Assignment 5: Legal and ethical issues

Students are to submit a three-page, double-spaced, word-processed paper on an issue or case in healthcare that involves both legal and ethical issues. Possible issues or case topics include abortion, assisted suicide, bioethics, and so forth. The students will answer the following questions: 1. What are the legal concerns for this issue or case? 2. What are the ethical concerns for this issue or case? 3. For this issue or case, what is the relationship between law and ethics? What legal issues are there with this matter or case? 2. What moral concerns do you have about this issue or case? 3.What is the relationship between law and ethics in this issue or case? Are the legal and ethical standards equivalent? Does compliance with the law yield an ethical result? Why or why not?

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