Exploring Ethical Principles in Health and Social Care

Your report should explore ethical principles and may additionally involve considering professional rules such as confidentiality and consent.

A reflective style should be included. Confidentiality of places and spaces in personal reflection must be evident.

Select ONE of the following topics for your report.  

·The Restraint of Individuals with a Mental Health Issue or Disability   

·Assisted Dying

·Abortion  

·Honour Based Violence & Forced Marriage

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

1.Demonstrate knowledge of individuals’ rights, entitlements and obligations within a diverse society.

2.Interpret and apply various ethical approaches to practice situations involving potentially conflicting values and ethical dilemmas.

3.Analyse ethical and professional principles influencing decision-making in health and social care.

4.Utilise a reflexive approach to develop critical insight into one’s own values, and moral compass and how these might influence future professional practice.

Task requirements

1.The essay should be 1.5 line spaced

2.Font must be Arial 12

3.Following the reference guidelines

4.Assessment must be within +or – 10% of specified word count

Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online. This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 10th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Copies are available via the university library.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area, a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.

Submission details

1.Submit the assignment electronically via e-submission on Blackboard.

2.Make sure you are familiar with the e-submission process prior to the deadline. Please do not attempt to submit assignments to lecturers or in hard copy as these methods are not permitted.

3.You are reminded that it is your responsibility to keep both an electronic and a hard copy of your assignment for future reference.  You may be required to produce a copy of your assignment.

Submission date and time

Work that is submitted up to 10 working days beyond the submission date will be accepted as a late submission. Late submissions will be marked and the actual mark recorded, but will be capped at the pass mark (typically 40%), provided that the work is of a passing standard. Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.