Assignment: Contemporary Issues
Length: 5 pages, excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page .
Health care issues continue to challenge managers and administrators in the field. Some of these issues create ethical challenges for a health care organization. Often, issues related to the right to die, physician-assisted suicide, and other death and dying situations generate a great divide among health care scholars, policy makers, and leaders. Today's health care managers are challenged with facing these issues in their organizations, and they need to be prepared to see various sides of the debate.
For this assignment, choose a current ethical issue related to death and dying that you feel challenges health care managers. Topic need to be current and related to one of the following:
This is what I want the report on... The subject.... The Right to die
Define the challenge, and present two sides of the issue. Support each stance with the most recent research on this particular topic.
Discuss the impact that this particular issue has on health care organizations as a whole, including legal costs and other challenges.
Evaluate models and approaches used by healthcare organizations, including hospice, skilled nursing facilities, and hospitals, in the provision of care for terminally ill patients
Evaluate sociological, ethical and legal issues in healthcare related to effective management of healthcare services and patient care strategies for terminal illness and end-of-life-decision making
Examine ethical and legal considerations pertaining to assisted suicide or euthanasia for patients suffering from chronic illness or are terminally ill.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.