MPH2065

Law for health systems

(MED)

2 hours per week over 13 weeks

Synopsis: Review of legal and risk management principles related to health care setting. Examination of sources and mechanisms of law and legal statutes impacting on health care delivery. Sources of Victorian & Commonwealth law and legal systems. Key areas of medical law such as negligence, informed consent, confidentiality, clinical research, abortion, euthanasia, health services law, mental health law, infectious diseases law, health complaints law and coronial law. Law and legal policy application including trade practices, contract law, professional registration & malpractice, drugs & poisons law and therapeutic goods law. Current risk management processes and legal argument development.

Assessment: Written assignments + Group presentation