HSAD 210 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Farjana, Ethics, Bioethics

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Drexel University

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Health Services Administration

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HSAD 210

Professor

Chalmers C. Clark

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HSAD 210

MIDTERM EXAM

STUDY GUIDE

Fall 2018

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Farjana Nipa

Professor Constance K. Perry

HSAD 210-002

08 October 2017

                       Ethical Reasoning – Evaluating Web Pages on Controversial Issues

Micheal Cook, Xavier Symons, and Carolyn Moynihan are all editors of a bioethics

website name bioedge.org. This website is a weekly newsletter about cutting-edge bioethical

issues.This bioethics website is created and maintained by volunteers and its funded by

contributors and supporters.  In addition, it is published by New Media Foundation. The editors

of this website are highly educated. Michael Cook is a Sydney journalist. He is also the editor of

the web magazine MercatorNet and is a contributor to American, Australian, and British

newspapers and magazine. The assistant editor is a philosophy graduate student in Melbourne

and the contributing editor is an Auckland Journalist and an editor for MercatorNet. Along with

the editor's biodata, the website also provides the editor's contact information and address.

According to the editors of bioedge.org, theirs aims are "to promote human dignity as the

foundation of bioethics, to promote evidence-based ethics in medicine, to show that medical

excellence is not possible without ethical principle, to provide high-quality, up-to-date

information, and to facilitate the participation of health professionals in policy debates". This

website is open to people of all ages but its intended audience are scholars, adults, and people in

the health field.

The website is a well-structured and easily navigable. It contains only Bioethics related

Ads and articles. Unrelated ads and pop-ups are barely seen. The article on this website is

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informative and objective. They are written by well-qualified author and also comes from

credible sources. The articles here come from many different sources and are written by many

different authors but they are all intended to inform the reader about Bioethical issues. The

articles are well written with good in-text-citation and supported evidence. In the beginning of

each article the author name is stated and in the end of the most article, the source of articles and

its publisher are written.  If any of the articles on this website is taken from a different website or

source, the link or the original source is provided at the end of the article to make it easier for the

reader to evaluate its credibility.

Bioedge.org keep its readers update to date with the latest bioethics issue and news. The

news is organized from to the most up to date news to the older news.  The website is organized

in a way so that it's easier for the reader to navigate. The bar on the top helps the reader navigate

through the different parts of the website. On the right upper hand corner is the search box where

users are able to find requested pieces of information in the minimum number of searches

necessary. Underneath that is the subscribe button where the reader can easily subscribe and be

up to date on the latest Bioedge newsletter. The site also has a separate box, where the readers

can be informed about the most read articles.

After evaluating the website, I can be confident that the information presented here is

objective and reliable. The information on Bioedge.org is supported with credible sources and

evidences. The editors and the author information are provided to inform the audience about who

has the ultimate responsibility for the accuracy of the content of the material. The content on the

website can be verified with the provided information and link under to every article.

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Ethical reasoning evaluating web pages on controversial issues. Micheal cook, xavier symons, and carolyn moynihan are all editors of a bioethics website name bioedge. org. this website is a weekly newsletter about cutting-edge bioethical issues. this bioethics website is created and maintained by volunteers and its funded by. The website is a well-structured and easily navigable. it contains only bioethics related. Ads and articles. unrelated ads and pop-ups are barely seen. the article on this website is. References bioethics. retrieved october 08, 2017, from . Evaluating internet resources. (n. d. ). retrieved october 08, 2017, from http://www. library. georgetown. edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content. Drexel libraries. (n. d. ). retrieved october 08, 2017, from http://www. library. drexel. edu/ Ethical reasoning projects- a family divided: no advance directives. A sixty-seven-year-old man, harold watson, with a five-year history of cardiovascular disease has entered the hospital with a stroke that has paralyzed his right side and caused him to aspirate food of any consistency. His language capacity only yes or no and his responses are inconsistent.

HSAD 210 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Farjana, Ethics, Bioethics

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