LAWS2220 Birth, Life and Death: Health and Medical Law (University of Western Australia): rated 4.5/5 overall, difficulty 1.5/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 24 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
LAWS2220 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the Law School in Society and Culture. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 生老病死：健康与医疗法律
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Society and Culture
Faculty: Law School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit examines the interaction of the legal system with issues relating to health care, medical research and medical technology. It is concerned with how society regulates sensitive and complex issues associated with health care and medical science.
LAWS2220 has 24 scored reviews: overall 4.5/5 · usefulness 4.7 · difficulty 1.5 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 reviews by UWA students on UWA Wall (4.3/5 overall); 7 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.7 stars); 15 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.5/5).
On Reddit: "hello! UC of LAWS2220 here. If you’ve done any one of the pre-reqs you’re just as prepared as any other student to do the unit (including those who have done law units before). In several past cohorts I’ve compared whether a student having done a law unit in the past makes a dif…"
On Reddit: "🥹🥹🥹 thank you for your nice words. Aidan (UC) here. Agreed that you don’t have to stress with LAWS2220. The assessment is all MCQ or short answer and open book, and all of the assessable content is covered directly in lectures. Just make sure you take good notes in classes an…"
The course panel on UWA Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is LAWS2220 hard?
A: Students rate LAWS2220's difficulty 1.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side.
Q: Is LAWS2220 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 24 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 4.7/5, overall 4.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches LAWS2220, and when is it offered?
A: LAWS2220 is taught by the Law School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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