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Medical Legal Ethics 1

This document outlines the objectives and learning outcomes for a unit on medical legal ethics, focusing on knowledge acquisition, application, liaison with law enforcement, and documentation of ethical issues in healthcare. It includes specific content areas such as roles of health staff, medical-legal dilemmas, relevant laws, and documentation practices. Reference books and grading criteria for assessments are also provided.

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Medical Legal Ethics 1

This document outlines the objectives and learning outcomes for a unit on medical legal ethics, focusing on knowledge acquisition, application, liaison with law enforcement, and documentation of ethical issues in healthcare. It includes specific content areas such as roles of health staff, medical-legal dilemmas, relevant laws, and documentation practices. Reference books and grading criteria for assessments are also provided.

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UNIT: MEDICAL LEGAL ETHICS 1

UNITCODE: HE/CU/TT/CC/05/6/A

General Objectives

1. Acquire knowledge on medical legal ethics


2. Apply medical legal ethics in health.
3. Liaise with law enforcement team on medical legal and ethical issues
4. Document medical legal- ethical issues

S/NO LEARNING OUTCOME CONTENT


1. Acquire knowledge on medical legal ethics in PTT 1.1 Roles and responsibilities of health staff
1.2 Medical-legal issues and dilemmas in health
1.3 Medical legal guidelines according to workplace policy
1.4 Ethical principles applied in health
1.5 Ethical theories in health
2. Apply medical legal ethics in PTT 2.1 Medical-legal offences related to PTT
2.2 Medical legal implications related to
PTT
2.3 Relevant laws to heath care workers
2.4 Medical legal regulations as per given legal system
3. Liaise with law enforcement team on medical legal and ethical 3.1 Identification of the nature of offences
issues 3.2 Enforcement team identified according to workplace
policy
3.3 Communication of medical legal issues to the
enforcement team
4. Document medical legal- ethical issues in PTT 4.1 Documentation of medical legal and ethical issues
4.2 Report writing and dissemination on medical legal
issues

Reference Books

Herring, J. (2012). Medical Law and Ethics (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.

Smajdor, A., Herring, J., & Wheeler, R. (2022). Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law. Oxford University Press.

GRADING

 Assignment 100%
 CATs 100%
 Practice 100%
 End term 100%

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