76070 Biomedical Law and Bioethics
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 70120 Legal Method and Research OR 70102 Foundations of Law
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
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Anti-requisite(s): 78146 Dilemmas in Biomedical Law AND 78147 Dilemmas in Biomedical Law
Description
This subject analyses the effectiveness of law in regulating new medical developments. The subject examines the impact that emerging biomedical technologies have on society and explores legal solutions that deal with the challenges presented by such technologies. A diverse and wide range of biomedical issues are considered, such as genes, cloning, euthanasia, medical experimentation and research, reproductive technology and surrogacy.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | build and elaborate on basic legal concepts and apply them to a specialist area; |
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| 2. | understand the legal, ethical, moral and social issues which arise at the intersection of law and developments in medicine; |
| 3. | comprehend the limits and impacts of the law; |
| 4. | appreciate bioethics and other forms of nonlegal regulation. |
Teaching and learning strategies
Strategy 1 Classes are a combination of lecture, student presentations and discussion.
Strategy 2 Set materials provide the backdrop and context for discussion.
Strategy 3 Case studies are utilised to provide a practical focus on contemporary disputes.
Strategy 4 UTS Online will be used as a communication tool
Subject Delivery
Classes will be taught intensively over 5 days.
Content (topics)
- Law as a regulatory tool of biomedical developments
- Human experimentation
- Property in the human body
- Property in the human body: Commercial and altruistic surrogacy
- Animal experimentation
- Genetics and eugenics
- Embryo research and cloning
- Infertility
- Pre-birth; Birth and the body
- Body parts
- Death
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Chosen Presentation
| Weight: | 20% |
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Assessment task 2: Class attendance and discussion
| Weight: | 20% |
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Assessment task 3: Research Assignment
