Please choose a topic surrounding medical ethics that interests you. You may choose one of the following topics or something else that interests you.
Medical Ethics in Genetics
Abortion
Assisted Reproduction Technologies
Parental Refusal of Treatment to Children Based on Religion
Physician Assisted Death
Please write a short paper (3-5 pages in length) about your chosen topic. The length of your paper does not include your works cited page. Use MLA format. If you are unfamiliar with this, please utilize Smarthinking Online tutoring (free to you) or the Quincy College Library. There are also several online guides on how to format an MLA style paper. Here are just a few:
Purdue Online Writing Lab Link (Links to an external site.)
Easy Bib Link (Links to an external site.)
The MLA Style Center Link (Links to an external site.)
Your paper should include:
An introduction that introduces your topic and its ethical considerations and possible controversies.
A body that includes medical ethics theories and models to explain why this is an ethical issue and how it should be handled.
A conclusion that ties everything together.
In-work citations in MLA style.
An MLA style works cited page.
While your paper may include your own opinion, you must back everything up with fact rather than emotion. Write as if you’re teaching the topic to someone unfamiliar with it. Any quotations from outside sources must be correctly quoted and cited. Any ideas that are not your own must be correctly cited. Failure to cite information that is not your own will be considered plagiarism and receive a grade of 0.
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