Course: Ethical Issues in Public Health
Schedule
Session | Topic | Activites |
---|---|---|
1 |
Ethics: Theory and Practice |
Case: Community Health Education in Niger |
2 |
Public Health Ethics |
Case: 3 x 5 Problem |
3 |
Social Justice and the Right to Health Care |
Case: State MCHP Policy |
4 |
Autonomy, Civil Liberties, and Public Health |
Case: Obesity and "Fat Taxes" Case Description for Final Project Due |
5 |
Influenza Group Project |
Case: Ethics and the Allocation of a Scarce Influenza Vaccine |
6 |
The Ethics of Measuring Health |
Case: The Use of Cost-Effectiveness in Priority Setting Influenza Group Project Due |
7 |
Poverty, Power, and Health Inequalities (PART I) |
Case: Priority Setting and the Global Burden of Disease |
8 |
Poverty, Power, and Health Inequalities (PART II) |
Case: Reducing the Burden of Infant Mortality |