RGU: RGU Module: Medical Law (BS4189)

Module Title
Medical Law

Keywords
Legal regulation of medical law and practice, birth, death, genetic information, research and use of body parts

Reference

BS4189

SCQF Level

SCQF 10

SCQF Points

ECTS Points

7.5

Created

May 2009

Approved

March 2013

Amended

March 2013

Revision No.

This Module Revision is not active until 01/Sep/2013

Prerequisites for Module

None in addition to SCQF 10 entry requirements or equivalent.

Corequisite Modules

None.

Precluded Modules

BS4272 Medical Ethics

Aims of Module

To enable students to critically appraise the interface between medical practice and innovations, and legal regulation and control.

Learning Outcomes for Module

On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:

1.	To identify and analyse key issues in medical law.
2.	To critically appraise the application of relevant case law and legislation (domestic and foreign) to those issues.
3.	To draw appropriate and justified conclusions from consideration of comparisons between the UK and other jurisdictions.

Indicative Module Content

Students will study a number of areas from a UK and comparative foreign perspective, including:assisted reproduction and the management of fertility; genetic privacy and duties of confidentiality; ownership and use of cadavers and body parts, including organ donation;euthanasia and assisted suicide; end-of-life decision making

Indicative Student Workload

Contact Hours	Full Time	Part Time
Lectures/Seminars	36	36
Directed Study
Directed reading	90	90
Private Study
Private study	24	24

Mode of Delivery

This is a lecture and seminar based module. Lectures provide core module content. Seminars develop associated higher level skills through student centred learning.

Assessment Plan

	Learning Outcomes Assessed
Component 1	1,2
Component 2	1,2,3

A problem-based coursework based on material in the first part of the module. Worth 30% of overall module grade. (C1)

A more detailed problem-based coursework, drawing on material not already covered in component 1. Worth 70% of the overall module grade.(C2)

Indicative Bibliography

1.	JACKSON, E., 2010. Medical law: texts and materials. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2.	MASON, J.K.M. and LAURIE, G.L., 2011. Mason and McCall Smith's law and medical ethics. 8th ed. Edinburgh: Lexis Nexis.
3.	PATTINSON, S., 2011. Medical law and ethics. 3rd ed. London: Thomson/Sweet and Maxwell.
4.	STAUCH, M., WHEAT, K. and TINGLE, J., 2012. Text, cases and materials on medical law and ethics. 4th ed. Oxford: Routledge Cavendish.