Thesis Essay Mrs. Fennelly
Thesis Essay Mrs. Fennelly
Modern Dilemmas Medical Ethics
Please apply the ethics from our medical ethics chart
to one of the following essay choices.
Essay Choice #1-Genetic Pre-selection
Jodi Piccoult's novel explores the moral, practical and emotional complications of putting one human being in pain or in danger for the well being of another. In a well developed thesis essay, discuss your opinion on the ethics of genetic pre-selection. Do you think it is ethical to have a "designer baby" like Sara and Brian had Anna? Your essay should explore the different kinds of ethical problems that Anna, as the "designer baby," presents in this story. Your conclusion should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.
Essay Choice #2-Medical Emancipation
Jodi Picoult's novel also explores the idea of medical emancipation. In a well developed thesis essay, discuss your opinion on the ethics of medical emancipation. Who should have the right to the medical decisions of a minor? Parents? Doctors? The child him/herself? Do you think Kate should have the right to die on her own terms, even though she is a minor? Your essay should explore the kinds of ethical problems at stake when a patient has a conflict with the caregivers, the guardians, or doctors in charge. Your conclusion should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.
Essay Choice #3-Universal Health Care
Michael Moore’s film Sicko explores the ethical flaws in our country’s current privatized health care system. In a well developed thesis essay, discuss your opinion on the ethics of universal (public) health care. Should we have a universal health care system? What are the ethical implications in denying public health care to all citizens? Your conclusion should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.
Level Two Essays will have:
An Introductory paragraph that states the CI, the MI (it’s underlined in the prompt), two developing ideas, and a closing sentence. Your Developing Ideas should be two medical ethics that, you feel, are supported or violated by the dilemma in question.
A Developing Paragraph that will focus on a specific ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer three examples to support your developing idea. TWO must come from the novel or the film (if choosing essay #3). Your third example must come from an outside source (consider your current event or look online for a similar case) that highlights the point you are trying to make.
Another Developing Paragraph that will focus on a different ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer three examples to support your developing idea. TWO must come from the novel or the film (if choosing #3 essay). Your third example must come from an outside source (consider your current event or look online for a similar case) that highlights the point you are trying to make.
A Conclusion paragraph that recalls, reflects and reaches for significance. You should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.
Level Three Essays will have:
An Introductory paragraph that states the CI, the MI (it’s underlined in the prompt), two developing ideas, and a closing sentence. Your Developing Ideas should be two medical ethics that, you feel, are supported or violated by the dilemma in question.
A Developing Paragraph that will focus on a specific ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer three examples to support your developing idea. TWO must come from the novel or the film (if choosing essay #3). Your third example may come from the novel OR outside source (consider your current event or look online for a similar case) that highlights the point you are trying to make.
Another Developing Paragraph that will focus on a different ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer three examples to support your developing idea. TWO must come from the novel or the film (if choosing #3 essay). Your third example may come from the novel OR an outside source (consider your current event or look online for a similar case) that highlights the point you are trying to make.
A Conclusion paragraph that recalls, reflects and reaches for significance. You should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.
Level Four Essays will have:
An Introductory paragraph that states the CI, the MI (it’s underlined in the prompt), two developing ideas, and a closing sentence. Your Developing Ideas should be two medical ethics that, you feel, are supported or violated by the dilemma in question.
A Developing Paragraph that will focus on a specific ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer two examples to support your developing idea.
Another Developing Paragraph that will focus on a different ethic from our medical ethics chart that is supported or violated by the practice in question. Please offer two examples to support your developing idea.
A Conclusion paragraph that recalls, reflects and reaches for significance. You should elaborate on how this novel influenced any of your opinions about other conflicts in bioethics: consider stem cell research, euthanasia, gender assignment, or any other current medical dilemma that we discussed with a current event presentation during this unit.