UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

MPH5307 Introduction to health law principles

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

MPH5307 Introduction to health law principles is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Not offered

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before MPH5307

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After MPH5307

No unit lists MPH5307 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in course 4528, 4529, M6007 or M6021

Overview

Review of legal principles related to health care; including common law principles and statutes. The focus is on key areas of medical and health law such as negligence, consent, privacy of health information, clinical research, abortion, euthanasia, mental health, infectious diseases, health complaints, ethics and human rights and law for health systems.

Offerings in 2020

The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for MPH5307.

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Describe the sources of law

  2. 2

    Describe aspects of law impacting upon the delivery of health services

  3. 3

    Apply key areas of medical law to health management; such as negligence, informed consent, confidentiality, clinical research, abortion, euthanasia, health service law, mental health law, infectious diseases law, health complaints law and coronial law

  4. 4

    Comprehend other areas of law and legal policy as they apply to the health care system including restrictive trade practices, contract law, professional registration and malpractice, drugs and poisons law and therapeutic goods law

  5. 5

    Examine the means of resolving consumer dissatisfaction.

Workload and teaching

Off-campus: 20 hours per week for 6 weeks.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Ms Nicole Mollard
Chief Examiners
Ms Nicole Mollard

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for MPH5307?

MPH5307 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is MPH5307 offered?

MPH5307 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available