Genetics is a fast moving area of medical and scientific research, the results from which are challenging our ideas about who we are, and the roles that science and medicine can, should and will play in our lives.

This module can be taken at any time and is offered throughout the year and will have two weeks access for each module you book.

Detailed Description

The availability of genetic information and diagnosis, as a consequence of the advances in genetic research and testing, have wide ranging implications, including issues for individual patients, and by extension, their genetically-related family members.

In this module, various approaches to assisted reproduction are explored, as are the 'reproductive torts' - forms of negligence action related to issues of reproductive counselling. The material also provides an overview of the basic structure and nature of the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, and the revised powers and procedures relating to assisted reproduction that are vested in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

This course is take online on a self-access basis.