NUR 655 - Health Care Law and Ethics

Course Cross-listed with MGT 655
3 credit(s)
Health care is founded on the principle of social justice: equitable distribution of benefits and burdens to all of society. These benefits and burdens are most often the result of laws that impact health care, either directly or indirectly. The ethics surrounding implementation of health care law is frequently called into question. As society grapples with the need to protect the public’s health with the risk of violating individual human rights or scientific/technological advancements outpacing the lawmaking process, professionals in the health care environment need to have a strong grounding in the associated legal and ethical concerns. In this course, students explore these complex issues in the context of the political and economic environments and through the lens of current health care and ethics. Students examine laws that impact health care and critically evaluate the ethical consequences of implementing those laws.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in Master of Science Nursing program or Matriculation in Master of Health Administration program.

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