Discussion: Apply Critical Thinking HLT 205
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For this assignment, you will apply critical thinking to what you have learned so far in this course about the successes and failures of the United States health care system in terms of cost, access, and quality. You are expected to address these issues in an ethical and respectful manner as a medical professional.
Choose a vulnerable population from your textbook and write a 1,000-1,250 word paper that addresses the following:
Describe the factors that contribute to this population’s skepticism of the health-care system and/or medical treatments. What is the significance of trust? Can we effectively treat a patient who does not trust us? Why?
Discuss how the United States’ health-care system has historically and currently served this population.
This assignment requires three references (at a minimum) in addition to your textbook.
Remember that your title page and reference page are not included in this word count.
Prepare this assignment in accordance with the guidelines in the GCU Style Guide, which can be found in the Student Success Center.
A rubric is used for this assignment. Please review the rubric before beginning the assignment to become acquainted with the requirements for successful completion.
This assignment must be submitted to Turnitin. Please follow the steps outlined in the Student Success Center.
You should proofread your paper. However, do not rely solely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part, and your grade will suffer as a result. Papers with a high number of misspelled words and grammatical errors will be penalized. Before subm
itting your paper, go over it in silence and then aloud, and make any necessary changes. It is often beneficial to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Uncorrected mistakes are preferable to handwritten corrections.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point typeface (10 to 12 characters per inch). Smaller or compressed type, as well as papers with narrow margins or single spacing, are difficult to read. It is preferable to allow your essay to exceed the recommended number of pages rather than attempting to compress it into fewer pages.
Large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are also unacceptable, waste trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced, and have a one-inch margin on all four sides of each page. When submitting hard copies, use white paper and print with dark ink. It will be difficult to follow your argument if it is difficult to read your essay.