Graduate Catalog

MHS 602 LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS

This 8 week, 2 credit online course explores ethical and legal issues that are timely and germane to health professionals. This course is based on the premise that to act in an ethical manner means to engage in conduct according to accepted principles; and to improve moral confidence and moral action we must prepare the next generation of health professionals with the requisite ethical resources, tools and skills. A case-based learning design will be utilized to engage students in ethical discussion, exploration, analysis with the goal of determining ethical and legal action that is sound and logical.This course will prepare students to make ethical health care decisions in the future.

Credits

2