LAW5133

Legal issues in medicine 506 (6 points)

(LAW)

Leader: Professor PL Waller

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students will develop an appreciation of the different rationales and roles of legal and medical practice, as well as those areas where the concerns and values of both professions coalesce. Law students completing this subject should have an understanding of the structure and organisation of the medical profession, and in that context a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of a number of major issues and concepts fundamental to the doctor-patient relationship, which have implications of a social, ethical and legal kind.

Assessment: Two class tests: 40% + Research paper (3000 to 4000 words): 60%

Contact Hours: Three hours of lectures per week and 2 or 3 day visits program in the mid-semester break

Prerequisites: Medical students - third year of the MBBS LAW1100 Legal Process