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Health care is one of the mostimportant issues of the late 20th century. Over the past threedecades there have been dazzling advances in medical knowledgeand technique, enormous changes in how medicine is practiced,and a transformation in the organization of medical care.
The organization of the medicalsector has become so complex that it is beyond the ability ofany one discipline to understand. This complexity is rife withcontroversies, contradictions, and challenges. Since many of themost critical health issues are social in nature and are playedout in the legal system, social and legal perspectives are fundamentalfor understanding the changing place of health care in society.To organize a student's study of health issues, this interdisciplinaryprogram offers two tracks: (1) Health, Community, and Societyand (2) Law, Medicine, and Health Policy. In addition to commoncore courses, students may elect either track in order to fulfillprogram requirements.
Students are encouraged totake the core courses early in their program and to consult withthe chair for guidance. Students may enter the program as lateas their junior year, but an early start maximizes options availablein the program. Students should consult with the chair of theHLS Program about fulfilling requirements before the beginningof the senior year.
Lyman Stookey, Chair
(Legal Studies)
Peter Conrad
(Sociology)
David Jacobson
(Anthropology)
Margie Lachman
(Psychology)
Deborah Stone
(Heller School)
Judith Tsipis
(Biology)
A.Core courses: LGLS 114a (American Health Care: Law and Policy),and SOC 191a (Health, Community, and Society).
B.Departmental electives: Three courses from Health, Community,and Society electives--no more than two from a single department.
C.Completion of one of the following (approved by the chair of theprogram): LGLS 92b (Law, Medicine, and Health Policy Internshipand Seminar); a supervised internship without seminar approvedby the chair for program credit, but not academic credit; an honorsthesis, in the student's department of concentration, on a topicapproved by the chair of the HLS Program; or a senior essay supervisedby a faculty member of the HLS Program, designated HLS 98a orb.
A.Core courses: LGLS 114a (American Health Care: Law and Policy),and SOC 191a (Health, Community, and Society).
B.Topical seminar in Law, Medicine, and Health Policy.
C.Two electives in Law, Medicine, and Health Policy from two differentdepartments. Students in this track may take LGLS 10a as an elective.Students who take several Law, Medicine, and Health Policy topicalseminars may substitute all but one for electives if they alsohave an elective in another department.
D.Either of the following:
1. An approved internship ina Boston-area health care organization and the correlative seminar,LGLS 92b.
2. A health law or policy relatedsenior thesis in the student's department of concentration. Inaddition to the departmental thesis advisor, an advisor or mentorfrom the Health, Law, and Society Program may be assigned.
HLS 98a Independent Study
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
HLS 98b Independent Study
Signature of the instructorrequired.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
Law, Medicine, and Health PolicyInternship and Seminar
Core Courses
LGLS 114a American HealthCare: Law and Policy
(Formerly LGLS 14a)
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Highlights issues of access,quality, and cost. Introduces laws and regulations that affectevery aspect of American health care from planning and financeto patient treatment. Traces development of Medicare and Medicaid.Discusses malpractice, "birth of the Blues," expansionof HMOs, and influence of employer-purchased insurance on costand delivery of health care. Portrays the important role courts,Congress, and administrative agencies play in organization anddelivery of health services. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Stookey and guest lecturers
SOC 191a Health, Community,and Society
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An exploration into interrelationshipsamong society, health, and disease, emphasizing the social causesand experience of illness. Usually offered every year.
Mr. Conrad
Health, Community, and SocietyElectives
Doctors and Patients Since1789
HLS 98a or b
Independent Study
American Health Care: A Systemin Crisis
Introduction to Statistics
Business and Society: CorporateResponsibility for Worker and Consumer Safety
Autonomy and Self-determinationin Critical Health Care Decisions
Environmental Law and Policy
AIDS, Health Care, and theLaw
Genetics, Law, and Social Policy
Judaism and Healing
Biomedical Ethics
Life Span Development: Adulthoodand Old Age
Seminar in Health Psychology
Aging in a Changing World
Women and Madness
Sociology of Birth and Death
Aging in Society
Sociology of Body and Health
On the Caring of the MedicalCare System
Sociology of Disability
Women in the Health Care System
Law, Medicine, and HealthPolicy Topical Seminars
Please see the appropriatesections of this Bulletin for course descriptions and specialnotes; consult the Course Schedule for current offeringsand changes. All seminars are limited in enrollment and usuallyrestricted to juniors and seniors, with preference given to premedicaland predental students and to concentrators in the legal studiesand health, law, and society programs.
The Legal Boundaries of Publicand Private Life
Justice Brandeis and ProgressiveJurisprudence
Law and Social Welfare: CitizenRights and Government Responsibilities
Business and Society: CorporateResponsibility for Worker and Consumer Safety
Law, Technology, and Innovation
Autonomy and Self-determinationin Critical Health Care Decisions
Environmental Law and Policy
Medical Malpractice on Trial
Law, Medicine, and HealthPolicy Electives
AIDS in the Third World
Doctors and Patients Since1789
Law and Economics
Economic Regulation and Deregulation
American Health Care: A Systemin Crisis
Introduction to Statistics
Introduction to Law
Biomedical Ethics
Topics in Ethical Theory
Technology and the Managementof Public Risk
Constitutional Law
Seminar: Constitutional Lawand Theory
Civil Liberties in America
Administrative Law
Life Span Development: Adulthoodand Old Age
Seminar in Health Psychology
Aging in a Changing World
Women and Madness
The Sociology of Mental Illnessand Health
Crisis of the Welfare State
Sociology of Birth and Death
Aging in Society
Sociology of Body and Health
On the Caring of the MedicalCare System
Sociology of Disability
Women in the Health Care System