HSM 378 - Managing the Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Services

Institution:

Golden Gate University-San Francisco

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Description:

This course is designed to serve two separate but related purposes. First, in order that health services managers can deal knowledgeably with common legal problems facing the health services industry, the course examines the principles and rules of law and their application to health services organizations, particularly in regards to liability. The second purpose is to develop critical thinking and judgment by exploring a number of ethical philosophies, principles, and approaches in the context of ethical decision making and the creation of law. The course provides an overview of a variety of methodologies, techniques, professional codes of ethics, and decision making frameworks that help to analyze ethical issues, and determine their possible solutions. A number of controversial ethical issues in biotechnology, medicine, and health services access will be will be addressed in the course, including medical decision making, advanced health care directives, palliative care, death and dying, healthcare rationing, genetics, choices in reproduction, and human experimentation. Co-requisite: HSM 372.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ggu.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 442-7800

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Trimester

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