This course will examine the legal, political, economic and social complexities of current health care delivery systems. Current issues and future perspectives in health care will be critically analyzed in relation to their implication for and their influence on the organized profession, individual nurses and nursing practice. Students will be expected to take personal and professional action in addressing some of these issues through their use of the political process and in the application of research finding. At a beginning level, students will participate in the development of health and social policy.