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Public health, ethics and human rights 870


 
Module code HET 870
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Health Sciences
Module content

This module enables students to understand ethical and human rights reasoning in health interventions and research, and provides competence in ethical review of public health research and interventions. The module covers ethical and human rights approaches and applies them to public health. Students deal with threats to ethics or human rights in public health action, and with some specific areas: resource allocation, gender and research, environmental justice, international collaborative research.

Module credits 5.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 practical per week, 3 discussion classes per week, 3 seminars per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of Health System and Public Health
Period of presentation Semester 1

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