Life Sciences Law

Objectives

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General characterization

Code

37051

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

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Hours

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Total - 0

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Prerequisites

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Bibliography

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Teaching method

The teaching is based on theoretical-practical classes (in which the teacher explains the subject as much as possible through dialogue with the students) and practical classes (where the subject is not taught new material, but only applied to concrete situations).


Evaluation method

Evaluation consists of a written work and/or a final written exam at the end of the semester. 


Subject matter

1.    Bioethics and Biolaw.

2.    Health Law.

3.    Medically assisted reproduction.

4.    The human embryo¿s status.

5.    Pre-implantation diagnosis.

6.    Pre-natal diagnosis.

7.    Abortion.

8.    Surrogate motherhood.

9.    Human reproductive cloning.

10.    Stem cell research.

11.    Predictive testing and employment law.

12.    Predictive testing and insurance law.

13.    Patient¿s rights.

14.    Informed consent and patient autonomy.

15.    Confidentiality and protection of medical data.

16.    DNA databanks.

17.    Medical responsibility.

18.    Research on human subjects.

19.    Ethics committees. 

20.    Organ donation and allotransplantation.

21.    Xenotransplantation.

22.    Advanced directives.

23.    Palliative care.

24.    Euthanasia.

25.    Future generations¿ rights.

26.    The human genome as a heritage of humanity.

27.    Biotechnological patents.

28.    Nanotechnology.

29.    Transhumanism.


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