The University of Manchester

MA Healthcare Ethics and Law (Distance Learning)

The MA in Healthcare Ethics and Law aims to bring you the highest quality of training in healthcare ethics and healthcare law in a flexible and interdisciplinary way, thus catering to the practical needs of healthcare and legal professionals and those in related fields.
You will study a wide variety of ethical and legal subjects, including:

autonomy;
consent;
refusal of treatment;
confidentiality';
the moral status of the foetus;
resource allocation;
genetic testing;
HIV testing;
medical malpractice;
clinical negligence;
organ and tissue transplantation;
fertility treatment;
genetic manipulation;
research ethics;
stem cell research;
euthanasia.
As well as studying these topics from a UK perspective, many are also considered from a global perspective.

You will study the three core subjects of Philosophical Bioethics, Medico-Legal Problems and International Issues in Healthcare. You will then select two optional course units and complete a dissertation.