RC 402 - Medical Law and Ethics

4 Credits

This course will provide a forum for discussion of current legal, ethical and professional issues relevant to healthcare practice. Topics will emphasize historical and current controversies in health care and the global society that influences the patient-care giver relationship. Instruction will focus on research and discussion of current issues.

Pre-requisite(s) R C 400
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - R C
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Fall Online

Designed to Serve BAS - Respiratory Care students
Active Date 2015-08-18

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 0 Field Studies 0 Clinical 0 Independent Studies 0
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
1. Ethics guiding healthcare in a global society

2. Patient’s Bill of Rights and HIPAA

3. Informed consent and medical malpractice

4. Contracts and benefits

5. Billing and Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement

6. Access to healthcare and the Affordable Care Act

7. End of Life, Advanced Directives and Organ Donations

Student Learning Outcomes
Apply principles of medical ethics that guide the practice of healthcare in a global society.

Analyze legal systems that are constructed to protect the patient from medical abuse.

Identify the different contractual elements associated with healthcare management and practices.

Evaluate different federal and state laws governing Medicare, Medicaid and medical billing.

Evaluate different federal and state laws governing access to healthcare.

Compare the legal instruments and options that apply to end of life planning and decision making.

Analyze how health care practitioners apply legal and ethical principles to clinical and social factors in end of life care.