What is health care law and why is it important? What is informed consent and how does the law ensure that patients provide informed consent to medical treatment

· This is an individual exam – there is no collaboration permitted under any circumstance. 

· Any plagiarism or similar content between students’ assignments will be considered as a breach of academic integrity standards of the University and will be treated as such.

· This is a take-home, open book, short answer assignment.

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· Students must type their answers into this document and upload this document to the TurnItIn portal for this assignment on EClass.

· Students must answer all questions.

· Each answer must be no more than 400-500 words in length. Students must indicate the word count for each answer. Content that surpasses 400-500 words will not be considered.

· In-text citations and references are not required.

· All answers must be based solely on course content (including lectures, readings, multimedia).

· Quotations are not permitted – quotes will not be read or graded.

· All answers must be in academic, paragraph style writing. Informal writing is not permitted.

· Personal opinion or reflection is not permitted and will not be read or graded.

· Each of five questions will be graded out of 6 for a total of 30 marks.

· Students must demonstrate clear engagement with course content and must provide specific examples from readings, lectures, and videos/documentaries.

· Students must not repeat any content between questions. Any repeated content will not be considered.

· Remember: look for themes and common concepts across lectures to answer these questions.

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

COMPLETE ALL FIVE (5) QUESTIONS

Don’t forget to clearly apply course examples to support your answers!

Question 1: What is health care law and why is it important?

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Word count: /400-500

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Question 2: What is informed consent and how does the law ensure that patients provide informed consent to medical treatments?

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Word count: /400-500

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Question 3: Should pharmaceutical companies have a duty to the consumers of their pharmaceutical products? Why or why not?

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Word count: /400-500

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Question 4: Why do we need the law to regulate access to our personal health information? How does the law achieve protection of our personal health information?

Mark: /5

Word count: /400-500

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Question 5: How has the law on medical assistance in dying (MAID) evolved over the years?

Mark: /5

Word count: /400-500

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The midterm is over! Have a great weekend and see you next week!

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