medical law dissertation

[laveena]

i'm a final year law student whos currently attempting a dissertation on medical law. i was going to do it on if euthanasia should be legalized or not in the uk, but because of the wide area, was advised not to. can somebody who has studied medical law please suggest a topical area of medical law that is researchable enough to write up a 12k word dissertation? many thanks.

[Gmcd01]

Did the lecturers suggest avoiding euthanasia completely? I would have thought that simple refinement of the topic would be more suitable, perhaps something along these lines:
The moral consequences/issues of legalised euthanasia in the United Kingdom
The legal burden of statutory euthanasia in the United Kingdom
A comparative study of the European approach to legalised euthansia
I would feel that your topic is too wide- you seem to want to answer a question which relies on the looking at social, legal and international influences. If you focused on only one of these topics, it would be a more concentrated study. Your essay need not answer the question directly, but you could come to a persuasive conclusion by reference to your research- keep an open mind.
E.g.: Why does Switzerland allow euthanasia, a non EU member?
What are the legal obstacles to euthanasia? Burden of proof on the one to die? Problems with murder implications?
What do the UK and other countries say? Does religion or do morals play a significant role?
Essentially, it is ever feasible?

Hope this helps...

[laveena]

thank u so much for your kind help. highly appreciated. unfortunately, my lecturer advised me to completely avoid euthanasia because of the overwhelming amount of journals, articles n school of thoughts that could end up being fatal in concluding what i was really going to look at . any other suggestions? many thanks.

[Gmcd01]

Oh well, at least I got some good exercise typing that last answer out!
Unfortunately, I only know the issues on euthanasia because it's a contemporary subject. I'm just thinking 'out loud' here, but perhaps looking into the Bolam standard of informed consent and its applicability as to 21st century customs? I haven't studied medical law for many years, perhaps there's been a new development in the accepted standards of disclosure?
I must say, if I were you, I'd think carefully about forging ahead with medical law- the idea of a dissertation is writing on a subject that interests you. Personally, I would expect a student to know the issues of current debate and opportunities for reform already- if you don't, it might be taken as a sign that a medical dissertation isn't right for you.
Please don't take it as a criticism- but if you do decide that intellectual property is the way forward for you (all the cool kids study it!), I've got 101 suggestions that you could follow up on...

[jen78]

I did mine on Gillick competence and the affect on the autonomy of minors, more so related to sexual health.

[laveena]

dear gmcd01, thank u very much for all ur advice. the only reason y i did choose euthanasia was because it was a topic that interests me. however, after looking at it from a broader point of view, taking into account my lecturers opinion, it is true that the odds could work for or against me, n hence, that could result in an ethics dissertation instead of a legal one. n because my supervisor has already been assigned to me, i am not permitted to change the subject area, or i shall be penalised if i'm not wrong. as such, i have to stick on to picking a subject in medical law. but many thanks though. u have been really kind :)

dear jen78, many thanks for ur input. by any chance, do u have any suggestions on what my area of research could be?

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