PARA 1210 Syllabus

Subject Code

PARA

Course Number

1210

Course Title

Legal and Policy Issues in Healthcare

Prerequisites

Prerequisite/Corequisite: PARA 1100

Corequisites

Terms Offered

Offered Summer (odd years)

Credit Hours

(3-0-3)

Course Description

This course provides an overview of the legal issues involved in the delivery of healthcare and the issues relating to Elder Law. Students will recognize the fundamentals of the healthcare treatment relationship, liability issues, patient care decisions, and the human condition of sickness. They will explore the complexities of healthcare financing, healthcare access, governmental regulations, and privacy issues. Topics will also include access to care, informed consent, patient care decisions, the doctor-patient relationship, end-of-life decision making, legal problems of the elderly, law and mental health, AIDS and the law, and the privatization of healthcare facilities. Students must pay a $25 supply fee when registering for this course.