78148 Law and Medicine

8cp
Requisite(s): 78100c Postgraduate Legal Research
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Postgraduate

This subject deals with the interface between law and medicine. It provides a specialist examination of the issues which confront both health care providers and their patients in the context of continuing systemic and resource problems. These issues include the handling of complaints against health care professionals and the regulation of the professions, the duties of doctors and medical negligence, consent to treatment, access to medical records and confidentiality, and alternative or complementary medicine.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Access conditions

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