Course Title:
Comparative Health Care Systems
Course Description:
Designed to enable health profession students to develop a basic understanding of health-delivery systems and key issues confronting health care in the United States and in the study country in this study-abroad course. Explores issues such as the affordability of medical care, patient rights, health risks and behaviors, disease prevention, quality and access to care, the growth of managed care and corporate influence on health care, new medical technologies, the aging population, the impact of biotechnology, and trends in employment of health professionals. Incorporates self- and group-reflection exercises, Internet and contemporary media exploration, and in-class discussions. Compares and contrasts key health-care issues in the study country with those in the United States using literature, Internet and contemporary media, observations in the study country, and discussions with guest speakers.
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Summer 1 Offering:
Every
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Cross-Listed Course 1:
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Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Permission of instructor.
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Repeatable:
N
Additional Information:
Approved course: NU Core-Comparative Study of Cultures
