Ethical and Legal Aspects of Healthcare

Catalog description

This course will focus on the ethical and legal dilemmas facing health professionals and administrators in planning and delivering quality healthcare and prevention services. Basic principles and practices of health ethics and law will be presented and applied through the use of case studies and role play. Topics covered included: patient rights, government regulations, HIPPA requirements and confidentiality, ethics of quality care, incident reporting, protecting health information, precedent-setting court cases, financing healthcare and prevention services, tort reform and culture of compassion and truth telling. Students will develop critical thinking skills needed for the ethical decisions they will confront in the health care environment.