JHSPH OpenCourseWare, Ethical Issues in Public Health

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD 21205,

Description: Lectures and small group discussions focus on ethical theory and current ethical issues in public health and health policy, including resource allocation, the use of summary measures of health, the right to health care, and conflicts between autonomy and health promotion efforts. Student evaluation based on class participation, a group project, and a paper evaluating ethical issues in the student's area of public health specialization.