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Health Law. Patient Rights and Personal Data in the Public Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_232 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Santa Slokenberga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic understanding of public communication. It is desirable to have knowledge of law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Develop the graduate student understanding of the regulatory framework in the health sector in the following basic issues: organisation of health care, activity of medical practitioners, patient rights, achievements in the area of science and technology. The students’ ability to analyse basic issues in the context of the health law is developed. On successful completion of the course students understand the fundamental issues of the health law and are able to independently analyse simple issues related to the health law, as well as critically perceive the information about the regulatory framework. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Legal framework, scope and dimensions of the health law | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Organisation and content of health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Public authorities and professional institutions in health protection, information and data processing | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Service providers: medicine and pharmaceutical care, information and data processing | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | People in health care, professional and job responsibilities | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Professional duties of a doctor and freedom | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Liability in health sector | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Patient rights in health care | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Patient, relatives, interaction of rights and duties | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Protection of patient rights | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Science and technology in health sector | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | Scientific and technological challenges in the area of individual rights and in the context of professional responsibilities of medical practitioners and scientists | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently develop the end-of-course assignment. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The end-of-course assignment and the examination (assessment on a 10-point grading scale). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • In-depth knowledge and understanding of the regulatory framework in health sector in the fields of organisation of health care, activity of medical practitioners, patient rights and achievements in science and technologies. • Understanding of the application of regulatory enactments and issues to the health law. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Identify and analyse simple problem situations and issues in accordance with the regulatory framework of the health sector. • Choose the relevant regulatory enactment in accordance with the situation and interpret its application to a specific situation and explain their choice and application in a reasoned manner. • Critically analyse and evaluate the scope of the regulatory framework and interpret it in the context of responsibilities and the situation. • Respect the rights of the patient and relatives in their activities, analyse and evaluate interaction between the responsibilities. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Critically analyse practical cases in health sector, choose the appropriate regulatory framework and its scope, as well as the method of interpretation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ašnevica-Slokenberga, S (red.) “Medicīnas tiesības”, TNA 2015. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Hervey, T &McHale, J “European Union Health Law”, Cambridge 2015. Flear, ML; Farrell, AM, Hervey, TH; Murphy, T “European Law and New Health Technologies”, OUP 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hervey T.K., Young C.A., Bishop L.E, “Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy”, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2017. | ||||||||
| 3 | Toebes, B; Hartlev, M; Hendriks, A; Rothmar Herrmann, J “Health and Human Rights in Europe”, Intersentia, 2012. | ||||||||
| 4 | Eiropas Cilvēktiesību konvencija jeb Cilvēktiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencija | ||||||||
| 5 | Par Konvenciju par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā: Konvenciju par cilvēktiesībām un biomedicīnu, tās papildprotokoli | ||||||||
| 6 | Konvencija par personu aizsardzību attiecībā uz personas datu automātisko apstrādi, arī pārskatītā konvencija | ||||||||
| 7 | Līguma par Eiropas Savienību un Līguma par Eiropas Savienības darbību konsolidētās versijas - Līguma par Eiropas Savienību konsolidētā versija - Līguma par Eiropas Savienības darbību konsolidētā versija, Eiropas Savienibas Pamattiesibu harta, ES seku | ||||||||
| 8 | Latvijas Republikas Satversme | ||||||||
| 9 | Ārstniecības likums | ||||||||
| 10 | Civillikums | ||||||||
| 11 | Pacientu tiesību likums | ||||||||
| 12 | Latvijas Administratīvo pārkāpumu kodekss | ||||||||
| 13 | Krimināllikums | ||||||||
