Area: | School of Business Law |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 5934 (v.4) Legal Environment 560
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Syllabus: | The law governing the administration of health services. Legislative controls and common law regulation. Informed consent and patients' rights. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Identify and have an appreciation of ethical issues confronting health service professionals and the health industry. Identify and have an appreciation of health law and its conceptual interpretation in the health workplace. Analyse new paradigm thinking in relation to ethical issues in health and the law in relation to service delivery and professional practice. Develop more depth in their professional and personal philosophies of practice. Acknowledge the potential for creativity, personal growth and transformation within self as health professionals and as agents of change with the health professions and the health care system |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Edginton, J., (1995), Law for the Nursing Profession and Allied Health Care Professionals, 3rd ed., Sydney, CCH. Macfarlane, P., (1993), Health Law - Commentary and Materials, Sydney, Federation Press. |
Unit Texts: | Wallace, M., (2002), Health Care and the Law, 3rd ed., Sydney, Law Book Company. Health Law Guide Book, (2002), Bentley, Curtin University of Technology. (Provided by Distance Education). |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 60%. Major Written Essay 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90999 Law not elsewhere classified | HECS Band (if applicable): | 3 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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