This seminar examines the law as it relates to medical malpractice: how an injured patient in the healthcare system may claim compensation against healthcare professionals and organizations. Topics to be studied will include: issues in negligence law (standard of care and causation) as they relate to modern healthcare delivery; the law of informed consent; and theories of liability (vicarious liability, enterprise liability). The course may also incorporate a number of additional legal and policy topics, including: the relationship between experts, science and the law; and the relationship between medical malpractice and patient safety.
This seminar examines the law as it relates to medical malpractice: how an injured patient in the healthcare system may claim compensation against healthcare professionals and organizations. Topics to be studied will include: issues in negligence law (standard of care and causation) as they relate to modern healthcare delivery; the law of informed consent; and theories of liability (vicarious liability, enterprise liability). The course may also incorporate a number of additional legal and policy topics, including: the relationship between experts, science and the law; and the relationship between medical malpractice and patient safety.
