FP MD 7610 - Public Heath Ethics

The course will consider the crux of public health ethics which is the "need to exercise power to ensure the health of populations and, at the same time, to avoid abuses of such power." Emphasis will be placed on the scope of public health as ethics, public health as a community perpective, modern challenges of the public's health, and new technology and the public's health. Students are expected to develop conceptual abilities and decision-making skills needed to successfully deal with ethical issues in the sciences that underlie public research and public health practice.