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HCA 322 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     HCA 322 Week 1 DQ 1
Diversity and Ethical Decision Making HCA 322
Week 1 DQ 2 Autonomy, Fidelity, and
Confidentiality HCA 322 Week 2 DQ 1 Euthanasia
Laws HCA 322 Week 2 DQ 2 Health Care Ethics
Committees HCA 322 Week 2 Assignment Euthanasia
Assisted Suicide Debate HCA 322 Week 3 DQ 1
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 HCA
322 Week 3 DQ 2 Respondeat Superior HCA 322 Week
3 Assignment Types of Law
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HCA 322 Week 1 DQ 1 Diversity and Ethical
Decision Making FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Diversity and Ethical
Decision Making. View the American College of
Healthcare Executives (A.C.H.E.) website. Using
the Diversity Resources and Ethics Resources
links available in the left-hand navigation panel
of the site, explore the relationship between
cultural diversity and the process for ethical
decision making. What are the most important
factors in producing ethical decisi ons? Why?
Your initial post must be a minimum of 250-300
words
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HCA 322 Week 1 DQ 2 Autonomy, Fidelity, and
Confidentiality FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Autonomy, Fidelity, and
Confidentiality. Define the principles of
autonomy, fidelity, and confidentiality. How do
these terms support ethical and moral medical
practices? Do these concepts create any barriers
to ethical principles? Why or why not? Your
initial post must be a minimum of 250-300 words.
Respond to at least two of your classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 2 Assignment Euthanasia Assisted
Suicide Debate FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Euthanasia/Assisted
Suicide Debate. Review the Euthanasia ProCon.org
website. On the top right of the home screen,
click on the orange buttons and read the Core
Question and the Top Ten Pros and Cons. Write
a four to five page paper (excluding title and
reference pages) that discusses your position
regarding euthanasia. Address the following 1.
Define euthanasia and identify the difference
between the types of euthanasia (passive/active
euthanasia) 2. Discuss your beliefs regarding
euthanasia. Are there any circumstances when you
feel it is justified? Explain your answer.
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HCA 322 Week 2 DQ 1 Euthanasia Laws FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Euthanasia
Laws. In most states, physician-assisted suicide
(euthanasia) is a felony crime, punishable by
imprisonment. Locate and watch the A Good Death
Case Studies in End-of-Life Care video in the
Ashford University Library Films On Demand
database. Discuss the ethical aspects of these
laws, focusing particularly on the medical
staffs relationship with the patient and their
ability to act on behalf of the patients best
interests. Also, discuss the legal rights of
patients as well as those of their family and
friends, as they make difficult and emotional
end-of-life decisions
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HCA 322 Week 2 DQ 2 Health Care Ethics
Committees FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Health Care Ethics
Committees. Describe, in your opinion, the three
best and the three worst attributes of Health
Care Ethics Committees. Include a thorough
explanation of your reasoning. Do you agree that
the expanding use and power of ethics committees
help to foster and ensure that ethical standards
are upheld in the medical profession? Why or why
not? Your initial post must be a minimum of
250-300 words..
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HCA 322 Week 3 Assignment Types of Law FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Types of
Law. Write a four to five page paper (excluding
title and reference pages) that explains which
types of law detailed in Chapter 6 of your course
text most directly impact health care
professionals. Include an analysis of how the law
and ethical decisions work together, or do not,
and identify how the law has impacted health care
professionals. Your paper must be formatted
according to APA guidelines as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center. Include at least three to
five scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources (one
may be your textbook) that were published within
the past five years and are cited according to
APA format
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HCA 322 Week 3 DQ 1 Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Health Care Quality
Improvement Act of 1986. Describe the background
to and the main purpose of the Health Care
Quality Improvement Act of 1986. Review the case
study Failure to Meet Ethical Standards from
Chapter 7 of your course text. Respond to the two
questions listed after the case study. Utilize at
least two scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources
that were published within the past five years
and are cited according to APA guidelines as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center to support
your response. Your initial post must be a
minimum of 250-300 words. Respond to at least two
of your classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 3 DQ 2 Respondeat Superior FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Respondeat
Superior. Provide an overview of the respondeat
superior legal doctrine and explain its
significance in the health care industry.
Additionally, explain at least two defenses to
this legal doctrine. Your initial post must be a
minimum of 250-300 words. Respond to at least two
of your classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 4 Assignment Issues for Health Care
Professionals FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Issues for Health Care
Professionals. For this assignment, you are to
summarize the unique ethical and legal issues
that a health care professional may face in his
or her career. You may choose any of the
professional positions listed in Chapter 9 of
your course text, or you may choose another
occupation with the prior consent of your
instructor. Include an overview of the laws that
bind the professional, a discussion of the common
ethical issues faced by the profession you chose,
and a summary of the legal requirements or
ethical conflicts that have affected this health
care professional. Your paper must be four to
five pages (excluding title and reference pages)
and formatted according to APA.
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HCA 322 Week 4 DQ 1 Ethical Principles FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Ethical
Principles. Codes of conduct are standards that
outline how individuals or groups of people are
to act. The health care/medical community has
their own code of conduct, which is outlined in
the American Medical Associations Code of
Medical Ethics. This code is rooted in the four
ethical principles of autonomy, justice,
beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Using the
definitions of these terms from Chapter 1 of your
course text as well as your own scholarly
research, explain these four principles and
analyze how they are reflected in the Code of
Medical Ethics. Your initial post must be a
minimum of 250-300 words. Respond to at least two
of your classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 5 DQ 1 Consent FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Consent. Summarize
informed consent and implied consent with regard
to patients. Analyze the differences between the
two. What are the best ways to prove consent?
Your initial post must be a minimum of 250-300
words. Respond to at least two of your
classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 5 DQ 2 Patient's Rights FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.hca322edu.com     Patients
Rights. Chapter 14 of your text provides an
overview of a number of different patients
rights. Which do you think are the three most
important? Why? How do patient rights affect how
health care workers interact with patients? Use
at least one scholarly source that was published
within the past five years, in addition to the
textbook, to substantiate your post. Sources must
be cited according to APA format as outlined in
the Ashford Writing Center. Respond to at least
two of your classmates posts.
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HCA 322 Week 5 Final Paper Do Not Resuscitate
Legal and Ethical Issues FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.hca322edu.com     Much of your coursework
regarding moral questions and moral theory may
seem abstract. This broad overview is necessary
to have a complete understanding of the subject.
Your Final Paper must be eight to ten pages
(excluding title and references pages) and should
synthesize moral theory and ethical
considerations with their application to a
real-world setting/circumstance. Select a topic
for your Final Paper from the following 1. Do
not resuscitate requests/issues (DNR) 2.
Surrogacy 3. Wrongful conception 4. Organ donation
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