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