HEALTH LAW
cod. 09240

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
CUCURACHI Nicola
integrated course unit
4 credits
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course unit
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

The student is expected to acquire information useful for evaluating his/her professional activity from a normative-juridical standpoint with specific reference to consequences in a penal, civil and ethical context

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />1. Bioethics, Ethics and Law: general principles and concepts. <br />
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2. Healthcare professions in the National Health Service: Speech Therapist. <br />
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3. Overview of Penal Law: crime, imputability, healthcare workers and the penal code; crimes involving healthcare workers with special emphasis regarding “personal injury”. <br />
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4. &nb sp; Overview of civil code with reference to the ability to intervene. <br />
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5. Medical record and certification. <br />
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6. Secrecy and handling of personal data. <br />
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7. Treatment consent. < /SPAN> <br />
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8. Duty to report to judicial authorities. <br />
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9. Professional responsibility <br />
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10. Public safeguarding of individuals with disabilities and handicaps: Overview of public insurance and assistance. <br />
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11. Constitutional, European Community, Penal and Civil safeguarding of Workplace Health and Safety. <br />
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12 EEC Directive 1989 n.89 and related national implementation provisions. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

Le professioni sanitarie (non mediche) - aspetti giuridici, deontologici e medico-le gali', Luca Benci, McGraw-Hill, 2002 <br />
Istituzioni di Medicina Legale, Clemente Puccini, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, ultima edizione

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures <br />
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Oral exam on the basis of the exam schedule

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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