Course Details

Health Care Law and Policy
#6611

Type

LEC

Credits Desc.

3 cr.

Credits Def. Value

3 cr.

Prerequisites

(none listed)

Senior Writing?

(not listed)

Student Year

2L/3L

When Offered

(not listed)

Description:

This course is a comprehensive survey of health care law and policy in the United States. We will investigate the organization of health care delivery; the nature of the physician-patient relationship; theories of informed consent; methods of quality control; responses to harm and error, including through medical malpractice litigation; problems of access to health care; and proposals for health care reform. Throughout, we will analyze law, policy, and ethics.

Sections

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