Health Law (LAW-640-001)
Glaser
Meets: 08:00 PM - 09:50 PM (MW) - Room 503
Enrolled: 28 / Limit: 45
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Textbooks and Other Materials
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Health Law, Furrow, 9781599413860, 6th Edition, 2008, West.
Complications, Atul Gawande, 978-0312421700, 2003, Picador.
First Class Readings
CLASS 1: August 22
- Overview of the Course
- Defining “Health” (public and individual) pp 1-15
- Medical Education GAWANDE pp 11-34
- Intersection of Law and Medicine--including basis for regulations, suits, etc.
- Hippocratic Oath—What does it really say?
CLASS 2: August 24
- Defining “Public Health” pp 95-99
- Constitutional Foundation for Public Health pp 99-113
Prevention v. Treatment
Forced Treatment
Bioterrorism
- Research pp 1568-1613
CLASS 3: August 29
- Doctor-Patient Contract pp 195-203, 211-222
- Doctor-Patient Confidentiality pp 289-326
- Health Care Quality pp 15-40, 67-71, 159-160
CLASS 4: August 31
- Medical Error pp 47-67, GAWANDE pp 47-74
- Standard of Care pp 327-354