Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: Full time - 1 year full-time, or up to 2 years with Placement, Part time - 2 years, Modular - Up to
New developments in treatments and technology, coupled with shifting social attitudes, mean that the legal and ethical issues around healthcare and medicine are constantly changing, posing serious challenges for those involved.Practical in focus and regularly updated to reflect new issues that arise – from COVID-19 to the role of AI in healthcare – our MA aims to help you navigate the complex moral and legal considerations surrounding the planning and delivery of healthcare, and associated activities such as medical research.Is it acceptable, for example, to disclose a patient’s medical history to protect others from infectious diseases like HIV? At what point should healthcare professionals stop trying to prolong life? Or, to save a life, should doctors ever overrule a refusal of treatment based cultural or religious reasons or an advance directive?Undertaking a medical ethics course cannot provide all the answers – not least because there are far too many questions to consider, but also because there often is no easy answer. However, it can prepare you to work out answers yourself responsibly, professionally and with integrity.
2:2 degree in a Health, Humanities or Social Sciences subject
or
demonstrated relevant professional qualifications or experience
You will also need: an English language qualification
This exciting, interdisciplinary course allows you to pursue your ethical and legal interests – for personal or professional reasons – exploring the ethical dilemmas facing healthcare professionals and administrators on a daily basis and delving beyond the ‘soundbite’ rhetoric of media headlines.In addition to the specialist knowledge you’ll gain, you’ll develop a range of essential transferable skills in analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and communications. This can broaden your career options in a wide variety of roles in medical, legal and ethical fields, ranging from clinical or medical practice to policy-making, teaching or research.
Moral Theory and Medical Ethics (30 credits, Semester 1)
Principles of Medical Law (30 credits, Semester 1)
Life, Death and the Human Body (30 credits, Semester 2)
Healthcare, Justice and Society (30 credits, Semester 2)
Medical Ethics and Law Dissertation (60 credits, semesters 1-3)
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