LAWS6052 - Government, Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics
Objectives
- Examine government regulation of health care, drugs, resource allocation, medical research and professional practice.
- Analyse issues by reference to the interplay between social goals, human rights, legal rights and ethical considerations.
Content
The constitutional and statutory sources of government power with respect to health care: regulatory models and reform of public health legislation; therapeutic goods administration; health insurance; pharmaceutical benefits and the pharmacy industry; immunisiation, notifiable diseases and public health emergencies; human tissue legislation; discipline of health professionals; health care complaints tribunals; a right to health care; ethical theories in law and medicine; the ethics of human experimentation; and ethics committees.
Please note: This unit is compulsory for Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) candidates. Master of Health Law (MHL) candidates may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System – LAWS6252 or Introduction to Law for Health Professionals – LAWS6881.
Session
Semester 2 Intensive
6-7 August & 3-4 September 2010
The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.
Assessment
- 1 x 7,500 Word Essay (100%) or
- 2 x 3,750 Word Essays (100%)
Courses this unit is available in
Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Global Law | Master of Administrative Law and Policy | Master of Health Law | Graduate Diploma in Health Law | Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law