HCAD520 - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare Administration

Course Details

Course Code: HCAD520 Course ID: 4995 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course explores legal and ethical dimensions of health care in the context of patients’ rights and responsibilities, employee rights and responsibilities, and business practices. The course examines ethical values and principles in healthcare, the Patient Bill of Rights, legal regulations in healthcare, malpractice and risk management, and basics of employment law and labor relations. Students will apply ethical and legal principles to analyze the health administrator’s role in case examples involving ethical and legal dilemmas.

Course Schedule

Registration Dates Course Dates Start Month Session Weeks
11/27/2023 - 05/03/2024 05/06/2024 - 06/30/2024 May Spring 2024 Session I 8 Week session
12/25/2023 - 05/31/2024 06/03/2024 - 07/28/2024 June Spring 2024 Session D 8 Week session
01/29/2024 - 06/28/2024 07/01/2024 - 08/25/2024 July Summer 2024 Session B 8 Week session
02/26/2024 - 08/02/2024 08/05/2024 - 09/29/2024 August Summer 2024 Session I 8 Week session
03/25/2024 - 08/30/2024 09/02/2024 - 10/27/2024 September Summer 2024 Session D 8 Week session
04/29/2024 - 10/04/2024 10/07/2024 - 12/01/2024 October Fall 2024 Session B 8 Week session

Previous Syllabi

Not current for future courses.