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Postgraduate |
(MED)
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Leader: Ms B Loff
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis: The interrelationship between public health, human rights & ethics. Includes discussion of aboriginal health, women's health, HIV/AIDS, complex humanitarian crises amongst other topics analyzed from a human rights perspective.
Objectives: On completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of rights from an ethical perspective and a rights based approach to international law; 2. Demonstrate an understanding of how such a framework might be applied in analysing health concerns; 3. Critically evaluate the worth of this framework to contributing to the improvement of human well being.
Assessment: Written report + Oral presentation
Contact Hours: 2 contact hours per week