Public Health Law and Ethics

Catalog description

The Public Health Law & Ethics course examines the use of law and ethics as tools for public health and considers how they interact with the ethical principle of justice, which underlies all of law. The course assesses law and ethics in public health through an exploration of how governmental authority applies to the population and how the law addresses conflicts that arise when government power affects individuals’ rights. The course focuses in particular on the challenge of applying public health law and ethics in a changing legal and social landscape while aligning public health and the law with health justice and equity.