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MA - Master of Arts
Keele University
Full Time
OCT-25
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
Keele University
Full Time
OCT-25
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
Keele University
Part Time
OCT-25
2 Years
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New developments in treatments and technology, coupled with shifting social attitudes, mean that the legal and ethical issues around healthcare and medicine are constantly changing, posing serious challenges for those involved.
Practical in focus and regularly updated to reflect new issues that arise – from COVID-19 to the role of AI in healthcare – our MA aims to help you navigate the complex moral and legal considerations surrounding the planning and delivery of healthcare, and associated activities such as medical research.
Is it acceptable, for example, to disclose a patients medical history to protect others from infectious diseases like HIV? At what point should healthcare professionals stop trying to prolong life? Or, to save a life, should doctors ever overrule a refusal of treatment based cultural or religious reasons or an advance directive?
Undertaking a medical ethics course cannot provide all the answers – not least because there are far too many questions to consider, but also because there often is no easy answer. However, it can prepare you to work out answers yourself responsibly, professionally and with integrity.
Drawing on real-life and hypothetical cases, research, news and shared experiences, our MA introduces you to relevant concepts, theories and frameworks – highlighting their pros and cons and providing you with a range of analytical tools with which to assess different ethical and legal claims. Youll also learn to communicate ethical and legal arguments more clearly to others.
Working on a range of scenarios and with a focus on practical application, youll construct, categories and criticize different ethical arguments, spotting common fallacies and identifying weaknesses in an argument. For example, students recently considered the moral and legal arguments raised in a 2021 High Court case on the Abortion Act 1967, and whether a provision permitting abortion up until birth in the case of foetal disabilities such as Down Syndrome was discriminatory and in contravention of Human Rights.
Typical offer: 2:2 degree in a health, psychology, sociology, humanities or social sciences subject Additional criteria apply
Students living in
Domestic
£10,100 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£17,700 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£17,700 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
