2023-2024 / DROI1309-1

Societal aspects of health

Law and health

Ethics and health

Duration

Law and health : 28h Th
Ethics and health : 12h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in public health (120 ECTS) (Transitional programme)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Law and health : Gilles Genicot
Ethics and health :

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Law and health

Medical and biomedical law : general notions of law, legal reasoning, judicial organisation; legal approach of patient-doctor relationship, medical contract, patient's rights (informed consent), access to medical files, vulnerable patients, medical secrecy; medical liability (breach of contract / tort, damage, causation, no fault indemnisation); specific medical acts : sterilisation, abortion, euthanasia, autopsy and investigations, blood, organs and bodily material donation and circulation, assisted reproduction and research on embryos, clinical research; general notions of medical ethics

Ethics and health

To come

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Law and health

Understanding and identifying the legal aspects of a healthcare relationship Assessing and combining the applicable principles (which may conflict with each other) Reasoning in terms of medical liability Advising practitioners in difficult situations Getting acquainted with the basis of ethical analysis

Ethics and health

To come

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Law and health

None in particular

Ethics and health

There is no prerequisited and no corequired

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Law and health

Ex cathedra teaching with support (book and powerpoint) A powerpoint presentation will be uploaded during the quadrimester

Ethics and health

To come

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Law and health

Face-to-face. It is important to attend the course. 2020-2021 : both face-to-face and distance learning, depending on the sanitary rules

Ethics and health

The teaching will be face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Law and health

Highly recommended reading : Gilles GENICOT, Droit médical et biomédical, Larcier, 2nd edition, 2016 (available at the Presses universitaires)

Ethics and health

To come

Law and health

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written exam (open questions, definition of notions, true/false, reasoning on a practical case, etc.). Students should bring legal texts (without any overwriting).
Second session 2020-2021 : exam in presence / duration 1h30 (no practical case in second session)

Ethics and health

To come

Work placement(s)

Ethics and health

There is no training course to be considered

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Ethics and health

None

Contacts

Law and health

Gilles Genicot, rue de Chaudfontaine 11, 4020 Liège, gilles.genicot@uliege.be 

Ethics and health

Florence CAEYMAEX, Senior Research Associate F.R.S.-FNRS
Philosophy Department
Liège University
Place du 20 Août, 7 (A1)
4000 Liège
(2nd floor)
Phone : 04 366 56 00 / 04 366 55 99
F.Caeymaex@ulg.ac.be
Secretary : Delphine VANNESTE

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