2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LAW3129 Health Care Law
20 creditsClass Size: 70
Module manager: Dr Beverley Clough
Email: b.clough@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisite qualifications
For elective students (non-law) the module LAW1075 Introduction to the Law of Obligtions is required as a pre-requisite.Pre-requisites
LAW1075 | Intro to Law of Obligations |
This module is mutually exclusive with
HECS2008 | Healthcare Ethics and Law |
Module replaces
LAW3126 Medical MalpracticeLAW3127 Moral Dilemmas in Medical LawLAW3128 Medical LawThis module is approved as a discovery module
Module summary
Health Care Law is a 20 credit module delivered across both semesters. The module takes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the study of the legal regulation of health services, decision-making, and professionals. The module considers a range of contemporary issues where health care and the law intersect. These include the regulation of professional negligence, informed consent, reproductive services, decision-making for children, and end of life care. Particular attention is paid to ethical and other evaluative frameworks, promoting ethical awareness and a critical and reflective approach. The interdisciplinary and comparative approach also provides students with opportunities to engage with and analyse multiple perspectives. The module comprises of 16 two-hour seminars. In addition, there are meetings in Weeks 5 of Semester 1 and 2 were students will meet in preparation for the Case Study Workshops that take place in Week 6 of each semester. There is an expectation of a high level of student participation in seminars. Formative feedback is provided on the first semester work through group presentations and the module is assessed by a 3000 word critical article review and a 3000 word essay. In Weeks 10 and 11 of Semester 2 the Module Leader will hold extended Academic Support Hours for consultation on essay plans and preparation.Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:- detailed knowledge and understanding of key issues pertaining to health care law, and the moral and ethical dilemmas they entail;
- critical understanding of aspects of research and debate in health care law informed by interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives;
- ability to contribute to debate through presentations and interaction in seminars in a way that acknowledges the implications of diversity and appreciates multiple perspectives;
- an independent ability to further their knowledge about, and research into, the issues arising from the topics and themes and to write about these issues in a structured and academic way;
- ability to utilise electronic and library resources as research tools.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should have an appropriate level of knowledge of the following areas of Health Care Law:
- Professional negligence
- Informed consent
- Abortion
- Assisted and collaborative reproduction
- Confidentiality and privacy
- Children and medical decision making
- Euthanasia
- Assisted Suicide
Skills outcomes
On completion of this module, students should have the following subject specific skills:
- Ability to comprehend legal and ethical debates about Health Care Law
- Ability to make well-grounded, well-structured and well-referenced oral and written presentations about the subject
- Ability to analyse and criticise legal and ethical positions in Health Care Law
- Ability to plan, develop and produce legal research.
Syllabus
Ethical and Theoretical Frameworks in Health Care Law
Consent and the limits of consent
Capacity
Organ Donation
Confidentiality
Abortion
Foetus as patient
End of life decision-making (non-treatment)
End of life decision-making (assisted dying)
Advance decision-making
Clinical Negligence
Gross Negligence Manslaughter- Doctors in the dock
Ethical issues arising in relation to children and health care
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Group learning | 2 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
Seminar | 15 | 2.00 | 30.00 |
Private study hours | 164.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 36.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
Students are expected to be fully prepared for each seminar. This will typically require reading a chapter from the Module textbook and a journal article. This may, at times, be supplemented by a case commentary, policy document or similar output. Students will be expected to attend seminars with outline answers to the seminar questions. Each seminar will also include 1 or 2 students providing a synopsis and critical assessment of the article included in the reading for that seminar.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Student progress is monitored in a number of ways. Across both semesters it is monitored through general seminar participation, participation in case study sessions, and the presentation of article synopsis and critical assessment where this is relevant. Semester 1 work will be formatively assessed through group presentations. In semester 2 progress will also be monitored through essay consultation meetings.Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 3000 words | 50.00 |
Oral Presentation | 10 minute group presentation | 0.00 |
Report | Criticle Article Review | 50.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 15/05/2017
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