LAW7133

Legal issues in medicine (6 points)

(LAW)

Leader: Professor P L Waller

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (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 (3000-4000 words): 60%

Contact Hours: One 3-hour session per week (and 2 or 3 day visits program in the mid-semester break)

Prerequisites: Medical students: third year of the MBBS