Health Law

Code:

2GESS09

Acronym:

DS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Legal Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Secção Autónoma de Direito
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Health Care Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GESS	25	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	3,5	27	94,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To provide the students with a good knowledge of Health Law.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student should be able, at the end of the course, to identify and relate the applicable legislation in the health care sector. The student should be able to autonomously research and compile legal sources, and identify legal solutions for each of the situations within the Health Law program.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Theoretical classes accompanied by case discussions and distribution of support elements for study.

Program

I - Constitutional Law II - Health Law and SNS III - The health administrative organization IV - Patients’ rights V - EU Directive concerning Patients mobility

Mandatory literature

Nuno Castro Marques; Sumários DS

Complementary Bibliography

José Joaquim Gomes Canotilho; Constituição da República Portuguesa anotada
Jorge Miranda; Constituição Portuguesa anotada. ISBN: 978-972-32-1822-0
Licínio Lopes; Direito Administrativo da Saúde, in «Tratado de Direito Administrativo Especial», vol. III, Coimbra Editora, 2010
Vários Autores; Responsabilidade Civil dos Médicos, Coimbra Editora, 2006. ISBN: 9789723213690

Teaching methods and learning activities

Oral exposicion and discussion of the subjects.

keywords

Social sciences > Juridical sciences > Health law

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	69,50
Frequência das aulas	25,00
Total:	94,50

Eligibility for exams

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Exam

Observations

Not applicable