Law

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law

Module code: M6024
Level 6
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay

On this module, you will examine contemporary issues in healthcare law. These are subject to change depending on what is topical year on year but may include:

• Parliament and the courts in the regulation of issues in healthcare law
• developments in medically assisted reproduction
• surrogacy
• the regulation of abortion and arguments for decriminalisation
• disputes over the medical treatment of children
• use of human material
• legal regulation of assisted suicide
• the legality of cosmetic surgery
• provision of innovative treatment
• patient choice
• effectiveness of professional self-regulation.

Module learning outcomes

• Systematically explain key legal rules and principles of contemporary issues in the field of healthcare law
• Systematically explain the contemporary debates about topical issues in healthcare law
• Evaluate critically contemporary issues of healthcare law, where appropriate identifying where reform is necessary and what form that may take
• Demonstrate the ability to initiate and undertake independent research on contemporary issues of healthcare law