Course ID
019398
Course Description
This course will examine personal injury litigation against health care providers (physicians, nurses, hospitals, and HMO's, to name a few) in the context of law & bioethics. The major components of the course are personal injury litigation and law & bioethics. Medical liability litigation introduces many complexities, including nuances of procedural requirements, financing cases, obtaining and qualifying experts, standard of care, causation, damages, joint and vicarious liability, product liability, and tort reform.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F
Career
Law
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No