Summary of content

Students undertaking this module will normally already have undertaken Health Care Law and Ethics. This module will build on previous learning to consider and develop students' understanding of the perpetual political agenda of maintaining/enhancing public trust/confidence in health care in Scotland, the UK and in Europe.

The module will offer those with an interest in healthcare law some alternative perspectives on the functions and current directions of law in its role of regulating medicine and thereby encourage broader, inter-disciplinary approaches. It will explore some areas of professional discipline and contemporary challenges to the current frameworks. Finally, it will consider issues pertaining to research ethics and discuss introductory qualitative research methodology approaches. PRME-related issues: the very nature of this module and indeed, incorporated into its title is the word ethics.

The student of health care law considers the application and intersection of law and ethics relating to the practice of medicine and all allied health care specialisms. This interrelation does not always sit easily which makes it all the more challenging for the practitioner and fascinating and thought provoking for the student. The subject matter and scope of this module transcends legal boundaries and therefore makes it an attractive option for students from all jurisdictions and nations.

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