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LAW & ETHICS

FINAL PRESENTATION (100 points )

Requirement:

Total Possible Points:

Points Awarded:

Length of report =

Quality vs. Quantity

Quality = 10pts

Partial effort= 5 pts

Quantity = 2.5 pts

10 points

Grammar & Spelling

Less than 2 mistakes = 5 pts

2-5 mistakes = 2.5 pts

More than 5 mistakes = 1 pt

5 points

Contains all required information: See next page for requirements.

Contains all required elements = 60 pts

Contains some required elements = 30 pts

Contains little required elements= 15 pts

60 points

References

Resources:

Required =

5 sources

See next page for

requirements

Each resource or reference listed properly= 5 pts

Missing 1-3 elements = 2.5 pts

Missing more than 3 elements = 1 pt

5 points

Presentation:

1. Visual appeal:

2. Ability to communicate

Contains 3 required elements = 20 pts.

Contains 2 required elements =10 pts

Contains 1 required element = 5 pts

20 points

Total Possible Points

100

Total Points Awarded

Law & Ethics: Final Presentation Requirements

1. Find your topic based on the first letter or your first name.

A – C Elder Abuse D – F Withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging treatment

G – I Organ Donation J – L Substance Abuse

M – O Abortion P – R Physician-Assisted Suicide

S – U Stem Cell Research V – X Allocation of health resources

Y – Z Technology

2. Discuss the ETHICAL dilemma(s) associated with your topic.

3. Discuss the LEGAL dilemma(s) associated with your topic

4. Present 3 articles from recent publications to demonstrate the reality of your topic. These articles should highlight the ETHICAL and LEGAL dilemmas you are discussing. You should include all details of the articles. These can be court cases as well.

5. Type a report containing all of the required elements (items 2, 3, and 4 above). There is no required length to this project, as I am looking for quality not quantity. That being said, I do not expect to see a report that is less than 4 pages.

6. Create a PowerPoint as if you were going to present this project in a classroom setting.

General report requirements

Report Set-up:

All papers must be:

1. Typed

2. Double spaced

3. 12 point font; either Times New Roman or Arial

4. 1” margins all around

References / Resources:

All references / resources must include:

1. The author of the reference/resource.

2. The name of the reference/resource, such as article title, website & web page.

a. Print materials should also include the name of the paper, journal, or text in which your reference is coming from (example TMJM) ; volume or edition/issue numbers (example Vol.4 Issue 5) ; pages numbers (example 225-229)

3. The date the reference/resource was published or reviewed. Webpages have this information at the bottom on the webpage.

4. The date you retrieved the information from websites.

5. Only use reliable & credible resources. Internet websites should be (.edu), (.gov), (.org), and some (.net)

Examples of a print reference/resource:

(1) Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Print.

(2) Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-48. Print.

Examples of electronic reference/resource:

(1) "Athelete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD. WebMD, 25 September 2014. Web. 6 July 2015.

(2) Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 595-600. Web. 8 Feb. 2009.