Date issued: Date Due:
UNIT NAME HLTEN511B
UNIT TITLE Provide nursing care for clients requiring palliative care
ASSESSMENT C2: The Great Debate
Marking Guide
• Candidates are required to adhere to the Assessment Guidelines in their submission
• Referencing used must be Harvard Style and appropriate quality references are used.
• A selection of websites, books and journals as sources for gathering of information is required not just dependent on website information
• Time Limit 2 minutes per participant in group to give their speech and rebut
• Time allocation of 15 minutes per team
• Learner will be assessed on their ability to work as a team, compile research and then ability to present.
• Submission of debate argument to be uploaded onto Moodle.
Questions/Tasks
Learners are to form a debate team and conduct a debate on one of the following topics –
? The use of Opioid Medication in Palliative Care
Or
? Euthanasia should it be legalized?
Each debate team will consist of 6 people.
One group will advocate for, the other group will advocate against.
Each participant will be required to speak for a minimum of 2 minutes.
Debate running time maximum of 15 minutes for both teams.
Some suggested ideas to be used for arguments both for and against could be as suggested below –
? Legal and Human Rights
? Religious Beliefs
? Moral Beliefs
? Pros and Cons of Use
? Facts and Myths
? Comfort vs Pain
? Quantity vs Quality of life
? Summarise Argument.
Suggested Resources
Pallative Care Australia