Health Law

The American health care system is a vast enterprise that is subjected to a wide array of regulatory inputs, including common law rules, administrative regulations, statutes, constitutional provisions, federalism principles, market forces, traditions, and professional norms, just to name a few. This course will focus on issues concerning professional licensing and the accreditation of health care institutions, medical malpractice law, informed consent and the nature of the provider-patient relationship, legal obligations to provide care, discrimination and unequal treatment in health care, and confidentiality of healthcare information as well as introduce you to the many of the areas of law that relate to the regulation and structure of, access to, and quality and financing of health care delivery systems in the United States. This course will include a take-home examination.