con web site,
and how each population might be adversely affected by euthanasia. Discuss your
beliefs regarding euthanasia and these special populations.
4. Identify and describe the law(s) concerning physician assisted suicide in the state
you reside or the state you consider your home state. Compare and contrast laws
in your home state against either Oregons Death with Dignity Act or another state
of your choice.
Your paper must be formatted according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center. Include at least three to five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (one
may be your textbook) that were published within the past five years and are cited
according to APA format.
Describe the main purposes of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986.
Provide thoughtful and thorough responses to the questions found in the case study,
Failure to Meet Ethical Standards, found in Chapter 7.
scholarly sources to support your answers.
Your initial post must be 200-250 words.
postings.
Your initial post must be 200-250 words. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
may be your textbook) that were published within the past five years and are cited
according to APA format
Discuss the
tensions between the Hippocratic Oath and abandonment of a patient for non-payment of
medical bills or upon receipt of an intent to sue letter.
values in either situation and provide your opinion on the morality of either abandoning
or continuing medical care.
Respond to at
Issues for Health Care Professionals. For this assignment, you are to summarize the
unique ethical and legal issues that a health care professional may face in his or her
career. You may choose any of the professional positions listed in Chapter 9 of your
course text, or you may choose another occupation with the prior consent of your
instructor. Include an overview of the laws that bind the professional, a discussion of the
common ethical issues faced by the profession you chose, and a summary of the legal
requirements or ethical conflicts that have affected this health care professional.
Your paper must be four to five pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted
according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Include at least
three to five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (one may be your textbook) that were
published within the past five years and are cited according to APA format.
Detail and explain the differences between informed consent and implied consent.
What
are the best ways to prove consent? Your initial post must be 200-250 words. Respond
to at least two of your classmates postings.
7. Assisted suicide
8. Practices specific to diverse cultural contexts
9. Your own topic, with instructor approval
Your Final Paper must include the following regarding your chosen topic:
1. Identify a legal/ethical issue or dilemma within your topic.
2. Provide the history of the issue or dilemma.
3. Present current resources to address the issue or dilemma.
4. Evaluate alternative or better solutions for the issue or dilemma addressed.
5. Analyze the potential effects of this issue and predict how they may be addressed
in the future.
Additionally, you must address at least three of the course learning outcomes as they
apply to your selected topic. For example, you could address the Patients Bill of Rights as
it pertains to a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Or, you could discuss the elements of
autonomy, fidelity, and confidentiality as they are incorporated in the ethics of organ
donation. The three outcomes you select must be explained in relation to your selected
topic.
The course learning outcomes are as follows:
1. Analyze the evolution and application of moral theory and ethical principles in
health care.
2. Discuss the elements of autonomy, fidelity and confidentiality. 3. Explain the legal
rights of individuals as they interact with health care services.
3. Explain the process, including cultural diversity, for ethical decision making.
4. Analyze the monitoring systems that ensure human rights, legal aspects, and
quality health care.
5. Discuss the implications of the Patients Bill of Rights.
6. Analyze selected ethical and legal case studies that have promulgated precedentsetting decisions.
You must utilize at least eight to ten scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were
published within the past five years (not including the textbook). You may also
supplement your paper with interviews of agency personnel, comparisons of similar
governmental agencies in varying communities or service populations, updates on
current legislative initiatives in the area, and ethical analyses of the issues and services
involved with the current situation(s) analyzed.