Aug 31, 2025  
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog

HWC 582 - Organizational Dynamics and Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care


This course examines some of the traditional, as well as newer, models through which healthcare services are delivered. Particular emphasis is given to the issue of access to health services as well as the location of the professional social worker within these systems. Students gain the ability to conceptualize many of the critical ethical and legal issues impacting the field today. Class meets two hours in-class and one hour of instructor directed assignments. Advanced Practice Elective.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)