4243. Health Law and Policy

Introduction to the United States legal system as it relates to health care, public health and ethics. Sessions represent important applications of law to health including the powers of the state governments; privacy and confidentiality in health care; the right to privacy; the right to refuse treatment and end of life issues; hospital, physician and managed care liability; the Americans with Disabilities Act; and public health policy and advocacy. Structured to encourage lively and interesting in-class discussions of legal and ethical principles as they relate to the health care system.

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