Unit

School Of Law

Medical LawWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200856.1

Discipline: LEGAL PRACTICE

Student Contribution Band: 3

Level: 3

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
200640 - Medical Malpractice Law, 69056 - Medical Malpractice Law

Prerequisite
200008 Torts Law AND 200012 Property Law AND 200009 Constitutional Law AND 200010 Criminal Law AND 200011 Contracts

About this Unit
This unit aims to provide knowledge and understanding of Australian medical law, including some cutting edge legal and policy issues that arise in this field. Medical law is an exceptionally vibrant and challenging field, underpinned by the rapid pace of scientific and social developments that generate new issues for medicine and for the law. Many of the more challenging issues for the law are at the core of policy — birth and reproduction, choice and responsibility, life and death.