Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3066: Medical Ethics and Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Timon Hughes-Davies (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

LAW1020/1022 Introduction to Law/Legal Foundations

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

This module aims to develop your understanding of the legal and ethical principles involved in medical events and decision making processes and your appreciation of the complex and sometimes conflicting practical and moral tensions behind such principles. It aims to raise your understanding of practical and theoretical implications and ‘solution-resistant’ dilemmas and in addition, to develop your appreciation of the relationship between law and ethics and medical practice and research. It does not however explore the law of medical negligence, except in passing.

The module is an optional module, recommended for those with an interest in the practice of medical law, or those who wish to explore the interaction of law with the operation of medicine in its clinical and research context. No specialist knowledge of medicine or science is required.

Module created

October 2006

Last revised

23/05/2014