MPH2065

Law for health systems

(MED)

Ms B Loff

6 points + OCDL (with 15 contact hours over 5 days) + Second semester + Caulfield General Medical Centre

Synopsis: Review of legal & risk management principles related to health care setting. Examination of sources & mechanisms of law impacting on health care delivery. Sources of Victorian & Commonwealth law & 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 & coronial law. Inlcudes study of non-medical law impacting upon provision of health services & how to develop a legal argument.

Assessment: Web-based tasks + Written assignments + Group presentation