Sciences of Administration and Public Policies

FABIO GIGLIONI
CHIARA MARI

The course aims to provide the students with knowledge of the health sector, including both the plural articulation of public bodies and the rules affecting the whole field and the providers. The study is pointed to allow the students to catch the instrumental function of the rules, the administration, and the organization of health services for the rights of users. At the end of the course, the student is able to carry out a research on the health system subjects, even by taking hint of more actual facts. Moreover, the students are able to implement critical instruments of interpretation relating to the health service system, the health administration, and the right to health.

This will allow students to develop the skills to communicate what they have learned in frontal lessons even in a working context or just to continue for further studies.(Doctorate, Master, etc.).

At the end of the course, the student is able to carry out a research on the health system subjects, even by taking hint of more current facts. Moreover, the students are able to implement critical instruments of interpretation relating to the health service system, the health administration, and the right to health.

This will allow students to develop the skills to communicate what they have learned in frontal lessons even in a working environment. The learning allows them to to continue for further studies too (Doctorate, Master, etc.).

Basic knowledges of Public Law as well as Administrative Law help the students to address successfully Health Law studies. They could be developed through the specific exams established in the three-year BM or through the recommended books for them. During the course, the professor will take care of mentioning the basic knowledges to be acquired. Anyhow, exams of Public Law as well as Administrative Law are not mandatory for Health Law course.

The course examines the theoretical as well as legislative features of health law and will be divided in three parts:
a) the first one is devoted to: the origin of health law, the constitutional right to health, the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of health, the global and European arrangement of public powers, the national governance, the legal tools in the hands of citizens and users in order to protect their rights;
b) the second one is focused on the National Health Service (NHS), including providers, personnel and rules of the NHS and funding as well;
c) the last part is related to the services linked to NHS, like the professional care; the pharmaceutical system and, finally, the integrated services which meet social and health needs at the same time.

1) F. Giglioni, "Manuale di diritto sanitario", Roma, Neldiritto, 2024.

The recommended textbooks are, however, subject to confirmation and variation one month after the start of the course.

The course is mainly based on classical academic lectures, even if students are also called up to wield some exercises on case-law. In addiction, students will be also asked to make group-work with reference to the Regional health systems; the Regions will be selected at the beginning of the course.

The attendace is voluntary and in-person.

The exams will be arranged through oral test at the end of the course. The oral proof devoted to the students attending the lectures is normally constituted by two questions aimed at verifying the ability to connect subjects with themes, which will be dealt with during the lectures and with case study. The oral proof devoted to the students who decide not to attend the lectures or to the students who do not do exams just after the conclusion of course is normally constituted by three questions.
The questions aim to check the basic theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the main features of the administrative law, the organisation and the functioning of national administration. Particularly, it will be appreciated the ability of the students to connect the different subjects of the course.