Unit name | Medicine and Law |
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Unit code | LAWD30004 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Mrs. Elizabeth Mumford |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None, other than those pre-requisites for undertaking study on the programme BSc (Hons) in Bioethics |
Co-requisites |
None, other than those co-requisites for undertaking study on the programme BSc (Hons) in Bioethics. |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides an introduction to the general principles of Medical Law and a detailed study of specific topics within the field. General topics are:
Specific topics, not all of which will be covered each year, are:
Sometimes, in fields characterised by rapid technical advances, there will be no law. In other areas, the law is being made and public opinion solicited. The students’ own (considered) views matter; an exchange of ideas is an essential component of the course. Often, lecturers and students will differ in their opinions. We fully expect this and hope it will lead to good discussion.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
This unit is also intended to improve benchmark skills – specifically IT skills, which are used in particular to find recent case law and other resources relating to all aspects of medical law.
In distinction to the unit LAWD20039, this unit aims to develop and test higher level skills. In addition to relating what they learn on this unit to their learning on the other units studied on the BSc (Hons) in Bioethics, students will be expected to be able to relate aspects of medical law to their prior learning on their originating programme (usually MBChB Medicine) and clinical practice.
20 lectures and 8 tutorials, plus 5 lectures in the Foundations of Legal Research programme
1 formative assessment: 1 x 1,500 word coursework. Formative assessments do not count towards final mark and can be optional.
2 x summative assessments: 2 x 2,000 word coursework. Summative assessments do count towards final mark.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Jackson, E. (2013) Medical Law: Text, Cases and Materials, Oxford University Press, Oxford (4th Edition forthcoming summer 2016)