Health Law and Policy

This course will provide a rigorous writing experience focusing on current issues in health law and policy. We will look at cutting edge topics confronting lawyers, doctors, legislators, policymakers, and the academy in today's complex and ever-changing health care environment. Topics may include: disease surveillance and reporting; public health interventions, such as mandatory vaccination, quarantine, and directly observed therapy; policies and legal strategies to combat antibiotic resistance; gender differences in health care treatment; legal responses to advances in assisted reproductive technology; and health care fraud and abuse.