SPCL 7010 - Mental Health Law II: Medical Malpractice

Institution:

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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Description:

This course will focus on the private sector health care issues that arise frequently in mental disability law. Issues to be covered include: medical and psychiatric malpractice and professional liability, licensing and regulation of health professions, confidentiality, duties to warn and other duties to third parties, guardianship and conservatorship, third-party payer issues, including the growing influence of HMOs and managed care regimes, insurance industry regulation, including parity laws, and health care advanced directives. Although emphasis will be placed on the applicability of these issues in the mental disability law arena, the course will also be appropriate for students interested in health law generally.

Credits:

2.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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