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Legal Aspects of Medical Practice Modules
Clinical Negligence
◗ looks at clinical negligence, its relationship with criminal law and the
law concerning consent to medical treatment in the litigation climate,
◗ examines the roles of regulatory, monitoring and reporting agencies,
◗ covers important topics for the place of guidelines, complaints
procedures, claims management, employers’ liability and the Health
and Safety at Work framework,
◗ explores the law of negligence in healthcare, including the healthcare
professional’s duty of care, primary and vicarious liability, breach of
duty and the standard of care, causation and quantum,
◗ addresses consumer protection issues and the role of the Medicines
and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA),
◗ explains the role of medical experts in the litigation process and
possible proposals for reform,
◗ analyses the legal liability of the manufacture, prescription, sale and
dispensing of drugs.
Consent to Treatment
◗ examines the legal and ethical issues in consent to treatment and
treatment without consent,
◗ considers medical confidentiality, including confusion surrounding the
Data Protection framework and confidentiality in medical research,
◗ explores consent in the context of International Human Rights
protection,
◗ analyses the law of battery and negligence in relation to both
competent and incompetent patients,
◗ explains the rules of common law and statute and the position of
children,
◗ covers the Mental Capacity Act 2005, in particular at advance
decisions and statements, and treatment attorneys,
◗ looks at the Mental Health Act 1983 and consent to organ and
tissue donation.
The LLM (Legal Aspects of Medical Practice) route is ideal for
professionals engaged in the practice of law and health care
Introduction to Medical Law and the Law of
Healthcare Management
◗ introduces basic legal concepts, including the anti discrimination
agenda, and issues in medical ethics which underpin many of the
dilemmas facing the courts,
◗ offers guidance on tackling legal research, reading cases, interpreting
statutes, accessing legal databases and approaching legal writing,
◗ explores the relationship between Medical Law and Criminal Law
through topics such as abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide,
◗ explores legal problems surrounding resource allocation, funding of
high cost drugs,
◗ analyses the role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence (NICE),
◗ looks at Healthcare structure, the legal framework and devolution,
and discipline in healthcare,
◗ considers legal issues arising in relation to healthcare management,
including clinical governance, risk management, human resources
and the role of organisations such as the Healthcare Commission.
Key Legal Aspects of Psychiatry and Reproductive
Medicine & the Family
◗ explores law and psychiatry, the law of reproductive medicine and the
family,
◗ considers human rights, ethical issues and proposals for reform,
◗ explores the development of the law relating to psychiatry (the Mental
Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983), looking in
depth at the present framework for detaining and treating patients
without consent,
◗ considers regulation affecting mentally disordered people in the
community,
◗ examines the common law and legislative provisions relating to
aspects of human reproduction, including treatment of fertility,
artificial methods of conception, human genetics, surrogacy,
contraception, abortion, medical treatment of minors and child
abuse.
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