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3.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2004; replaced by BHS U260. Introduces students to the health-care system in the role of consumers. Basic elements of health care including financing, personal insurance, high-risk status, and patient rights are explored within the context of the U.S. system. Central to this exploration is an analysis of health-care issues requiring informed consent from patients: patient bill of rights, health-care directives, and the use of a proxy for decision making. The role and responsibilities of various health-care workers are introduced within the framework of an interdisciplinary model of health care.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the health-care system in the role of consumers. Explores basic elements of health care including financing, personal insurance, high-risk status, and patient rights within the context of the U.S. system. Central to this exploration is an analysis of health-care issues requiring informed consent from patients: patient bill of rights, health care directives, and the use of a proxy for decision making. The role and responsibilities of various health care workers are introduced within the framework of an interdisciplinary model of health care.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to enable health profession students to develop a basic understanding of health-delivery systems and key issues confronting health care in the United States and in the study country in this study-abroad course. Explores issues such as the affordability of medical care, patient rights, health risks and behaviors, disease prevention, quality and access to care, the growth of managed care and corporate influence on health care, new medical technologies, the aging population, the impact of biotechnology, and trends in employment of health professionals. Incorporates self- and group-reflection exercises, Internet and contemporary media exploration, and in-class discussions. Compares and contrasts key health-care issues in the study country with those in the United States using literature, Internet and contemporary media, observations in the study country, and discussions with guest speakers.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to teach students in the health professions to communicate effectively with their patients, colleagues, and other professionals. Covers interpersonal communication with patients and their families, as well as public speaking and presentations, and communicating as a leader. Students are required to make several presentations throughout the semester.
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0.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
Presents an objective discussion of the principles of alternative and complementary medicine. Emphasis is on the theory, treatment, and effectiveness of alternative medicine and its role in modern health care. Also presents the theories of homeopathy and Chinese medicine. Possible physiological and biochemical explanations of the beneficial effects of alternative methods are discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Provides students with a basic familiarity with and appreciation of public health and community-based methods for improving the health of populations. Explores the purpose and structure of the U.S. public health system, contemporary public health issues such as prevention of communicable diseases, health education, social inequalities in health and health care, public health responses to terrorism, and control of unhealthy behaviors like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and violence.
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