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306.625.01
Ethical Issues in Health Policy: Public Health and Health Care

Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Friday, 9:00 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Knowledge of health policy a plus.

Description
Explores ethics, the moral relevance of health and the use of ethics in the assessment of health policy. Acquaints students with a number of theories of social justice. Also explores contemporary public health and health care policy issues (e.g. environmental toxin, pay for performance), using the lens of ethical analysis to supplement other approaches to policy analysis. Students develop their skills in ethical analysis and reasoning in order to critique and compare alternative strategies for to address public health and health care policy issues.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and consider ethical issues relevant to health policy, including analysis of issues in public health and health care (medical care and health services)
  2. Analyze the role of ethics in the assessment of policy options
  3. Analyze policy options with new-found ethical skills and begin to reason through appropriate courses of action