Overview: Healthcare professionals provide support throughout the cycle of life, from birth to death. They have an obligation to provide humane and compassionate care to patients while adhering to their specific fields code of ethics. Sometimes, healthcare professionals are privy to discussions between family members regarding end-of-life issues. In some instances, a healthcare facility may be in charge of providing information about advance directives to patients. Healthcare professionals should calibrate their own moral beliefs to align with their ethical and legal obligations. By studying issues contained within real-life cases, healthcare professionals can come to terms with their beliefs and obligations relative to end-of-life issues.
Prompt: In this project, you will analyze the Terri Schiavo case through the lens of the bioethical issue(s) related to the case. You will address what the bioethical issue is and what role end-of-life issues, such as self-determination and advanced directives, played in the case. Using your analysis, you will determine how this bioethical issue impacted the decisions made by the healthcare professionals involved in the case.
Specifically, your essay must address the following critical elements:
Introduction: Describe the provided case, including information on the stakeholders involved, the bioethical issue, and the time period of the incident that occurred.
Bioethical Analysis: Analyze the bioethical issue for the role end-of-life issues played in the case. Be sure to use appropriate terminology and support with secondary research.
Conclusion: Describe how the bioethical issue influenced the decisions of healthcare professionals involved in the case. Be sure to use specific examples.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your bioethical short paper should be 12 pages in Microsoft Word with one-inch margins, double spacing, and
at least three sources cited in the most recent APA format. All references should be formatted according to the most recent APA guidelines.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction
Describes the provided case, including information on the stakeholders involved, the bioethical issue, and the time period of the incident that occurred
Describe the provided case, but description is cursory or illogical, contains inaccuracies, or does not include information on the stakeholders, bioethical issue, or time period of the incident
Does not describe the provided case
31.15
Bioethical Analysis
Analyzes the bioethical issue for the role end-of-life issues played in the case, utilizing appropriate terminology and supporting with secondary research
Analyzes the bioethical issue for the role end-of-life issues played in the case, but analysis is cursory or illogical, contains inaccuracies, does not use appropriate terminology, or is not supported with secondary research
Does not analyze the bioethical issue for the role end-of-life issues played in the case
31.15
Conclusion
Describes how the bioethical issue impacted the decisions of healthcare professionals involved in the case, and uses specific examples
Describes how the bioethical issue impacted the decisions of the healthcare professionals in the case, but description is cursory or illogical, contains inaccuracies, or is not supported by specific examples
Does not describe how the bioethical issue impacted the decisions of healthcare professionals involved in the case
31.15
Articulation of Response
Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas
6.55
Total 100%
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