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Berkeley Global
Explore the legal and ethical issues that health care professionals and health advocates face as a natural part of the clinical practice process. Examine the principles that guide ethical practice, the ethical dilemmas that exist in a variety of settings, and local and federal health guidelines. You also investigate tools for identifying and implementing an approach to ethical professional practice in health care settings.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Increase knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to health care.
- Understand legal and ethical issues regarding end-of-life decisions.
- Analyze clinical practices and policy proposals in the context of ethics.
- Examine elder abuse laws, including those pertaining to community-based and institutional abuse.
- Demonstrate knowledge of professional ethics.
- Identify alternative approaches to resolving problems arising in the context of the delivery of health care.
What You Learn
- Types of ethical theory
- The principles of ethics
- What your ethical style is
- Society’s approach to disease prevention and the provision of health care services
- How to promote healthy behavior
- Advocacy and long-term care
- Managing resources in an ethical context
- Health care technology and rationing
- How to develop a professional ethics paradigm, including a checklist for ethics
- Ethics debates
How You Learn
- Class discussion participation
- Readings (provided in class or online)
- Case study exercises
- Ethics debate assignment
- Written bibliography assignment
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Fall enrollment opens on June 20!