HCA 322 Week 1 DQ 1 Diversity and Ethical Decision Making
Discussion: Diversity and Ethical Decision Making
Diversity and Ethical Decision Making. 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.
HCA 322 Week 1 DQ 2 Autonomy, Fidelity, and Confidentiality: Discussion: Diversity and Ethical Decision Making
Autonomy, Fidelity, and Confidentiality. Define the principles of autonomy, fidelity, and confidentiality. How do these terms support ethical and moral medical practices? Do these concepts create any barriers to ethical principles? Why or why not? Your initial post must be a minimum of 250-300 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
HCA 322 Week 2 Assignment Euthanasia Assisted Suicide Debate
Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Debate. Review the Euthanasia ProCon.org website. On the top right of the home screen, click on the orange buttons and read the “Core Question” and the “Top Ten Pros and Cons.”
Write a four to five page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that discusses your position regarding euthanasia. Address the following:
Define euthanasia and identify the difference between the types of euthanasia (passive/active euthanasia)
Discuss your beliefs regarding euthanasia. Are there any circumstances when you feel it is justified?
Explain your answer.
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.
Identify and describe the law(s) concerning physician assisted suicide in the state you reside or the state
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
- The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
HCA 322 Week 2 DQ 1 Euthanasia Laws
Euthanasia Laws. In most states, physician-assisted suicide (euthanasia) is a felony crime, punishable by imprisonment. Locate and watch the “A Good Death: Case Studies in End-of-Life Care” video in the Ashford University Library Films On Demand database. Discuss the ethical aspects of these laws, focusing particularly on the medical staff’s relationship with the patient and their ability to act on behalf of the patient’s best interests. Also, discuss the legal rights of patients as well as those of their family and friends, as they make difficult and emotional end-of-life decisions. Your initial post must be a minimum of 250-300 words.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
- Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
- Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
- One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
- I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
- Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
- In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
- Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
- Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
- Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
- Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
- I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
- I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
- As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
- It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
- For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
- Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
- Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
- Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
- The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
- Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
- If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
- I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
- As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
- Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
- Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
- Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
Discussion: Diversity and Ethical Decision Making
