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Using academic scholarly research, find an article that addresses an ethical dilemma from the past five years and annotate it thoroughly. What are the key points to the article? Summarize the dilemma. What are the key terms of the article? What conflicts or controversies does it raise? Where can you offer analysis or an original point of view? Once you have a handle on the article and your reaction to the issues it raises, use it as a foundation to
- Create your own 2-4 paragraph "dilemma.”
- Apply Kant’s Categorical Imperative to the problem you invent.
- Apply any other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings.
- State which method you prefer and why.
- Work with a partner collaboratively to share and divide this work for optimal results.
Your paper should be 3 pages. You MUST provide the source of the foundation dilemma, and thus this paper will require 1 reference using at least 1 correct in-text citation (indicating quoted or paraphrased material from the article and where to locate it). Use APA format in citing the source. Refer to course resources for details and help in achieving APA style.
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Running Head: ETHICAL DILEMMA
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Ethical Dilemma
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ETHICAL DILEMMA
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Jie, L. (2015). The patient suicide attempt–An ethical dilemma case study. International
Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2(4), 408-413.
The article entails a case study of a Mr. Green who is suffering from a chronic prostate
cancer and has four to six weeks to live. It was determined that any additional medical and
surgical involvement would not be suitable for his treatment and that a comforting care schedule
was the only available option. The cancer had been diagnosed seven years ago, but the patient
ignored any early interventions. At this instance, the patient conveyed to the doctors that he had
reconciled with himself that he was at the end of his life (Jie, 2015). Mr. Green confided to a
nurse in the team that he intends to commit suicide and that should be kept as a secret. The key
terms of the study are a suicide attempt, ethical dilemmas and ethical principles and theory.
An ethical dilemma normally happens when the moral issue concerning several equally
exclusive, morally right activities. In the above case, after Mr. Green disclosed the attempted
suicide intentions to the nurse, the nurse has ...
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