Legal & Ethical Issues Health

Catalog description

This course introduces various ethical and moral issues in the context of healthcare and medical professions. This course will examine ethical issues related to healthcare such as: beginning of life issues, healthcare policy/distribution, healthcare law, at risk populations, doctor-patient relationships, healthcare research/technology, and end of life decision making in consideration of various sociocultural, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors. This course will also overview moral theories such as: utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics and relate these theories to decision making processes at global and local levels.