Week 2 Assignment: Pro-Position Paper

Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following:

• Review the Toulmin-model outline (Week 2 Lesson) and your completed Week 1 Assignment (Pro-Position Proposal). Assess any feedback provided by the professor and/or your peers.
• Compose a position paper representing the pro side of your topic. (See the Pro-Paper Template). The paper should include approximately 6 developed paragraphs:
  • Introduction (with thesis statement)
  • Context paragraph
  • 3 body paragraphs (focusing on 3 pros)
  • Conclusion
• Apply a formal tone appropriate for academic audiences, maintaining an objective 3rd person point of view – no 1st person (I, me, my, we, our, us, mine) or 2nd person (you, your). Avoid contractions, clichés, and slang terminology.
• Use the provided template to assist in formatting the title page and headers.
• Incorporate at least 3 scholarly sources into the paper. Cite all sources in APA format, both parenthetically and on a reference page.
• Before submission, proofread and edit carefully for spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Not every error will be flagged automatically in word-processing programs, and some that are flagged as errors are actually correct.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 3 academic articles)

Grading
This activity will be graded using the Pro-Position Paper Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 3, 6

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Family Perspectives on Deceased Organ Donation: Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

1. Claim: What was the article’s main point? What’s the thesis?

The article’s main point is that one of the major barriers to accomplish the needs for organ transplantation in so many countries, including United States, UK and Australia, is that a consent by the family must be signed. A major barrier to meeting the needs for organ transplantation is family refusal to give consent.

2. Grounds: What kinds of evidence did the author use to support his/her argument? Provide an example.

Qualitative studies were used to support the argument, involving family members whose relatives had died. The author used a table to collect data using semi-structured interviews. In Hong Kong they used the Tong et al study. A convenience sampling strategy allowed to get information from the partners, parents, siblings and childs of the deceases.

3. Warrants: Did the author(s) successfully connect the evidence to the main point? How so?

Yes, the author was able to connect the evidence to the main point. He used a table with number of participants, method used, country, participant’s relationship, and consented or not consented. Another table included seven major perspective themes which were divided into sub themes.

4. Backing: How credible were the sources the author(s) applied? How does credulity affect your overall response?

The sources provided by the author were very credible. He listed percentages in the different countries and also the article is supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant DE120101710, which made made it more credible to me.

5. Qualifiers: I noticed absolutes like all and many when talking about the studies

6. Rebuttal: Most of the studies were based on brain death. My opinion was unchanged. I work in an Neuro ICU unit and I face that type of conflicts. As protocol we should notify the organ donation institution when the patient has a Glasgow of 5 or less.

 

References:

Dejong, W. (1998 January 01) Requesting Organ donation: an Interview study of donor and nondonor family URL retrieved from https://aacnjournals.org/ajcconline/article-abstract/7/1/13/6276/Requesting-organ-donation-an-interview-study-of?redirectedFrom=

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Title in Upper and Lower Case

Your Name

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Course Number: Course Name

Term Month and Year

Running head: TYPE SHORT TITLE IN ALL CAPS 1

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Title of your Paper in Upper and Lower Case (Centered, not Bold)

Type your introduction here and remove the instructions.. The introduction should begin with an attention grabber and end with your working thesis statement. Remember to employ an objective tone by applying only 3rd person point of view (no 1st: I, me, my, we, our, us, mine) or 2nd: you, your person point of view).

Context

Begin to type the body of your paper here. Use as many paragraphs as needed to cover the content appropriately. As noted in the Lecture’s outline, the context section should include potential qualifiers, and definitions. It is essentially background information that provides your audience with the context needed to understand your claim.

1st Pro-Point

Begin with a topic sentence written in your own words that presents your grounds. Next, apply the evidence/warrant. Signal phrases are highly recommended to introduce new sources (ex: According to Dr. John Smith, head physician at the Mayo Clinic…). Cite your sources in APA format via parenthetical citations. Follow through with a few sentences examining the evidence and connecting it back to your main point. Strive for a minimum of 5 developed sentences in a college level paragraph. Remember to refer back to the outline in our Week 2 Lesson if you need to review the structure of the paper.

Repeat this process for your 2nd and 3rd Pro-Points, dedicating a paragraph to each.

Conclusion

Papers should end with a conclusion. Unpack your thesis (do not copy/paste it) and apply a concluding technique. It should be concise and contain no new detail. No matter how much space remains on the page, the references always start on a separate page.

References (centered, not bold)

Type your references in alphabetical order here using hanging indents. See your APA Manual and the resources in your APA folder in Course Resources for reference formatting.

 

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