Module LAW3170 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3170: Medical Ethics and Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Introduction to health care provision
Ethical foundations
Confidentiality
Consent and mental capacity
Beginning of life
End of life
Mental Health and Capacity Law
Abortion and Surrogacy
Assisted Dying
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | 247 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 9 | 6 x 1.5 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 110 | Individual Reading and Lecture Preparation |
| Guided independent study | 36 | Workshop Preparation |
| Guided independent study | 21 | Formative Assessment preparation |
| Guided Independent study | 80 | Summative Assessment Preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
online databases, including LexisLibrary and Westlaw.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Core text:
J Herring, Medical Law and Ethics, (5th edn, OUP 2016)
Casebook:
E Jackson, Medical Law, Text, Cases and Materials, (4th edn, OUP 2016)
Suggested supplementary reading:
J McHale and M Fox, Health Care Law: Text and Materials, (2nd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2007)
GT Laurie, SHE Harmon and G Porter, Mason and McCall Smith’s Law and Medical Ethics,(10th edn, OUP 2016)
S Pattinson, Medical Law and Ethics, (3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2011)
M Brazier and E Cave, Medicine, Patients and the Law, (6th edn, Manchester University Press 2016)
T Beauchamp and J Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, (7th edn, OUP 2008)
Additional Reading:
P Singer, Practical Ethics (3rd edn, CUP, 2011)
C Foster, Choosing Life, Choosing Death, (Hart 2009)
C Foster, Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law (Hart 2011)
P Bartlett and R Sandland, Mental Health Law, Policy and Practice (4th edn OUP 2014)
In addition, chapters and journal articles as recommended for each lecture/workshop.
