Medical Ethics

Subject LAWS70259 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

September, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: The total class time is between 24 and 26 hours.
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Corequisites: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Recommended Background Knowledge: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Non Allowed Subjects: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Core Participation Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.

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Subject Overview:

Principal topics will include:

  • The current revolution in bioethical reasoning and methods in bioethics
  • Making good medical–moral judgments for self and others
  • Abortion
  • Euthanasia
  • Regulation of research, including:
    • Stem cell research and cloning
    • Transgenesis and human–non-human chimeras
  • Sale of biological material and body parts
  • Regulation of doping in sport
  • Reproductive cloning
  • Human enhancement
  • Genetic selection
  • Coercion in reproduction.
Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Understand the nature of ethical argumentation
  • Be able to identify ethical issues and construct arguments relevant to their practical resolution
  • Be able to engage in ethical debate and evaluate arguments
  • Understand basic ethical theories and concepts
  • Understand the difference between ethics and law in medical matters
  • Understand how ethical principles are relevant to law
  • Understand the modes of moral reasoning that are used in health care ethics, health care policy and in different parts of the world, including Australia
  • Be able to apply the foregoing tools to practical clinical problems and problems of health law.
Assessment:

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Prescribed Texts: Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this subject.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date

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