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Apr 25, 2024
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LAW 2911 - Managed Care and the Evolution of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
This course explores the evolution of the legal relationship between physicians and patients. It starts with a review of the elements required to establish the relationship and the obligations arising from its establishment. It then examines the development of the tort system and the doctrine of informed consent as vehicles through which patients traditionally assert their rights under the relationship. Models for professional liability reform are analyzed.
The focus then shifts to an examination of the role of hospitals and state licensing authorities in regulating physicians and the quality of medical care.
The potential threat of managed care to the doctorpatient relationship, the physician’s professional autonomy, and the patient’s right to informed consent is examined. Actual Managed Care Organization (MCO) contracts with physician providers and patients are analyzed to explore how the traditional doctor-patient relationship is altered. Ethical and legal issues raised by managed care are explored. This course uses materials from medical and legal literature as well as case law. There is a required final examination.
Credits: 2
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