This course provides an overview of the Canadian legal system as it applies to health services delivery. It provides an overview of administrative, constitutional and tort law principles. It examines issues of organizational and individual liability, malpractice, patient rights, informed consent, treatment authorization and refusal, contracts, labour law and government regulation and identifies areas of legal ambiguity on issues including abortion, living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, reproductive technologies, and artificial life support. Lect: 3 hrs. Prerequisite: HSM 301 or HSM 315 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
