IPH 264 - Legal & Ethical Issues for Healthcare Professionals

2 credit hours - 30 hours of lecture; one-term.
Learn the legal and ethical responsibilities of the healthcare worker, including laws, regulations, and industry standards. Explore the principles of moral, bioethical, and health etiquette as they apply to current healthcare delivery, such as stem cell research, refusal of treatment, living wills, and right to die issues. Study the laws related to death, dying, and organ transplantation. Focus on the legal definition of death, competency, decision making regarding life-sustaining treatment, suicide, self-determination, and procurement and allocation of organs.

Prerequisite(s): HUS 275, IPH 260, IPH 261.

Course Outcomes:

Analyze issues of law and ethics as related to healthcare.
Determine the similarities and differences between laws, ethics, and moral issues.
Assess the importance of confidentiality in the healthcare setting from both a legal and ethical standpoint.
Analyze the impact that local, state, and federal legislation has on practices found in healthcare.
Compare and contrast the roles of various members of the healthcare team in terms of standard of care.
Apply standard practices that must be followed in healthcare.
Evaluate the effect of personal ethics on personal job performance in a healthcare setting.
Debate ethical and moral issues in healthcare.
Understand state and national laws related to death and dying.
Determine the role of cultural, social, and ethnic diversity within healthcare.
Analyze the importance of complying with laws that regulate the practice of healthcare.
Understand organ donor detection, evaluation, and allocation processes.