hcs335 | undergraduate

Health Care Ethics And Social Responsibility

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This course identifies ethical issues in health care. It is designed to encourage students to clarify their personal ethic with regard to health care issues. The various responsibilities involving the management of populations whose ethics may be divergent are identified.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks This course is available to take individually or To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Representative.

Course details:

Credits: 3
Continuing education units: XX
Professional development units: XX
Duration: 5 weeks

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    Application of Ethics Within Individual Organizations

    • Recognize the role and importance of ethical values within an organization.
    • Describe ethical principles used in health care organizations.
    • Explain the relationship between an organization’s culture and ethical decision-making.

    Administrative Ethical Issues

    • Describe the impact of administrative ethical issues in the health care environment.
    • Identify the roles of institutional compliance and ethics committees.
    • Explain the managerial responsibilities related to administrative ethical issues.

    Biomedical Ethical Issues

    • Identify ethical issues that are related to medical consent.
    • Describe current biomedical ethical issues in health care.
    • Describe the ethical impact of historical biomedical events on the health care industry.

    Emerging Ethical Issues

    • Determine future ethical issues in the rapidly changing health care environment.

    Ethical Theories, Principles, and Concepts

    • Differentiate between legal and ethical issues.
    • Describe problem-solving methodologies.
    • Identify major ethical theories and principles.
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