Question description
This project is intended to give you field experience. For this project, you are to interview a person who has experienced a serious illness. This illness can be acute or chronic. Examples include but are not limited to cancer, multiple sclerosis, depression, PTSD post traumatic stress disorder, lupus, fibromyalgia, and congestive heart failure. Your questions should reflect the issues and concepts we will discuss and read about in class. Due to confidentiality, please do not share your interviewee’s name and/or identifying information. The project is due during the middle of the semester at Week 4.
This assignment requires the following:
c. What are the three most important facts about illness and healing that everyone must know? (10 points)
Length
Use a word processor (preferably MS Word) to create your paper. The final paper should be 6 -8 pages in length, double-spaced with 12 point font, not including tables or the reference list.
The final paper should include a title page, an introduction, a thesis statement, a body, a conclusion and a reference list. (20 points for proper APA/AAA style, grammar, spelling, quality of writing and inclusion scholarly references) Total assignment points possible for this assignment is 100 points.
Readability
Your paper should use correct grammar, effective topic sentences and transitions, an organized and clear flow, limited use of quotations, and synthesis of information using your own words. It should incorporate references.
Citation and Reference Style
Your paper should be written in APA style (6th edition, 2009). For more details on APA formatting and online database citations, see www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.html