MPH2055

Health, ethics and human rights

Ms B Loff

2 hours per week over 14 weeks

Synopsis The subject aims to provide students with an adequate understanding of rights philosophy, and to enable them to analyse public health issues from a human rights perspective. It is an introduction to the relationship between ethics, human rights and public health, focussing on access to health services, conflict, macro-economic policy, and gender influences.

Assessment Students will select a topical international public health issue and analyse the human rights implications. Assessment will be based on an oral presentation of the findings as well as a written report (15 to 20 pages).