Healthcare Ethics and Law LLM

Entry requirements

We require a UK bachelor's degree with a First or Upper Second (2.1) classification or the overseas equivalent in Law. Candidates should demonstrate a strong background in Law modules relevant to the course, including Public Law and Contract Law and achieve scores of 2.1 or above in relevant modules.

When assessing your academic record, we consider the grades you have achieved and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification.

Applicants who do not satisfy the entry requirements for direct entry onto our LLM course may wish to be considered for entry onto the Postgraduate Diploma course.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The LLM in Healthcare Ethics and Law provides high-quality education in healthcare ethics and healthcare law. There is an emphasis on the application of bioethical and legal theory to real-world scenarios, 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.

This course requires the study of both ethics and law, but with a bias towards law in the taught units. On the distance learning course, all options taken must be law-based. On the campus-based course, the majority of options should be law-based.