Information Literacy: Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Write a 6-8 page paper in which you summarize, review, and analyze the information you have found about a specific topic.
Frame a research question about the topic.
Define the concepts inherent in the topic.
Students will then explore the topic using credible and non-credible resources, and be able to describe the differences in quality of information.
Students must then also be able to explain what an appropriate, systematic method would be to get answers, or research, the research question.
Your final paper should be between 6-8 pages of text and, in addition, a cover sheet formatted in accordance with APA 7th edition style, and a reference page with references formatted in APA 7th edition style.
The final paper should be both a review of literature about your topic and an explanation of how your research question would propose to elaborate on this topic.
Do not forget to discuss the credibility (or not) of your sources!
How should this assignment be done?
This paper requires that you have collected, read, and reviewed the following sources:
5 newspaper articles
5 websites
5 peer reviewed articles from scholarly databases.
Please note this is the minimum required number of sources.
This brief literature review assignment will be graded in accordance with the rubric that accompanies this assignment:
Why is it important?
Being able to evaluate information for its credibility is an important life skill.
Before you can go on to explore your idea it is important that you know what has already been said, or is known about your topic.
It is also important to know what kind of research has been done on the topic.
You should also learn who the most well-known experts are who have written and researched the topic you have chosen.
What resources are available to help you with this assignment?
How will this assignment help me in my future career?
Taking in and receiving information, and then turning this around in your mind and making sense out of it so that you can use the information, is an important skill to be developed and honed during your lifetime. Professional careers depend on processing lots of information and being able to use that information to attain your goals. As a college graduate with a defined major field of study, employers and others expect you to have content knowledge in your field of study and thus this paper affords an opportunity for you to develop in-depth knowledge in a particular topic.
Week 7 Information Literacy Assignment
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Week 7 Information Literacy Assignment
Information literacy empowers people to find, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate effectively to achieve personal, social, professional, and educational goals. It combines research skills with critical thinking skills, communication skills, and research skills. This concept is essential for academic success, effective functioning in the workplace, and participation in society as an informed citizen. Research is a crucial area where information literacy is needed. In this digital era, many people conduct online studies using digital resources. One of the challenges experienced in conducting research online or seeking information from internet platforms is identifying authentic sources of information. The internet is marred with fake news and untrusted articles that can be misleading. With information literacy, one can think critically and identify credible sources they can use to do research. They can also use information literacy to form questions, find answers, and create opinions on a specific subject. The selected topic for this paper is euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Research Question
Considering the arguments for and against active voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, should these practices be legalized?
Literature Review
Over the past years, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for terminally ill patients have raised a heated debate on their moral adequacy, with clinical, ethical, religious, legal, and political considerations playing a significant role. Voluntary active euthanasia means a physician intentionally ends a person’s life normally by administering lethal drugs at that person’s voluntary and competent