POLSC2613 - 01 - Law, Health and Public Policy

"Health" is more much than "the absence of disease." This course will explore the interrelationship of law, health, and public policy in the U.S., with an emphasis on the social, economic, geographic, educational, and culture forces contributing to health law and policy formulation. Included in this course will be developing an understanding of the broader political environment of vested interests that impact the governing of health care, the policymaking process and how that environment may misperceive/misidentify what policies and potential reforms are the most effective in achieving an equitable distribution of health care to the country's diverse population.