HSPM 7133 - Public Health Policy and Ethics (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Prepares students to make critical decisions in regards to health care policy and biomedical ethics. Includes exploration of basic economic, political and social determinants of health policy. Substantive legal topics covered include the balance between individual rights and public health initiatives, confidentiality, medical malpractice and informed consent, medical directives and living wills, legal rights of access to health care and health care reform. Methods of implementing change through policy making and the legislative process will be presented.

Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students