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Health Law. Patient Rights and Personal Data in the Public Communication

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:43
Study Course Information
Course Code:KSK_232LQF level:Level 7
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:LawTarget Audience:Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Santa Slokenberga
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)12Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures24
Classes (count)12Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours48
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basic understanding of public communication. It is desirable to have knowledge of law.
Objective:
Develop the graduate student understanding of the regulatory framework in the health sector in the following basic issues: organisation of health care, activity of medical practitioners, patient rights, achievements in the area of science and technology. The students’ ability to analyse basic issues in the context of the health law is developed. On successful completion of the course students understand the fundamental issues of the health law and are able to independently analyse simple issues related to the health law, as well as critically perceive the information about the regulatory framework.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Legal framework, scope and dimensions of the health lawLectures2.00auditorium
2Organisation and content of health careLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
3Public authorities and professional institutions in health protection, information and data processingLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Service providers: medicine and pharmaceutical care, information and data processingLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
5People in health care, professional and job responsibilitiesLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
6Professional duties of a doctor and freedomLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
7Liability in health sectorLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
8Patient rights in health careLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
9Patient, relatives, interaction of rights and dutiesLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
10Protection of patient rightsLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
11Science and technology in health sectorLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
12Scientific and technological challenges in the area of individual rights and in the context of professional responsibilities of medical practitioners and scientistsClasses2.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Students independently develop the end-of-course assignment.
Assessment Criteria:
The end-of-course assignment and the examination (assessment on a 10-point grading scale).
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the regulatory framework in health sector in the fields of organisation of health care, activity of medical practitioners, patient rights and achievements in science and technologies. • Understanding of the application of regulatory enactments and issues to the health law.
Skills:• Identify and analyse simple problem situations and issues in accordance with the regulatory framework of the health sector. • Choose the relevant regulatory enactment in accordance with the situation and interpret its application to a specific situation and explain their choice and application in a reasoned manner. • Critically analyse and evaluate the scope of the regulatory framework and interpret it in the context of responsibilities and the situation. • Respect the rights of the patient and relatives in their activities, analyse and evaluate interaction between the responsibilities.
Competencies:Critically analyse practical cases in health sector, choose the appropriate regulatory framework and its scope, as well as the method of interpretation.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Ašnevica-Slokenberga, S (red.) “Medicīnas tiesības”, TNA 2015.
Additional Reading
1Hervey, T &McHale, J “European Union Health Law”, Cambridge 2015. Flear, ML; Farrell, AM, Hervey, TH; Murphy, T “European Law and New Health Technologies”, OUP 2013.
2Hervey T.K., Young C.A., Bishop L.E, “Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy”, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2017.
3Toebes, B; Hartlev, M; Hendriks, A; Rothmar Herrmann, J “Health and Human Rights in Europe”, Intersentia, 2012.
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