Course Name | Health Law |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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LAW 325 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to examine the duties and responsibilities of State and the health professionals and special cases in practice within the scope of right to health as a basic social right. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The subject matter of this course is to examine the right to health within the scope of the duties of the social state, and the rights of patients and responsibilities of the healthcare professional and institutions about medical intervention in relation with the healthcare contract. |
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| Core Courses | X |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Social State and “Right to Health” | Reading treaties and conventions of United Nations, World Health Organization, European Union and European Council, and reports about implementation of them by countries from websites Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf) Sevinj Jabrayilova-Sh, “Cross-Cutting Issues on The Right To Life in The Context of Law”, Hacettepe HFD, 5(2) 2015, pp.117–138. |
2 | Historical background of Healthcare, Law and Ethics | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.1-32. |
3 | Healthcare Ethics | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci.Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.35-61. Nuket Ornek Buken; Erhan Buken, “The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medical Malpractice in Turkey”, 10 Eur. J.Health L. 201 (2003), pp.201-213 (heinonline) |
4 | Tort Law and Negligence | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.63-78 |
5 | Intentional Torts | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.81-97 |
6 | Criminal Aspects of Healthcare | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.99-123 |
7 | Healthcare Contracts (Contract of Treatment) | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.125-145 |
8 | Physician Liability, Healthcare Institutions liability in relation with administrative responsibility | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.221-256. Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf) |
9 | Midterm | |
10 | Patients’ Rights and Responsibilities | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.453-469. World Health Organization, Patients’ Rights, http://www.who.int/genomics/public/patientrights/en/ |
11 | Informed consent, confidentiality obligation, and legal reporting requirements, and medical records | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.325-380 |
12 | The conditions for medical intervention And right to integrity of the person | Constitution of the Republic of Turkey (https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf |
13 | Special medical issues like medical research, transplantation of organ and tissues, abortion and euthanasia etc. | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.2015, pp.381-451 |
14 | Presentations | |
15 | Presentations | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | George Pozgar, Nina Santucci. Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration,.12th edition, Jones and Barlett Learning, 2015.
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Suggested Readings/Materials | Asbjorn Eide. Economic and Social Rights, (http://www.corteidh.or.cr/tablas/r28245.pdf) S. Matthew Liao. Health (care) and human rights: a fundamental conditions approach. (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11017-016-9373-9.pdf) Sevinj Jabrayilova-Sh, “Cross-Cutting Issues on The Right To Life in The Context of Law”, Hacettepe HFD, 5(2) 2015, pp.117–138 (http://www.hukukdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/dergi/C5S2makale5.pdf) Treaties and conventions of United Nations, World Health Organization, European Union and European Council, and reports about implementation of them by countries from websites, Halit Yılmaz, “Realizing Social And Economic Rights: The Example of Judicial Attitudes Towards The Rationing of Healthcare in Turkey”, Hacettepe HFD, 6(1) 2016, 47–62 (http://www.hukukdergi.hacettepe.edu.tr/dergi/C6S1makale2.pdf); Murat Tumay, “The Analyse Of Nature And Implementation Of Economic, Social And Cultural Rights And Civil And Political Rights In International Human Rights Law”, Selçuk Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt 21, Sayı 1, Yıl 2013 https://doi.org/10.15337/SUH.2017.56 (http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/262814) E.Aydın, “Rights of patients in developing countries: the case of Turkey”, Journal of Medical Ethics, V.30,Issue.6, 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.2003.005819, https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/30/6/555.full.pdf ; Nuket Ornek Buken; Erhan Buken, “The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medical Malpractice in Turkey”, 10 Eur. J. Health L. 201 (2003), pp.201-213(heinonline) |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
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Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 40 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 60 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
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Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 35 | |
Total | 151 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | X | ||||
3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | X | ||||
4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | X | ||||
7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | X | ||||
10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | X | ||||
11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | X | ||||
12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest