APA format for Ethical and Legal Issues of Health Services

1″ margins, 12 font, APA title page and reference page,APA style throughout,

3-4 content pages (Do not count title or reference page).

Recommended outline for the case anaysis

• Introduction [1 paragraph]

o Briefly describe your role and the situation (overview only)

o Describe the key issues that you will fix (in your own words)

o State why you have chosen to focus on these issues (your rational for making them a priority)

• Body [2-3 pages]

o Describe issue #1

_ What are the facts?

_ Why is it happening?

_ Why is it an issue of civil or criminal liability?

_ What is the legal and/or ethical problem?

• Explain if the problem violates a law or if it is just a matter of ethics

o Describe issue #2

_ What are the facts?

_ Why is it happening?

_ Why is it an issue of civil or criminal liability?

_ What is the legal and/or ethical problem?

• Explain if the problem violates a law or if it is just a matter of ethics

o Relating the issues

_ How do the issues relate to one another?

_ What is the impact on the clinic?

o Recommendations

_ How do you propose to correct the situation?

_ If it is a legal or regulatory matter, what laws will you look at to ensure

compliance and reduce liability?

_ If it is an ethical issue, is there a code of ethics or a set of moral values that will reduce the chance of a moral dilemma from occurring?

• Conclusion [1 or 2 paragraphs]

o Restate your perspective on the situation and the issues you highlighted

o State the importance of your recommendations to the survival of the clinic

• References

• This goes on a separate page that does not count towards the page limit
• List at least two outside references in APA style