Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit

Synopsis

The interrelationship between public health, human rights and ethics. Includes discussion of aboriginal health, women's health, HIV/AIDS, intellectual property and access to pharmaceuticals, refugee health, complex humanitarian crises amongst other topics analysed 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 assignments mid-semester (30%)
Written assignments end-semester (70%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Liz Bishop

Contact hours

2 contact hours per week for on-campus students.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Off-campus students are required to respond to online tasks on a weekly basis.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad