Selected sections of the labor and medical law and the basics of business
Course: MEDICINE
Structural unit: Biology And Medicine Institute Science Educational Center
Title
Selected sections of the labor and medical law and the basics of business
Code
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students are expected to understand:
1. A working knowledge of the principles of medical, scientific and technical evidence-gathering and the presentation of such evidence in the courts of law.
2. Appreciate both the scope and the limitations of medical and scientific investigation in assisting the courts.
3. Give a clear account of the procedures used in death investigation, the role of the Attorney General and the rules governing fatal accident inquiries.
4. Construct, from basic scientific and other factual information supplied concerning a scene of death, a logically argued re-construction of the events leading up to death, indicating what further investigations would be required for a full inquiry of this type.
5. Show a basic knowledge of the professional and ethical considerations governing everyday medical practice.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
There are no.
Course content
Forensic terminology with emphasis on the understanding of the underlying pathology of traumatic and sudden, unexpected deaths encountered.
The course deals with medico-legal investigation of death and injury due to natural causes, accidents, and violence.
It covers analysis/investigation of transportation injuries, of homicides, suicides due to various causes, and sexual crimes and methods for identification and guidelines for quality control assurance.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Ayoub, Ahmed Yahya, Do Not Resuscitate: An Argumentative Essay (April 30, 2013).
2. Barnett-Rose, Rita, Informed Consent, Psychotropic Medications, and a Prescribing Physician’s Duty to Disclose Safer Alternative Treatments (June 2, 2014). 16.1 DePaul J. Health Care
3. L. 67 (2014); Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 14-9.
4. Beletsky, Leo and Ezer, Tamar and Overall, Judith and Byrne, Iain and Cohen, Jonathan, Advancing Human Rights in Patient Care: The Law in Seven Transitional Countries (January 31, 2013).
5. Byrne I., Ezer T. Cohen J. Overall. J, Senyuta I. Human Rights in Patient Care: A Practitioner Guide/ Under scientific editing of Senyuta I. – Lviv. LOBF Publisher’s “Medicine and Law, 2012 – 497 pages.
6. Cohen, I. Glenn, Medical Tourism, Access to Health Care, and Global Justice (September 13, 2011). Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 52, 2011; Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 11-23.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, practical classes.
Assessment methods and criteria
A mark on the module is defined as the sum of marks of current educational activity (in points), which students receive during practical classes, according to the list defined by the Thematic Plan of the discipline.
The maximum number of points students can get (test credit) is 200 points.
Current control is carried out in each class according to the specific goals of each topic. In assessing students' educational activity preference should be given to the standardized methods of control: solving issues and problems for self-testing, solving situational problems with the conditions that are maximally close to reality, preparing creative tasks.
Language of instruction
English
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Departments
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