LP6.2 Assignment: Research Paper

LP6.2 Assignment: Research Paper

Final Research Paper

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The case/issue analysis selected by the student must be approved by the instructor. (APPROVED)

Scenario/Prompt
Please pick a prior court case dealing with a legal/healthcare issue that interests you, a current legal/healthcare event/issue that is pending or that has been in the news, or any like legal/healthcare issue that is worthy of writing about and would be of interest to you or others. Whatever the topic/issue, you should be able to write about it using the criteria outlined below. If the topic does not lend itself to these criteria, it is probably not a good topic to consider. The topic must center on some interaction between the legal system and the delivery of health care services. For an appropriate topic you should be able to rely upon scholarly sources (i.e. published case opinions, journal articles, and news accounts) and not tabloids or web sites. Use the Online Library to ensure that sufficient source material exists to support your proposed paper.
Final Research Paper – Case/Issue Analysis Project

TASK – Final Research Paper (Case/Issue Analysis).

Format:
Format: This paper should be written in APA format. For assistance with APA citation, including a tutorial, guides, and examples, visit the NAU Online Library’s APA Formatting and Style page.
1 inch margins [all four sides]
Double-spaced, Times New Roman (12-point font)
Pages numbered (upper right hand corner, along with a header)
Use titles noted below in Content as sub-section headings
Cover Page
Title
Student Name
National American University

Content:
1. Case/Issue Summary (1-2 pages)
Overview of the history, the background, and the details of the case/Issue
List of the insufficient details about the case/Issue and the assumptions the student has to make because of the missing information
Identification of the issue(s) involved
Stakeholder identification and discussion
Identify all people/parties involved, including those not specifically mentioned in the case/issue
List the concerns all stakeholders face or might have.

2. Identification and Evaluation of all Main Possible Solutions (2-3 pages)
List of all main possible solutions. For each resolution under consideration, students should include:
List of the significant possible consequences
List of the ways the particular solution is likely to positively or negatively affect every stakeholder
List of the ethical principles upheld or violated by the solution, including a brief explanation
Evaluate each main solution and its outcomes, likely impact, and the values upheld and violated by it. Compare the possible solutions to each other and weigh them.
Are some possible consequences of some possible solutions more important than others? Why?
Are some possible consequences of some possible solutions more likely to occur than others? Why?
Does one solution uphold or violate certain values in more or less important ways than another? Why?
Why is one possible solution better or worse than another?
If all main solutions are unsatisfactory, has the team searched for other possibilities or variations that have not been considered before?

3. Decision Statement and Defense Against Weaknesses (2-3 pages)
State which solution is the best and why
Make clear why the team rejected the other possible solutions
Clarify the details of the chosen resolution and justify it
Recommend plan of action – exactly how the decision will be carried out
Defend the decision against objections to its main weaknesses
State the main weaknesses of the selected decision. Why might someone object the decision?
What are the best answers to these weaknesses? Explain why the team still considers their decision is the best.

Final Research Paper – 280 points possible (10 points included in the total is for submitting a proposed topic by the end of Week 3; 30 points included in the total is for submission of Rough Draft by week 5; 240 points included for the final submission).