This subject aims to deepen students' understanding of the legal and ethical issues involved in practice in complementary medicine. Students will consolidate their grasp of key ethical and legal concepts, and will then apply these concepts to a range of case studies relevant to complementary medicine as well as to their own professional practice.
HD/FL
One session
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ETH403, LAW131, SSC502
- Introduction, Codes of ethics
- Ethical theories
- Health ethics principles
- Review and consolidation of ethics material
- Consent
- Negligence
- Privacy, confidentiality and information rights and duties
- Regulation
- Review and consolidation of law material
- Case studies from complementary medicine will be used throughout to demonstrate how the major ethical and legal issues present in professional practice.
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