PAM 5540

Legal Aspects of Health Care

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

Introduces principles of the law that specifically are applicable to health-service delivery. Topics include the liability of hospitals and their staff and personnel for injuries to patients, medical records and disclosure of information; consent to medical and surgical procedures, responsibility for patients' personal property, collection of bills, medical staff privileges, and confidential communications.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sloan students only or permission of the instructor.

• Students will gain familiarity with the role of law in the health care sector, including the tort system, antitrust, nonprofit status, reimbursement, health care transactions and financing; clinical research; the healthcare providers' obligation to provide care; medical records and patient confidentiality; health planning and certificate of need; human genetics; and decisions about death and dying.
• Students will develop oral and written communication skills.
• Students will develop problem-solving skills in a legal context.

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