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Topic: Ethics of Euthanasia for terminally ill patients

This Week -Unit 3 - each group needs to come up with a PICOT question and write your paper individually. The PICOT question must be the same for each group. Please read the rubric for the paper length.

The group comes up with the PICOT question.

· P: Terminally ill patients

· I: Euthanasia

· C: A palliative care

· O: symptom relief/quality of life

· T: time describes the duration for the data collection

What are PICO(T) questions?

Foreground (PICO) Questions

Using a structured question frame can help you clearly define the concepts or variables that make up the specific research question.  PICO(T) is the most common question frame used in health sciences research, where the question is composed of the following:

· P opulation/ Problem/ Patient

· What is the problem to be addressed? What are the characteristics of the patient population, or disease of interest?  

· Think of this element as the  dependent variable

· Intervention

· What is the relevant treatment or exposure? What action or change would affect the patient/problem/population?

· Think of this element as the  independent variable

· Comparison

· What is the alternative to the intervention? (A different intervention? The usual standard of care? Not intervening at all?)

· Think of this element like a " control group"

· Outcome 

· What are the relevant effects? 

· Think of this element as what is  measured to show what the intervention has accomplished or improved

· Timeframe or  Type of Study (Optional)

· Think of this element as additional, optional constraints to narrow the question

· In what time frame should the intervention achieve the outcome?

· What type of study would best address the PICO question?

Unit 5 - each member will choose sources to support the PICOT question and fill out the matrix table (individual assignment). The group will then choose 3 sources total from all sources each member pulled. Please read the rubric for the paper length.

Unit 7 - Group project to develop the presentation. Please read the rubric for paper length.