HT 275 Medical Ethics & Law

5 CR

Medical Ethics and Law is a student centered course that is designed to help students understand the relevance of current ethical and legal trends in the health care industry. This course prepares students not only for healthcare ethics on a national level, but also an international level that relates to working with today’s diverse population. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of the challenges providers and healthcare workers face when treating patients who may be culturally diverse, have varying religious beliefs, or different in lifestyle choices, and the various psycho-social aspects of each as it relates to healthcare. Students will also attain an understanding of the complex legal issues medical providers face and how changing state and federal laws directly impact health care business operations.
Prerequisite(s): HT 120 and HT 122, both with a C or higher.