HLT 101 — Health and Human Values
The course will introduce the student to critical health issues within a humanistic, historical, and cultural framework. The student will understand the role of the individual and society in developing ethical values and their relationship to the study of health. The role of the health professional as a health care provider within our society will be emphasized. The student will explore and discuss the interrelationships among personal, communal, and social values, and will review universal issues such as: health and disease, nutrition and malnutrition, population and over-population, and their interdependence in the modern world.