Solved: Medical Malpractice Litigation (LAW 515)
You must submit your Summative Assessment by 2pm on Wednesday 17th January 2018 (Week 14).
The word limit for this Summative Assessment is 3000 words.
Answer only one of the three questions provided below.
Footnotes will count towards the word limit, but the bibliography will not.
The Summative Assessment must include a bibliography and footnote referencing fully complying with the Assessment Code of Practice.
One paper copy with a standard cover sheet attached to be submitted to the Student Support Office on the ground floor of the Eleanor Rathbone Building by 2.00pm Wednesday 17th January 2018. This submission must include a standard cover sheet as part of the submission. The standard coversheet is available from the Student Experience Office in hard copy.
One electronic copy of the relevant coursework must be submitted on VITAL by 2.00 pm on Wednesday 17th January 2018. You will find the link to the Turnitin submission drop box in the Assessment folder of the module.
Please read the Assessment Code of Practice. Plagiarism is a breach of examination regulations, which will be penalised by the deduction of marks up to 0% and may be treated as a disciplinary academic offence. If you are in any doubt about how to present your work please consult your Module Coordinator
Answer ONE of the following questions
- ‘The Bolam test fails to find the correct balance between the need to respect the diversity of views within a profession and the need to hold members of that profession responsible for their acts.’
Critically assess the above statement. Your answer should focus on the standard of care in relation to diagnosis and treatment only. - ‘The notion that in every case, and for all purposes, the birth of a child is a "blessing" represents a fiction which the law should not apply to a particular case without objective evidence that bears it out’
Critically discuss the above statement on the law of wrongful conception - ‘The decision of the Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 is a natural and predicted evolution in the law. It is not an unexpected revolutionary judgment that has suddenly changed the law of information disclosure.’
Critically discuss the above statement