MA Healthcare Ethics and Law (Distance Learning)

The MA in Healthcare Ethics and Law aims to bring you the highest quality of training in healthcare ethics and healthcare law in a flexible and interdisciplinary way, thus catering to the practical needs of healthcare and legal professionals and those in related fields.
You will study a wide variety of ethical and legal subjects, including:

autonomy;
consent;
refusal of treatment;
confidentiality';
the moral status of the foetus;
resource allocation;
genetic testing;
HIV testing;
medical malpractice;
clinical negligence;
organ and tissue transplantation;
fertility treatment;
genetic manipulation;
research ethics;
stem cell research;
euthanasia.
As well as studying these topics from a UK perspective, many are also considered from a global perspective.

You will study the three core subjects of Philosophical Bioethics, Medico-Legal Problems and International Issues in Healthcare. You will then select two optional course units and complete a dissertation.