Public Health Ethics

Catalog description

Those engaged in public health -whether as professionals or persons and communities affected by public health problems -will encounter challenging ethical issues. Beginning with that premise, this course will address ethical issues in public health practice and policy, providing conceptual frameworks and practical tools. It will grapple with challenging questions about what public health issues we pay attention to and why, the use of limited resources, restrictive public health measures like quarantine, vulnerable and marginalized persons, health disparities, and globalization. This course addresses a range of issues in public health ethics. Case studies will be an important component of the course. Satisfies Public Health minor requirement.