NLSIU invites applications for hybrid PGD in Medical Law and Ethics

For providing a better understanding of the connections between health and law, NLSIU Bangalore has invited applications for hybrid PGD in Medical Law and Ethics latest by September 15, 2022. 

Currently, admissions are open for various online and hybrid programmes 2022-23 at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). The law university has invited applications for the PGD in Medical Law and Ethics. The last date to apply is September 15, 2022. 

NLSIU tweet reads, "Understanding the linkages between health and law is crucial to developing ethical healthcare policies. Understand the emerging legal issues in medicine with our hybrid PGD in Medical Law and Ethics. Apply by September 15, 2022!"

 

The official notification of NLSIU reads, "A one-of-a-kind hybrid education postgraduate diploma in Medical Law and Ethics, offered continuously since 1999. Alumni from this programme include the country’s leading healthcare professionals and leaders, including doctors, hospital administrators, lawyers and researchers."

NLSIU's hybrid PGD in Medical Law and Ethics Highlights

Following are the main highlights of the one-year course:

• It introduces learners to the linkages between the fields of law and health in order to assist them in taking informed, legally sound decisions and developing more ethical healthcare policies.
• Contextualises the constitutional dimension to ‘right to health’, obligations of medical professionals and complex issues such as ‘consent’ and ‘confidentiality’.
• The course is relevant for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hospital administrators and other health workers looking to broaden their horizons of practice and knowledge.
• This unique programme can also be of interest to mental health professionals, professionals from pharmaceutical industries, research and diagnostics labs and health and fitness-focussed companies.
• It highlights emerging issues in the field of medicine like COVID-19, clinical trials, surrogacy and euthanasia.
• The programme gives learners the flexibility to design their own learning pathways.

The fee for Indian nationals is INR 40,000 and for foreign nationals, it is INR 1,30,000.

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