Public Health Ethics
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Biology,
Biomedicine,
Economics,
Ethics,
Health Science,
Philosophy,
Political Science,
Pre-Medicine,
Public Health,
and
Public Policy
Decision makers within health politics are increasingly dealing with ethical issues within public health. This course addresses some of the most urgent ethical dilemmas of public health, e.g. justice and health, coercion and the protection of society in case of infectious diseases, and regulation of individuals’ life-styles. In order to illustrate these issues of public health ethics, this course will focus on three cases: smoking, new medical technologies, and the SARS epidemic.
Instructors
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Sigurd Mørk Rønbøl Lauridsen
Ph.D. (Bioethics and Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 2008). Cand.mag. (Philosophy and Political Science, University of Copenhagen, 2002). Former external consultant at the Danish Board of Health and project manager of Human-Centered Research Hub at DEA. Current consultant at EVA. With DIS since 2007.
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Kirsten Hansen
Ph.D. (Health Science, University of Copenhagen, 2010). Cand.mag. (Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, 2001). Current consultant at Health and Care Administration. With DIS since 2011.
