European Health Law and Policy

LAWS6312

This unit will provide an analysis of health law and policy within the European Union. Students will be provided with an overview of the EU and the relevance of EU law for health law. Topics to be covered in this unit include: access to health care across Member States, including the free movement of patients across borders and the issue of health tourism; protection of health privacy within the EU and the Data Protection Directive; the regulation of health care professionals within the EU; regulation of health research, including EU funding of health research, and the Clinical Trials Directive; public health within the EU, including communicable diseases and health promotion; and EU law and policy on patient safety and quality assurance. In addition, this unit will provide students with 3 case studies of EU health law and policy in the areas of assisted reproduction, stem cells and cloning, and death and dying.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 102

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: LAWS6312

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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