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Health Law and Ethics - LAW571
This unit is subject to a quota. Limited places are available. Please refer to the Faculty for further information
This unit introduces students to health law and ethics in Australia. Duties, obligations and responsibilities that arise in the context of the health practitioner-patient relationship will be examined, as well as areas of health law that pose ethical and/or regulatory challenges. Three broad areas of focus include: 1) legal concepts and areas of law integral to health care treatment (consent, negligence, criminal law, and management of health care information); 2) applied health law/ethics regarding preconception, conception and birth; end of life; and research involving humans 3) broader systemic regulation and health care issues (regulation of health care practitioners, public health, and mental illness/ disability). Interrelationships between, law, policy, ethics, regulatory theory, and other areas are explored.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S1 Block - Session 1, Block, classes are held in an intensive mode over a sequence of days (On-campus dates: Compulsory. Online and two full day attendances for all day and external students.) S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: Compulsory) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Sonia Allan |
| Prerequisites: |
6cp in LAW or LAWS units at 300 level |
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| NCCW(s): | LAW521 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Macquarie Law School Faculty of Arts |
Timetable Information
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