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LAWS3324 Medicine and the Law
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The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 Old unit code: 200.324
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| Outcomes: Students are able to (1) demonstrate an understanding of the common law principles and legislation that govern health care and biomedical research in Australia; (2) demonstrate an understanding of the bioethical, social, political and economic dimensions of medico-legal issues; (3) critically analyse the present construction of the law, and engage in informed, critical debate on alternatives; (4) conduct thorough, comprehensive, and accurate research into medico-legal issues; and (5) write in a clear, logical, organised manner that clearly and accurately conveys the writer's thought, arguments, evidence, reasoning and conclusions. |
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| Content: This unit provides an introduction to the legal principles that govern health care and biomedical research as well as bioethical and social literature evaluating the law. Topics may include (1) the patient–health carer relationship including consent, competence, substituted decision making and privacy; (2) issues arising at the beginning and end of life (including reproduction technologies, pregnancy and childbirth, death and dying); (3) misconduct and adverse events in health care including medical negligence and professional regulation; (4) representing health carers and health care consumers; and (5) bodies and body parts including organ donation and the ownership and use of human tissue. |
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Assessment: This comprises a research paper and an examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Brenda McGivern |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
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| Prerequisites: LAWS1130 Legal Process, LAWS1107 Torts I, LAWS1105 Criminal Law I and LAWS1101 Contract I |
| Co-requisites: LAWS1108 Torts II and LAWS1106 Criminal Law II |
Contact hours—seminars: 3 hrs per week
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Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/103720 |
| Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009. |
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Texts
Unit reader
Skene, L. Law and Medical Practice, 2nd ed.: LexisNexis Butterworths 2004 |
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Assistance with study skills, including English language skills,
is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students
(see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/).
Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. |
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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change.
Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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Unit Resources
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