How to Write a Discursive Essay on a Medical Topic

Discuss how you would write a discursive essay on one of the medical topics.

The possible topics include:

• Euthanasia;
• Addiction (smoking, alcohol, drug abuse) vs. medical treatment (organ transplant);
• Abortion;
• Blood Transfusion;
• Sports and drugs or doping;
• Homeopathy;
• Natural therapies vs. conservative surgery.

How would you write an introductory paragraph to state the topic and your opinion? What will you write in the body to present arguments for and justifications, examples or reasons, opinions, viewpoints, and reasons/examples, solutions to problems, suggestions, and results? How would you organize a closing paragraph?