PTH 7827 Ethics in Healthcare
Ethics in Healthcare (2). This course is designed to expand the student's basic understanding of ethics to promote ethical awareness and enable students to derive better health care decisions that reduce risk of potential ethical consequence. Exposure to bioethics and controversial ethical issues typically encountered in current health care practice will give students practice in making difficult decisions. Students will synthesize and implement strategies fro applying morals, values and ethics systematically in the various settings in which health care is delivered. Considering the perspective of all stakeholders and the role of the health care provider, patient advocate, professional and consumer of medical care, students will gain workable knowledge of contemporary ethical issues and appreciate that ethics permeate the majority of decisions made in health care.