Managerial and regulatory process is emphasized. Students are encouraged to relate organizational capabilities to the larger social, political, and economic environment. Offered every other year. The roles of government, unions, corporations, and research organizations are discussed. Students may review the scientific basis for the association of selected occupational exposures with disease.
Special emphasis is on critical evaluations of the literature.
Reviews occupational cancer and respiratory disease, and epidemiological approaches to chemical carcinogenesis. Offered every year. Identifies and analyzes the political forces acting in the health care sector and examines their relationship to the U.S. political scene. Debates over health policy are traced historically and related to major policy models in U.S. history. Offered every year.