Professional Responsibility Comparing Law and Medicine
- Semester: Spring 2019
- Course ID: 385
- Credit Hours: 3
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Unique: 28730
Course Information
- Grading Method: Pass/Fail Not Allowed
- Will use floating mean GPA if applicable
Registration Information
- Upperclass-only elective
- Reversed priority
Meeting Times
Day | Time | Location |
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TUE, THU | 9:05 - 10:20 am | TNH 3.129 |
Evaluation Method
Type | Date | Time | Location |
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Floating take-home exam |
Description
Modern professionals perform their duties in a rapidly changing world, subject to forces such as corporatization, consumerism, globalization, and the information revolution. This course takes a comparative approach to the professional responsibilities of American lawyers by contrasting legal and medical professionalism. After developing a theoretical framework for analyzing professional practice, the course explores the ethical, regulatory, and policy implications for both lawyers and physicians of organizational structures, scope of practice, compensation, representation and advocacy, confidentiality and communication with clients and patients, conflict of interest, access to professional services, competition involving professions, and professional malpractice and misconduct. The course will include study of the rules governing both professions (e.g., the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the AMA’s Code of Medical Ethics).
This course satisfies the Professional Responsibility degree requirement.
Textbooks ( * denotes required )
ISBN: 978-1454891291
ISBN: 9781543804300
Instructors
Important Class Changes
Date | Updated |
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12/17/2018 | Course title updated |