View Specification DocumentHealthcare Law LAW4183
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Law
- Credits: 40
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course covers core topics in Healthcare law including negligence, consent and confidentiality, as well as additional topics of contemporary interest that explore critical issues relating to patients, healthcare and the human body.
Timetable
Weekly seminars, on campus. 20 x 2 hour seminars in total.
Requirements of Entry
This course is only available to LLB students.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
■ 3000 word essay (30%)
■ 3 hour exam (70%) - students will be required to answer 3 questions out of a choice of 6
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
The principal aim of this course is to promote understanding of the law as it relates to the relationship between healthcare providers and healthcare recipients, and legal responses to some broader issues relating to patients, healthcare and the human body. Further aims are to develop students' analytical and critical skills by detailed examination of key areas of healthcare law; to develop students' ability constructively to criticise current law and practice and to suggest and evaluate possible reforms; and to foster critical understanding and evaluation of certain areas of controversy within healthcare law.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
- identify and demonstrate understanding of the current law in the UK and other jurisdictions, where relevant,
as it relates to the subject matter of this course
- evaluate and constructively criticise the current law in this area
- propose, evaluate and constructively criticise possible reforms of the law
-understand and critically evaluate areas of controversy within the subject matter