Ethics of Public Health

• Class number: 37418
• Term: Fall 2010
• Instructor: Audrey Chapman

This seminar will consider both the normative foundations of public health and ethical issues relevant to formulating public health policy on a series of health issues. Topics it will address include the following: The strengths and limitations of various ethical frameworks for public health ethics; ethical issues related to resource allocation and rationing in a period of relative economic scarcity; why and how should collective choices be made and policies implemented to address health inequalities; justice and access to health care; ethical dilemmas in public health decision-making at the beginning and end of life; the ethics of decision making about proceeding with the development of controversial new technologies and conducting the first-in-human research trials; the ethics of vaccine policy; the ethics of food policy; ethical and privacy issues related to the introduction of electronic medical records and the use of health surveillance technologies; ethical and public policy issues related to quarantines and public health emergencies; the ethical implications and dilemmas of policy making related to genetic screening, testing, and therapy; and a public health ethics perspective on policies relating to alcohol, tobacco, and, and drugs.

Course Schedule

• Date: Tuesday 5:30-8:30PM
• Location:

Course Information

• Catalog number-Section number: 7587-10
• Course Type: Lecture
• Prerequisites: None
• Credits (min/max): 3/3
• Notes: Location: UCHC: Second (mezzanine) Floor of the Academic side of the Main Hospital Building. Currently Room M, though may switch to Room N.
• Subjects:
  • Health

Enrollment

• Enrollment status: Open
• Current enrollment/capacity: 3/10
• Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
• Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50

Grading

• Grade basis: Graded
• Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
• Exam type: PROCTORED