PSC500 : Comparative Health Policy and Law
Description:
(PSC, 500, 3 credits, undergraduate or graduate) This will be a traveling course studying various issues in health policy and law as they are handled in different settings. The class will examine such matters as the care and treatment of the dying, the rationing of health care resources, the care and treatment of the elderly, the arguments for and against facilitating death in various ways and circumstances, and cultural differences in the understanding of illness, diagnosis, and treatment. The stay in London will be approximately two weeks.
The class will then spend a week in Amsterdam, where the focus will be on the delivery of health care in the Netherlands. The emphasis will be on the Dutch approach to decisions about dying, including physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and about the care of the elderly. The last part of the course will be spent in Geneva visiting the World Health Organization and other international organizations dealing with health care.
Available Locations:
Europe
Semester(s) Offered:
Offered: Summer
Credits:
3
Department:
Political Science
