Healthcare Ethics and History

Catalog description

Introduction to healthcare ethics, engages students with an interest in treating patients in case-study practice scenarios allowing them to develop a working knowledge of ethical principles and render patient care decisions based upon ethical reasoning. Introduces ethical concepts and professional codes of ethics, and discusses the application of these concepts to contemporary examples of health care scenarios. Introduces the history of American healthcare, exploring the period from our nation's founding to the present. Introduces the theories of health and disease that have changed over time as has the role of healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry.