HEA 4303 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals University of Houston-Downtown Fall

HEA 4303 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
University of Houston-Downtown
Fall 2024
Book Review 2
Due Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm
Purpose
• The purpose of this assignment is for show your mastery of to apply ethics
concepts and terms to a book.
Task
• You will write a 2-4 page paper describing how ethics theory, healthcare
principles, and other ethics concepts/terms are related to the book, The Immortal
Henrietta Lacks.
• This is the second of the two Book Review assignments. Sections 1-3 should by
revised based on Connors’s feedback on Book Review 1.
Before You Start this Assignment
• You should have read the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2010)
• Watch the Book Review VoiceThread presentation.
• Review the Assignment Checklist document.
• Review the Applying Ethics Theory VoiceThread presentation and the Ethics
Theory List document.
Assignment Formatting
• This paper should be typed in MS Word document (you have free access to MS
Office via your GatorMail account).
• At the top of the first page include:
o Your first and last name
o Book Review 2
o HEA 4303 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
o Fall 2024
• The assignment should be double-spaced, in 12-point Arial or Times New
Roman font, and with one-inch margins.
• You should include 7th ed. APA formatted citations in the paper and a 7th ed.
APA formatted reference list at the end of this assignment.
o Citations from the Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks require a page number.
Book Review 2 Directions
You should write well-reasoned and thoughtful responses to the following statements.
Label your paper with the section numbers and titles below.
A. Section 1: Novel Summary
1. Write a summary of the book which describes its primary themes, so that if
someone who hasn’t read the book will understand what the book it about. This
section should be no more than one (1) paragraph. Cite your reference.HEA 4303 F24 Book Review 2 Dr. S. K. Connors Page 2 of 6
B. Section 2: Was it ethical to remove Henrietta’s cells for research?
1. Recall the situation in which Dr. Wharton “picked up a sharp knife and shaved
two dime-sized pieces of tissue from Henrietta’s cervix…” (Skloot, 2011, p. 33).
2. Use one (1) ethics theory or one (1) healthcare principle to describe if it was
ethical for Henrietta’s cells to be taken for research.
a. Clearly state your position.
b. Briefly define the ethics theory/healthcare principle used to support the
position. Use in-text citations here.
c. Describe how the ethics theory/healthcare principle supports the
position.
C. Section 3: Did the benefits outweigh the means?
1. Consider the medical advances that occurred as the result of discovering
many benefits to humanity HeLa cells provided outweigh the means by which the
cells were obtained? Hint: only two ethics theories focus on ends and means.
HeLa cells.
2. Use one (1) ethics theory to describe if the many benefits to humanity HeLa
cells provided, outweigh the means by which the cells were obtained? Hint: Only
two ethics theories focus on ends and means.
a. Clearly state your position.
b. Briefly define the ethics theory you used for your position. Use in-text
citations here.
c. Describe how the ethics theory/healthcare principle supports your
position.
D. Section 4: Who Profits from Science?
1. Use one ethics theory, or one healthcare principle to support your position on
the question: Should the Lacks family be financially compensated or not be
compensated in return for the use of HeLa cells?
a. Clearly state your position.
b. Briefly define the ethics theory/healthcare principle you used to support
the position. Use in-text citations here.
c. Describe how the ethics theory/healthcare principle supports your
position.HEA 4303 F24 Book Review 2 Dr. S. K. Connors Page 3 of 6
E. Section 5: The Role of Social Factors
1. Consider the social determinants of health (SDOH). Refer to the required
Chapter 6b lecture.
2. Describe how three (3) different SDOH played a role in how John Hopkins
healthcare providers/researchers interacted with Henrietta Lacks and her family
in the book.
a. Name the specific SDOH for this question (there should be three
different SDOH).
i. If you use SES, identify which component of SES (education,
race/ethnicity, income, employment, etc.).
b. Describe exactly how the SDOH affected how Henrietta Lacks and her
family were treated by healthcare providers/researchers at John Hopkins.
i. You should provide a different specific example for each SDOH.
c. Simply providing evidence that the SDOH was present in the Lacks
family will not earn credit.
d. Include the page number(s) in the citations.
F. Include a reference list, in 7th edition APA format, at the end of the paper.
Assignment Submission
A. Save this paper with your last name first initial BR 2. For example, my assignment
would be saved as “ConnorsS BR2”.
B. Submit the paper as a single MS Word document to the Book Review 2 Turnitin
assignment link in Canvas.
Assignment Resources
A. Wikipedia is not a reliable source for course assignments. Here are some examples
of reliable sources for this assignment:
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2010)
2. The course textbook
3. Course lectures
4. Information from most government/non-profit health organizations
a. Use caution with websites/organizations that present only one side of
the issue.
B. APA formatting resources:
• Read the Author-Date Citation System: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-
guidelines/citations/basic-principles/author-date
• Basic Principles of Citations: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-
guidelines/citations/basic-principles
o Read the “In-Text Citation Checklist” document
• Basic Principles of Reference List Entries: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-
grammar-guidelines/references/basic-principles
o Read the “Common Reference Examples Guide” document
o Read the “Creating an APA Style Reference List” documentHEA 4303 F24 Book Review 2 Dr. S. K. Connors Page 4 of 6
• There are more APA resources on the Writing Resources page of the Course
Resources module in Canvas.
C. Important Assignment Reminders
• This paper should be written from a scholarly or professional perspective. Do not
use personal pronouns (I, me, we, us, etc.) in this paper. You also should not use
or disclose your personal experiences in any way.
• Include only the information that is mentioned in the assignment directions.
• Do not use bullets/numbering or rhetorical questions.
• Do not use quotes/quotations or copy word for word from your references. You
should paraphrase/summarize (put it in your own words) all the information from
your sources.
D. Learn more about submitting Turnitin assignments:
• Submitting to an assignment in Canvas Plagiarism Framework:
https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/en-us/articles/21862878027021-Submitting-to-an-
assignment-in-Canvas-Plagiarism-Framework
• Viewing your Similarity Report with Canvas Plagiarism Framework:
https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/en-us/articles/22714205678861-Viewing-your-
Similarity-Report-with-Canvas-Plagiarism-Framework
E. Turnitin considerations
• Upon submission of your paper, you should receive an originality/similarity report
stating the percentage of your paper that has been found in other papers,
documents, publications, reports, etc. online (this process may take several
hours).
• You should aim for less than 20%. I review these reports very carefully. The most
important thing is that you all information from your references, into your own
words. Use 7th edition APA formatted in-text citations and 7th edition APA
formatted reference page.
• You can resubmit your paper to Turnitin three times and receive a similarity
report to review until the due date. On the fourth and subsequent submissions
you will have to wait 24 hours to view the originality/similarity report.HEA 4303 F24 Book Review 2 Dr. S. K. Connors Page 5 of 6
Criteria
Book Review 2 Grading Rubric
Requirements Points
Possible
1. Opening Summary:
-Provided a summary of the main happenings in
the book
-Summary was no more than one paragraph
(5-6 sentences) long.
-Summary did not include ethics theory/healthcare
principles.
10
2. Was it ethical for Henrietta’s cells to be taken
for this purpose?
-Clearly stated position up front.
-Used ONE appropriate ethics theory/healthcare
principle to support the position.
-Named and defined the theory/principle that
supports the position
-Described how the theory/principle supported the
position.
12
3. Do the benefits of HeLa cells outweigh the
method of how the cells were obtained?
-Clearly stated position up front.
-Used ONE appropriate ethics theory to support
the position.
-Named and defined the theory that supports the
position
-Described how the theory/principle supports the
position.
12
4. Should the Lacks family be compensated for
HeLa cells?
-Clearly stated position up front.
-Used ONE appropriate ethics theory/healthcare
principle to support the position.
-Named and defined the theory/principle that
supports the position
-Described how the theory/principle supports the
position.
12
5. Role of social factors:
-Identified three (3) different SDOH
-Provided three (3) specific examples of how each
SDOH affected how the Lacks family was treated
by the staff at John Hopkins.
-Provided page number(s) of the examples in the
citations
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6. Formatting
-Included APA-formatted in-text citations
-Included an APA-formatted reference list
-Labeled assignment as directed
-Used proper organization and grammar
-Did not include quotations/quotation marks,
personal pronouns, rhetorical questions, etc.
10
Total Points 80
Reference