MPH2055

Health ethics and human rights ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Ms B Loff

Offered:
MMS-ALFRED First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: The interrelationship between public health, human rights and 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.

Homepage: www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/postgrad/

Assessment: Written report + Oral presentation

Contact Hours: 2 contact hours per week