LLM Health Law and Ethics
This course addresses the growing interest in the interface of Medicine, Law and Ethics. With the increasing pressure on resource allocation within the National Health Service, and current debates on the individual’s capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment, there is a growing demand for qualified legal professionals with an understanding of health law.
Based on these fundamentals, you’ll have the opportunity to develop critical insights into a range of specialist areas in the field; in particular, as the Law relates to medical innovation, consent, mental health, beginning and ending of life issues, and the use of human tissue. You’ll study six taught modules, followed by a dissertation. The dissertation is an extended piece of academic work, independently researched and written. You’ll be supported in this work with one-to-one supervision from a tutor expert in your chosen field. Subject to academic suitability and the availability of an appropriately expert tutor, you can select your own area of study for the dissertation module of the course. Modules You can choose six modules from the following: Intellectual Property, Public Health and Medical Innovation An introduction to patent law and the importance and effectiveness of intellectual property regimes, both nationally and internationally. You’ll learn how this framework stimulates research and the creation of new medicines and medical innovations, while facilitating access to them in a public health context. Mental Capacity and Mental Health Law Explore the key features of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, such as the test for assessing capacity, and the concept of acting in the best interests of those who lack capacity. You will also look at the provision of civil detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Duration One year full-time Two years part-time Start date: September 2017
About this course This course incorporates a strong emphasis on ethics-based critiques of legal approaches to health and medicine. You’ll be supported in developing a sophisticated international perspective on the key issues, through the lens of human rights approaches. 100% of our LLM Health Law and Ethics students are employed or continuing their studies within six months of completing their course. What you’ll study On the LLM Health Law and Ethics course, you’ll study the key issues relating to legal principles applied in the context of health and medicine. You’ll be supported in gaining a high-level understanding of the organisational, regulatory and legal structures underpinning medical and health practice.
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