PGDip Healthcare Ethics and Law (Distance Learning)

The distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Ethics and Law aims to provide the highest quality of training in healthcare ethics and healthcare law in a flexible and interdisciplinary way, 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.