Duration
Droit et santé : 28h Th
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique : 12h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Droit et santé : Gilles Genicot
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique : Florence Caeymaex
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Droit et santé
Medical and biomedical law : general notions of law, legal reasoning, judicial organisation; legal approach of patient-doctor relationship, medical contract, patient's rights (informed consent), access to medical files, incompetent patients, medical secrecy; medical liability (breach of contract / tort, damage, causation, no fault indemnisation); specific medical acts : sterilisation, abortion, euthanasia, autopsy and investigations, blood, organs and bodily material donation and circulation, assisted reproduction and research on embryos, clinical research; general notions of medical ethics, ethical reasoning, basic functioning rules of ethical committees (in partnership with F. Caeymaex's course)
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
To come
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Droit et santé
Understanding and identifying the legal aspects of a healthcare relationship Assessing and combining the applicable principles (which may conflict with each other) Reasoning in terms of medical liability Advising practitioners in difficult situations Getting acquainted with the basis of ethical analysis
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
To come
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Droit et santé
None in particular
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
There is no prerequisited and no corequired
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Droit et santé
Ex cathedra teaching with support (book and powerpoint) A powerpoint presentation will be uploaded during the quadrimester
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
To come
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Droit et santé
Face-to-face. It is important to attend the course
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
The teaching will be face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Droit et santé
Highly recommended reading : Gilles GENICOT, Droit médical et biomédical, Larcier, 2nd edition, 2016 (available at the Presses universitaires)
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
To come
Assessment methods and criteria
Droit et santé
First session and Second session : written exam (open questions, definition of notions, reasoning on a practical case, etc.) Students should bring legal texts (without any overwriting)
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
To come
Work placement(s)
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
There is no training course to be considered
Organizational remarks
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
None
Contacts
Droit et santé
Gilles Genicot, rue de Chaudfontaine 11, 4020 Liège, gilles.genicot@ulg.ac.be
Exercices intégrés d'éthique de la santé publique
Florence CAEYMAEX, Senior Research Associate F.R.S.-FNRS
Philosophy Department
Liège University
Place du 20 Août, 7 (A1)
4000 Liège
(2nd floor)
Phone : 04 366 56 00 / 04 366 55 99
F.Caeymaex@ulg.ac.be
Secretary : Delphine VANNESTE
Items online
Droit et santé
PPT 2017 part 2
Part 2 of the 2017 slides
List of laws
List of the main laws (statute law) in Medical Law
PPT 2017 part 1
Part 1 of the 2017 slides