PH 305 - Health Care Ethics

Institution:

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

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Description:

3 credits This course will provide a survey of some of the specific issues in health care ethics that are faced today by patients, provides, insurance companies and other constituencies in the health care arena. Such issues will include: access - how are limited resources to be allocated? Informed consent - whatinformation must patients possess in order to make reasonable and informed decisions about their heath care? What compensatory obligations do providers have in the realm of informed consent? Funding - should the quality of health care vary by the means of the payer? Death - what is death?Also, should a patient have the right to choose the time and means of his or her death? Procedures and technologies - are all possible procedures and technical interventions moral defensible?

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.smumn.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 457-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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