Contemporary Issues in Medicine and Law

Classes will cover selected topics in health law, public health law and (especially) bioethics. Topics that may be covered include: informed consent, medical confidentiality (including issues relating to medical big data), the duty to treat, conscientious objection in healthcare, ownership and patenting of human tissue, organ donation and allocation, abortion, reproductive technology, end-of-life decision-making, definition of death, and mandatory testing for disease.