Solved: Personal Reflection on Basic Principles of Health Care Ethics
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:
- Competency 1: Articulate ethical issues in health care.
- Articulate the basic principles of health care ethics.
- Competency 3: Demonstrate sound ethical judgments in health care.
- Apply the basic principles of health care ethics to concrete examples.
- Demonstrate sound ethical thinking about the basic principles of health care ethics.
- Competency 4: Demonstrate effective communication related to ethics and health care.
- Exhibit proficiency in clear and effective academic writing skills.
- Summarize what was learned.
- Confidentiality of health care information.
- Research ethics and informed consent.
- Reproductive control and abortion.
- Ethical issues surrounding genetic control.
- Life support and euthanasia.
- Scarcity of medical resources.
- AIDS and HIV.
- Describe briefly the major issues in health care ethics (listed above), explaining what makes cases involving each issue morally challenging.
- Integrate each issue with discussions of the moral principle or principles you believe are most relevant. Which principles are most relevant to reaching cogent moral decisions or settling moral disagreements in cases involving the issue at hand? In regard to some issues, principles such as autonomy and beneficence may come into conflict. When they do, discuss reasons one could argue for giving greater weight to one principle over others.
- Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. Be sure to weave and cite the resources throughout the paper.
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Number of resources: Minimum of two outside sources.
- Length: 6–8 typed, double-spaced pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.