Medical Law Lecture Notes

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Lecture Notes

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Lecture Topic Contents Get Notes
0 The syllabus Explanation of the contents and construction of the course;
overview of the topics covered. 		Syllabus
1 Consent Nature of consent;  Moral and legal bases. Nature
2 Consent Capacity to consent (1) Capacity
(2) PowerPoint
3 Consent Quantum of information that has to be imparted to obtain real
consent;  meaning of informed consent;  likely developments. 		Quantum
4 Consent Justifying non-consensual medical treatment. Non-Consensual
5 Ethics Meanings of ethics;  Codes of ethics Codes
6 Ethics Deontological Theories (esp. Kant's) Duty/Kant
7 Ethics Consequentialist Theories (cf deontological theories) Utilitarian
8 Ethics Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources Justice/SMRs
9 Confidentiality Nature of confidentiality;  moral and legal bases of confidentiality;
breaching confidentiality without incurring liability. 		(1) Confidentiality
(2) PowerPoint
10 Confidentiality Access to Medical Records Access to Medical Records
11 Accountability Complaints Schemes Accountable 1
12 Accountability Serious Professional Misconduct Accountable 2
13 Preventing Life Contraception & sterilisation Contraception and Sterilisation
14 Preventing Life Abortion Abortion
15 Beginning Life Designer Babies Designer Babies
16 Beginning Life Maternity care & birth of a child with congenital disabilities Maternity Care & CD(CL)A 1976
17 Neonates Selective non-treatment of severely handicapped neonates Severely Handicapped Neonates
18 Research Scope, law & ethics of medical research Research
19 Transplants Human Tissue Act 2004 Elements of Repealed Acts plus the 2004 Act
20 Death & dying Precisely when does a person die? Dying
21 Death & dying Euthanasia The end!

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