LAU44251 Medical Law And Ethics A
| ECTS weighting | 5 |
| Semester/term taught | MT |
| Cohorts Available | SS Single Honours, Law Major, Joint Honours, Law Minor |
| Contact Hours and Indicative Student Workload | 3 hours of lectures per week in the 1st Semester (until RW) |
| Module Coordinator/Owner | Dr Andrea Mulligan |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
- Accurately describe and apply law to novel situations that arise in medical practice.
- Debate ethical and philosophical issues that arise in healthcare in a thorough but sensitive manner, while responding to questions and comments.
- Write legal advice that addresses a range of medical law issues in practical context.
- Situate Irish law in the international context and explore divergences in both common law jurisprudence and legislation.
Module Learning Aims
To provide students with a broad foundation in medical law to prepare them for practice or further study.
Module Content
This module addresses the core topics in medical law: clinical negligence, consent to treatment, and confidentiality. These are the legal and ethical issues that arise in all healthcare interactions, and therefore the topics that arise most commonly in practice. The focus of this module will be both on mastering the black letter law aspects of these topics, but also on delving into the theoretical principles that underpin them. To encourage students to understand these topics in context, the module will be assessed via a complex legal opinion that will encompass all of the topics studied.
Recommended Reading List
- Mills and Mulligan, Medical Law in Ireland (Bloomsbury, 2017)
- Jackson, Medical Law: Texts, Cases and Materials (OUP, 5th ed, 2019)
- Herring, Medical Law and Ethics (8th ed, 2020, OUP)
| Assessment | Take home exam 100% |