Course Title:
Health-Care Ethics
Course Description:
Provides students with the opportunity to explore complex ethical issues that arise in clinical practice in the health professions. Emphasizes the concepts of do no harm, quality of life, and conflict resolution. Central to the course are patients’ rights and the protection of their confidentiality, privacy, and personal prerogatives. Explores established legal cases to assess the presence of ethical considerations. Also examines the role of the health professional in fostering patients’ autonomy and implementing one’s own domain of professional responsibility.
Fall Offering:
Every
Lab/Coreq 1:
Spring Offering:
Every
Lab/Coreq 2:
Summer Offering:
None
Lab/Coreq Remarks:
Summer 1 Offering:
None
Prerequisite 1:
Summer 2 Offering:
None
Prerequisite 2:
Cross-Listed Course 1:
BHS U510
Prerequisite 3:
Cross-Listed Course 2:
Prerequisite 4:
Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Cross-Listed Course 5:
Repeatable:
N
