This online, self-access, module explores the interface between law, medicine and ethics a subject of great contemporary interest and relevance and new developments in medical practice and research are constantly in the headlines.

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

Detailed Description

Advancements in knowledge create new challenges, on an almost weekly basis, that lawyers, judges, medical professionals and the public find themselves struggling to address.

The aim of this module is to explore the critical relationship between the law, and the practice of medicine, in order to set the groundwork  for discussions in the more topic-specific modules. In doing so, it will focus on the varied approaches to, and multi-layered interrelationships  between, ethics, medicine and law, including basic ethical principles and key (legal) concepts relating to, among others, personhood, autonomy, human rights, sanctity of life, and quality of life. 

The module is taken online on a self-access basis and offers a flexible way to study while maintaining work and personal commitments.