INSTRUCTIONS
- 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.
- This document and the corresponding TurnItIn dropbox are posted on EClass.
- 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
Dont forget to clearly apply course examples to support your answers!
Question 1: What is health care law and why is it important?
Mark: /5
Word count: /400-500
Students answer:
Question 2: What is informed consent and how does the law ensure that patients provide informed consent to medical treatments?
Mark: /5
Word count: /400-500
Students answer:
Question 3: Should pharmaceutical companies have a duty to the consumers of their pharmaceutical products? Why or why not?
Mark: /5
Word count: /400-500
Students answer:
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
Students answer:
Question 5: How has the law on medical assistance in dying (MAID) evolved over the years?
Mark: /5
Word count: /400-500
Students answer: