Healthcare Policy, Ethics, and Laws

Catalog description

This course presents a comprehensive view of ethics and laws as they pertain to the development of health policy. Students will examine the fundamentals of the various principles of healthcare law and the manner in which those principles intersect with ethics and health policy. The course will offer students an opportunity to evaluate critical factors that influence policy decisions and reform efforts. Students will articulate the impact of legal, ethical, and policy challenges relative to private and public health systems, politics, interest groups, lobbyists, and proposed reforms. Throughout the course, students will perform case analysis to demonstrate competency in identifying potential legal and ethical problems in different healthcare settings and propose appropriate solutions based on current legal and ethical guidelines.