Medical Ethics & Law MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By King's College London |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

31,600 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Law and Legal StudiesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MA in Medical Ethics & Law focuses on the legal and ethical questions raised in the context of medicine.

These may* include debates about: consent to treatment in the case of adults; decision-making where an adult lacks capacity to consent to a given treatment; duties of care relating to treatment and to information disclosure; the treatment of children; adolescents and consent to or refusal of treatment; assisted reproduction and abortion; assisted suicide, euthanasia and end of life decisions; organ donation; psychiatric ethics and mental health law; criminal law and mental disorder; autonomy and public health; the allocation of scarce resources; reproductive ethics; disability; global health ethics; and the ethics and politics of the body.

The MA in Medical Law focuses on various of the legal aspects of the above, with the option of studying two ethics modules.

*Optional module availability may vary, for instance due to staff sabbatical leave.

Key benefits
  • The most up-to-date legal and ethical scholarship applied to a wide range of issues in relation to science and medicine. For the Medical Law only programme, the focus is principally on legal issues.
  • The programmes discuss controversial issues such as end-of-life decisions and abortion with a balanced, analytical approach.
  • Teaching is conducted in seminar groups, typically of less than 30, to encourage active student participation.
  • Supported by the UK’s first Centre of Medical Law & Ethics and its team of academic staff, each of whom has a very strong research profile and is actively engaged in associated policy issues.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MA in Medical Ethics & Law focuses on the legal and ethical questions raised in the context of medicine.

These may* include debates about: consent to treatment in the case of adults; decision-making where an adult lacks capacity to consent to a given treatment; duties of care relating to treatment and to information disclosure; the treatment of children; adolescents and consent to or refusal of treatment; assisted reproduction and abortion; assisted suicide, euthanasia and end of life decisions; organ donation; psychiatric ethics and mental health law; criminal law and mental disorder; autonomy and public health; the allocation of scarce resources; reproductive ethics; disability; global health ethics; and the ethics and politics of the body.

The MA in Medical Law focuses on various of the legal aspects of the above, with the option of studying two ethics modules.

*Optional module availability may vary, for instance due to staff sabbatical leave.

Key benefits
  • The most up-to-date legal and ethical scholarship applied to a wide range of issues in relation to science and medicine. For the Medical Law only programme, the focus is principally on legal issues.
  • The programmes discuss controversial issues such as end-of-life decisions and abortion with a balanced, analytical approach.
  • Teaching is conducted in seminar groups, typically of less than 30, to encourage active student participation.
  • Supported by the UK’s first Centre of Medical Law & Ethics and its team of academic staff, each of whom has a very strong research profile and is actively engaged in associated policy issues.

Admission Requirements

185+
7+
3.5+
100+
69+
2:1 undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. law, medicine, philosophy, theology, social science, one of the life sciences, dentistry or nursing studies. 

Alternative qualifications: Evidence of achievement of an academic level comparable to at least upper second class honours standard through past studies and where previous study, work or experience has made the applicant a suitable candidate, will also be considered.

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Domestic
13,500 GBP
International
31,600 GBP

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