Law and Ethics for Health Occupations

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The student is introduced to a variety of issues facing healthcare personnel including legal situations involving health law, functioning within the constraints of applicable law, and current challenges facing health providers. Presented are aspects of medical malpractice, the regulatory environment, contract law, civil vs. criminal law, and the judicial system. There is an overview of health care ethics with a discussion of such issues as the right to life, wrongful life, right to die, euthanasia, anatomical gift legislation, stem cell research, and genetic engineering, as well as other ethical issues facing health care workers.