Healthcare Ethics

Catalog description

This course provides a fundamental and historical perspective of ethics and diversity in healthcare settings. Students will learn the concepts of business ethics and diversity and apply these concepts to the healthcare industry. Areas covered in this course are basic ethical concepts, principles, and theories; ethical issues that arise in the delivery of healthcare; ethical considerations in public policies dealing with healthcare; emerging issues in the healthcare industry; theoretical approaches to cultural diversity; health disparity; the role of race and ethnicity in healthcare settings; and the influence of belief systems on health decision making.