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Week 2 Scenario and Reflection Essay

Your Name Here

PHIL 434: Medical Ethics and Issues

Dr. Nancy Tosh

The Date Here

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Week 2 Scenario and Reflection Essay

Write your introduction. Tell us what the paper is about. Provide a solid paragraph. If you

use any sources here, be sure to cite them. The correct in text citations for the resources I have

provided below are: (Pence, 2021) or (Pence, 2021, p. #) if you are quoting for the textbook. For

the presentation, the correct in text citations are: (Tosh, n.d.) if you are not quoting. You must

include a timestamp in the citation when quoting the video (Tosh, n.d., 1:21) if the quote starts

one minute and 21 seconds into the video. The video doesn’t provide a timeline, so you must

time it yourself. I suggest always paraphrasing rather than quoting. If you use more than one

video from the class, then you must distinguish between in your paper. Put the sources in

alphabetical order (as I have here) and use n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc. in citations. If you only use one

video, only use n.d. (not n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc.).

The second paragraph should cover how you feel about the topic and why. Consider the

following questions. Did you have any views on the issue prior to viewing the scenario? If so,

what were they? Did they change over the course of listening to the arguments? If so, how?

The third paragraph should cover which of the four responses offered in the scenario,

which do you think is the most ethical and why. This is where you need to be sure to support

your conclusions with evidence and specific examples from the textbook, including a minimum

of one theory of ethics to defend your stance. Refer to the material covered in Week 1.

The last paragraph is your conclusion. Tell us what you learned and how this experience

might have changed or informed your stance on the topic. While you don’t necessarily need to

refer to research here, supporting your opinion with credible sources (proving you have made an

informed opinion) is best. Remember that your final paper must be 1-2 pages long.

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References

Pence, G. (2021). Medical ethics: Accounts of ground-breaking cases (9th ed.). McGraw Hill

Education.

Tosh, N. (n.d.-a). Annual ethics symposium: Evolving ethics: Debating the death with dignity act

[Video]. Canvas@WCU. https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/

Tosh, N. (n.d.-b). Week 2: Ethics and the end of life - presentation [Video]. Canvas@WCU.

https://canvas.westcoastuniversity.edu/

I have provided the proper formatting for the textbook and the scenario and presentation

videos for the week. The correct in text citations for the resources I have provided below are:

(Pence, 2021) or (Pence, 2021, p. #) if you are quoting for the textbook. For the presentation, the

correct in text citations are: (Tosh, n.d.) if you are not quoting. You must include a timestamp in

the citation when quoting the video (Tosh, n.d., 1:21) if the quote starts one minute and 21

seconds into the video. The video doesn’t provide a timeline, so you must time it yourself. I

suggest always paraphrasing rather than quoting.

If you use more than one video from the class, then you must distinguish between in your

paper. Put the sources in alphabetical order (as I have here) and use n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc. in

citations. If you only use one video, only use n.d. (not n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc.).

APA 7 is different from APA 6. Here is a website covering some key differences: https://

www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/. With regard to references, these are

the most common mistakes I see:

- You made errors in capitalization of titles in your references. In APA, standard

capitalization rules are followed everywhere but in titles of articles in references. In

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those, only capitalize the first word of the title, the first word after a colon in the title, and

proper nouns. You also made errors in italicization. Italicize the title of the article (unless

it is followed by journal information -- then italicize journal title and volume).

- City/state of publisher not listed in references in APA 7.

- Replace "Retrieved...from" with website title in APA 7. Website title follows article title.

Do not have both website title and "Retrieved...from."

- When you reference an article from a website and have no author, the reference follows

this order: Article title in italics. (date). Website Title. Website URL. Use the article title

(not the website title) in your citations.

Be sure to delete all this and other informational material included here from the template before

you turn it in. Feel free to contact me with any questions you have.