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PUB HLTH 1006 - Saving lives or respecting rights? An introduction to health ethics
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PUB HLTH 1006 - Saving lives or respecting rights? An introduction to health ethics

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3820
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange:
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Assessment: Ethical underpinning of policy and case assessment, tutorial participation, essay plan, essay
Syllabus:

Should you be able to choose the gender of your baby? Should risky behaviours reduce your fair share of health care resources? Should researchers in developed countries conduct research with populations in developing countries? What are the ethical obligations of biomedical scientists? Is euthanasia morally permissible? These are some of the fascinating ethical questions this course will equip you to answer. You will explore ethical issues ranging from the individual to the global level, and learn to analyse and resolve these issues using major ethical theories and principles. In this way, you will come to appreciate that a tension sometimes exists between saving lives and respecting rights.

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Units
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3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3820 Mon 06/08/2018 Fri 31/08/2018 Fri 14/09/2018 Fri 26/10/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Seminar
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
21241 SE01 135 74 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 3pm - 5pm Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
8 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 3pm - 5pm Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
21242 TU01 15 3 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
21243 TU02 15 6 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
21244 TU03 15 12 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S512, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 12 Oct Friday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S512, Teaching Room
19 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 1pm - 2pm Barr Smith South, 2052, Teaching Room
21246 TU05 15 7 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
21249 TU08 15 9 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S414, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S414, Teaching Room
21250 TU09 15 7 27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
24170 TU11 15 7 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
24171 TU12 15 8 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S419, Teaching Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S419, Teaching Room