Assignment: Submit a 3-5 page analysis of an ethical problem in health care, along with a Power Point presentation 6-12 that summarizes your written work. The topic of your final assignment concerns the most urgent problem in the ethics of health care. What is that problem? You are going to make the call. It can be something that affects the country as a whole or something that is a problem for a particular region or type of region (such as rural communities or urban communities). You can also choose a problem within your own individual community. It can be something that affects a particular profession or field in health care. Your assignment can focus on something you have read about, or it can be something you know about from firsthand experience, either as a health care professional or as a consumer of health care.

This assignment has two parts: a written analysis and a presentation.

Part 1: Analysis

Write an analysis of a selected ethical problem in health care. You must respond to each of the numbered items below. You may choose to respond to any or all of the bulleted questions for each item.

• 1. Demonstrate sound ethical thinking in applying ethical principles and moral theories to a specific problem.
  • What are the reasons you think it is the most important (or among the most important problems)?
  • What is the cause, or set of causes, for this problem? That is, how did it come to be and why does it persist?
• 2 .Apply ethical theories and principles to the selected ethical problem.
  • What are the ethical principles (and perhaps moral theories) most relevant to understanding this problem as an ethical issue?
• 3. Analyze the ethical problem from the perspectives of various stakeholders.
  • Who are the key stakeholders when it comes to this problem? In other words, who are the health care consumers (for example, patients or clients) and health care professionals (such as doctors, nurses, administrators) affected by the problem?
  • Are there other stakeholders, such as community or government groups? Are there any institutional policies or legal or regulatory considerations that affect the problem?
  • Is there a conflict of interest at the heart of this problem? If so, what is the conflict and who are the stakeholders with competing interests?
• 4. Assess the policy, legal, and regulatory components to the ethical problem.
  • Which communities or regions does it affect most? Is this a localized problem or a national problem?
  • What legal and regulatory issues have an influence on this problem?
  • Are there institutional policies that have an effect on this problem?
• 5. Develop a solution to the ethical problem based on ethical theories and principles.
  • What is the best solution to this problem and why? Or, what are the best resources for solving this problem? How did you come to this decision?
  • Provide validation and support by including relevant examples and supporting evidence using APA citations.

Part 2: Presentation

Create a Power Point presentation, 6-12 slides in which you effectively summarize your analysis and recommendations that your written work. This is meant to approximate a presentation you might give a group of interested stakeholders for this problem. You may choose the format of your presentation.

Assignment Requirements: Your written analysis should meet the following requirements:

• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines, 3-5 pages double spaced, Font Time New Roman, 12, Page much have Title of your paper Bold, Introduction(For introduction make sure to talk about everything that you will be addressing), Level 1 Headings (ensure you utilized for the major points that you will be covering in the paper. Utilized a short phrase from the criteria in the grading rubric as your level 1 heading. Level II Headings (Level II headings are small points within the level 1 heading. The level II heading should be a very short phase of information that expands on the information from level 1). Conclude (conclude this paper by reiterating what you covered in your paper). References- Include a minimum of three resources in addition to your textbook. Your presentation should meet the following requirements: 6–12 slides, if you are creating a PowerPoint presentation.