NURS 300. Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care.

(3-0-3); I, II.

This course is an overview of the ethical and legal issues in today's health care environment. Emphasis includes such areas of discussion as confidentiality, HIV/AIDS, artificial life support, euthanasia, abortion, genetic science. Allocation of resources and professional gatekeeping. Cross listed with IMS 300. This course satisfies the area studies-social and behavioral sciences for general education.