Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Legal Issues in Health Care
School	Birmingham Law School
Department	Law
Module Code	08 22361
Module Lead	Professor McHale
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-28 hours Tutorial-5 hours Guided independent study-167 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The course will examine the interface between legal regulation and health care practice. By reference to a series of topical areas it will explore legal and ethical regulatory challenges and dilemmas. Typical issues which will be considered will include, compensation for clinical malpractice, consent and capacity, regulation of medical genetic technologies, regulation of reproductive technologies, dilemmas at the end of life and organ transplantation.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module the student should be able to: Demonstrate a sound and accurate knowledge and understanding of the issues covered in the module; Apply the acquired knowledge to problem situations; Engage in informed critical analysis of the law covered by the module; Retrieve up-to-date information on the issues covered by the module, by use of paper and electronic sources; Make a personal and reasoned judgement based on an informed understanding of standard arguments in the areas covered by the module; Use word-processing and standard library and information retrieval systems; Demonstrate proficiency in the use of English language and legal terminology, both orally and in writing; Interact with other members of a learning group, giving and receiving information and ideas and modifying responses where appropriate.
Assessment	22361-01 : Take Home Exam : Exam (School Arranged) - Open Book (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: Take home exam (open-book) - 3hrs (100%) Reassessment: Resit failed component(s)
Other	None
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