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Ethics in Global Health Practice
Location
Internet
Term
2nd Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Equips students to identify and analyze critical ethical issues in global health practice. It provides a forum for discussion of and deliberation about these issues, enabling students to explore a range of possible solutions. Students will practice using central concepts and frameworks of public health ethics to consider systematically the responsibilities of public health professionals in real-world global health cases.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify critical ethical issues in the practice of public health (including research) in developing countries
- Apply selected conceptual resources to elucidate key ethical concepts operating in case examples of public heath practice
- Consider systematically the ethical responsibilities of actors with decision-making authority over the practice of public health in developing countries
- Analyze case examples that call for the application of key ethical concepts to developing-country contexts
Enrollment Restriction
Only MAS students