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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3175: Medical Ethics and Law Foundations
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to provide a sound understanding of applied ethics in the medical context, and to understand how the law and ethical principles interact. You will also understand how the law has evolved from a paternalistic model in the 20th Century to a patient-centred model in the modern day. The course considers the implications of the current approach to ethical issues in medicine, considers some of the ethical dilemmas which may face medical practitioners and whether the law provides a satisfactory resolution of those dilemmas.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the legal and ethical principles relevant to medical practice; 2. Understand, critically reflect upon and evaluate the operation of the contemporary field of medical ethics within the legal and social context; 3. Synthesise and critically assess the content of legal and ethical norms. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Demonstrate detailed and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a range of legal and ethical concepts, values and principles and explain the relationships among them, and their limits; 5. Apply legal and ethical knowledge to a problem and construct an argument supported by relevant principles and authorities. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Communicate and engage in debate effectively and accurately, using communication methods appropriate to the discipline; 7. Identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of library-based and electronic resources (both legal and medical journals) with minimum guidance; 8. Work independently with minimal supervision and interact effectively within a team and learning group. |