Medical and Legal Problems of Communication (JF_067)
About Study Course
Objective
To develop understanding of the peculiarities of the actual implementation of legal provisions in the health sector by training the ability to identify and distinguish between actual legal conflicts and apparent legal conflicts. To develop students’ ability to understand and critically analyse information about the health sector published in information communication media, observing regulatory enactments regulating media activities.
Prerequisites
Legal theory. Human rights. Administrative law. Administrative process. Civil law. Civil procedure. Criminal law. Criminal process. Commercial law. Medical law. Health care organisation rights.
Learning outcomes
Students understand the diversity of communication-related problems in the health sector. Students are able to comprehensively analyse and understand communication problem situations from the perspective of different parties involved, as well as to critically evaluate and identify opportunities for legal resolution of conflicts. After completing the study course, students are able to integrate knowledge of different fields and contribute to the creation of new knowledge.
Students understand the patterns of individual and public opinion formation and media effects in the health sector, as well as health service communication.
Students acquire knowledge of the implementation of regulatory requirements in the health sector from the point of view of medical practitioners and medical institutions, with their specificities and problems in relation to different patient groups, different situations and diseases in the context of the professional activity of journalists. As a result of the lessons, students understand the circumstances in which regulatory requirements have to be implemented and the factors that influence their implementation. Students understand the functioning of the mass media in the health sector, are able to critically evaluate information in the public domain and are able to provide an informed opinion on it. This strengthens the student's ability to critically assess whether there has been an apparent or actual infringement of rights in relation to individual practical cases.
Students understand the medical and legal problems of communication from the point of view of an inpatient medical institution.
Learners formulate issues of professional communication in healthcare from the perspective of the healthcare worker (principally medical practitioners and healthcare support persons) and the patient (or his/her representative).
As a result of the lessons, students have a basic knowledge of the safety aspects of communication and a basic ability to identify them when dealing with conflicts in the health sector.
Students evaluate the legal framework of communication in the context of the protection of patients' rights and in the context of health care services. As a result of the lessons, students are familiar with the legal framework and the practicalities of its application and are able to apply them. Students are able to explain and discuss complex medical and legal communication problems in a reasoned way, both with professionals and with others.
Students are able to analyse conflicts in the health sector in a comprehensive way, as well as critically distinguish between apparent conflicts and actual conflicts.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZMp | 2 | Master’s | Limited choice | Andreta Slavinska, Laura Šāberte, Eduards Broks, Anda Rožukalne | |
| Law Science, TZMjvpz | 3 | Master’s | Limited choice | Laura Šāberte, Eduards Broks, Andreta Slavinska, Anda Rožukalne |
