Impact of Spirituality and Religion

Select one of these ethical dilemmas. There is a lot of information on the internet about each of them.

• Withholding/Withdrawing Life Support – Terri Schiavo, was in a persistent vegetative state when her was withdrawn (2005)
• Withdrawing Life Support/Resource Allocation – Jahi McMath, was a teen who was but remained on life support for almost 5 years (2013)
• Right to Die – Dan Crews, had been a quadriplegic since childhood and wanted his ventilator removed to allow for death to come (2011)
• Religion/Culture/Rights of Minor and Parental Rights – Daniel Houser, was a teen with Hodgkins Disease who for religious reasons (2009)
• Withdrawing Life Support/Rights of the Unborn Child – Marlise Munoz, was a on life support because of her unborn child (2013)

your PowerPoint Presentation will be on your selected case and you will need to address:

• EACH component/step of theFramework for Ethical Decision Makingas outlined on theWorksheet for Ethical Decision Making Framework;refer to these document (Course Modules/Materials >>Supporting Documents).
• Spirituality and Religion. Describe how spirituality and / or religion may have been a factor in the actions and outcomes.

At a minimum, you will want the following topics included (some may be more than 1 slide):

• Cover slide with project title and your name
• Individual and situation (introduction a)
• Ethical dilemma (introduction b)
• Step 1: Ethical issues
• Step 2: Facts
• Steps 3 and 4: Option 1 and Arguments for/against
• Steps 3 and 4: Option 2 and Arguments for/against
• Step 4a: Ethical Theory and Why
• Step 5: Decision and Why
• Step 6: Assess outcome
• Impact of Spirituality and / or Religion
• References; at least 3 scholarly references

Other:

• You will where necessary
• The Power Point Presentation can be bullets.
• Speaker notes and/or narration are NOT required.
• There is NO document required; only the PowerPoint presentation
• These are real people! Make them come alive withsomepictures in your presentation. Pictures are arequirementwithout making your presentation too large