MEDICAL LAW
- Course
- ILAW415 - MEDICAL LAW
- Department
- International Law - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 2 + 2 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course introduces students to basic elements of medical law beginning with a discussion on ethical theories related to the medical practice. The course then covers issues of confidentiality and problems of resource allocation. The course offers a detailed engagement with the central topic of medical negligence probing issues of standards of care, breaches of the duty of care, and possible remedies. The second part of the course considers matters related to consent in medical practice especially within the context of incompetent patients. The course concludes with a study of mental health law; rules on abortion and organ donation; and arguments legal regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia.
MEDICAL LAW
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Course outcomes
- 01 An Ethical Framework for Medical Practice: The Four Principles
- 02 Consent and Confidentiality I & II
- 03 Analyse the Doctor/Patient Relationship in terms of Vulnerable Trust
- 04 Capacity
- 05 Identifying Medical Negligence Case
- 06 Dutyf of Care Assesment
- 07 Identifying Necessary Remedies and Defences for negligence cases
- 08 Outline the ethical arguments surrounding the 'Duty of Confidentiality' in medical practice.
- 09 Case Based Learning
- 10 Understand how to proceed in an emergency situation
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the legal system: Basic legal principles |
| Week 2 | Introduction to the legal system: Civil and criminal cases |
| Week 3 | Introduction to the legal system: Contract and tort |
| Week 4 | Introduction to the legal system: Hierarchy of courts |
| Week 5 | Key articles of law: Human Rights Act 1998 |
| Week 6 | Key articles of law: Different kinds of human rights |
| Week 7 | Court: How a criminal case proceeds; How a civil case proceeds; Expert witnesses |
| Week 8 | Mid Term Exams |
| Week 9 | Law within medical practice: Medical indemnity |
| Week 10 | Law within medical practice: Law within the NHS |
| Week 11 | Law within medical practice: Law and private medicine |
| Week 12 | Negligence: Introduction to negligence; A duty of care; Breach of the duty; Breach of the duty caused the loss; Consequences of negligence |
| Week 13 | Other issues of liability: Good Samaritanism; Vicarious liability; No- fault liability |
| Week 14 | Other issues of liability: No- fault liability |
| Week 15 | Final |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Anna Smajdor/ Jonathan Herring/ Robert Wheeler: Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, 2022.
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