Fall 2009 Course Schedule

Health Law (LAW-640-001)
Glaser

Meets: 08:00 PM - 09:50 PM (MW) - Room 101

Enrolled: 40 / Limit: 45

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Notices

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Description

Begins by examining basic assumptions about the fields of health care financing and delivery. The course then focuses on the four major pillars of health law: access, financing, quality, and personhood. In the area of access, topics include statutory and common law obligations of health care providers to render care and civil rights issues within the health care arena. In financing, topics include private insurance, government programs to finance care for specific populations, and efforts to control costs within public and private systems. In the field of quality, topics include definitions of quality, systems of measurement, informed consent and standards of care, and regulatory versus free-market approaches. Topics related to personhood include rationing of services and ethical decisions. The course concludes with an examination of health reform models.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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First Class Readings

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