This course is suitable for anyone working in or interested in working in healthcare, for example, doctors, nurses, midwives, hospital managers and administrators, policy makers, ethics advisers, lawyers and anyone whose work is related to medicine and healthcare.
English
Legal System
Civil
and Criminal Liability
Negligence
Nuisance
Trespass
Occupier's
liability and defective premises
Employers' Vicarious
liabilty for health and safety
standard of care
the national health service (NHS)
Right
to Self Determination and Consent to Treatment
Sexual
Consent
Abortion
Human fertilization and Embryology
Surrogacy
Mental Health
Defective Neonate and Wrongful Life
Assisted Suicide and Mercy Killing
Homicide
death
HIV/AIDS and other STDs
Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues
ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects
hippocratic oath and the law of hippocrates
Access
to and disclosure of Medical Records
Freedom of Information
Immigration rules and public funds
Discrimination
and Equal Opportunities
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
European
Convention on Human Rights
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Course
name and number:
TAC-DC-LS-026
- Diploma in Medical and Healthcare Law
Course
Fee:
£328
Entry
Requirements:
None - but
students should be able to cope with advanced studies
Mode
of Study:
Distance
Learning (correspondence/home study)
Start
Date:
Start
at any time (This course is available from April 2005)
Duration:
3
- 6 months, but this is flexible and students can study at their own pace
Assessment:
By examination and/or coursework in the form of an essay
