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Overview

This is a PLuS Alliance course offered through UNSW. Students at UNSW, Arizona State University and Kings College London who are in a PLuS Alliance program can enrol into this course. This course is offered in two modes: either face to face (on-campus) or fully online. The aim of this … For more content click the Read More button below. The course is offered in both external mode (fully online) and internal mode* (on campus tutorial classes and online resources). Perhaps more than any other discipline, discussion and collaboration are key to ethical decision making, reason for which active participation to online forums/class tutorials is a critical aspect of this course. Ethics & Law in Public Health satisfies the compulsory requirement for an ethics and law component in tertiary studies for accreditation by the Royal Australasian College of Healthcare Administrators. *The internal mode is offered subject to enrolment numbers.

This is a PLuS Alliance course offered through UNSW. Students at UNSW, Arizona State University and Kings College London who are in a PLuS Alliance program can enrol into this course.

This course is offered in two modes: either face to face (on-campus) or fully online.

The aim of this course is to develop students’ knowledge and skills in identifying ethical and legal issues in health care policy development by reference to some recurring tensions: balancing individual rights with the goal of achieving healthy populations; the challenges of health care rationing; and addressing the needs of particular population groups. We will bring these issues to life by applying them to issues such as tobacco and alcohol policy, obesity, pandemics, disaster response, vaccination policy and research ethics. These topics form the basis of online and class discussions, and provide a practical anchor for developing students' understanding of the relevant ethical and legal dilemmas arising from public health policy and health management. The course includes an introduction to some key theoretical frameworks and concepts for public health ethics and explores ways of applying these to a variety of cases and contexts. An introductory briefing on public health law is provided. Students are given opportunities to apply their learning to aspects of healthcare, public health and health management that they are particularly interested in or that are relevant to their professional development.

The course is offered in both external mode (fully online) and internal mode* (on campus tutorial classes and online resources). Perhaps more than any other discipline, discussion and collaboration are key to ethical decision making, reason for which active participation to online forums/class tutorials is a critical aspect of this course.

Ethics & Law in Public Health satisfies the compulsory requirement for an ethics and law component in tertiary studies for accreditation by the Royal Australasian College of Healthcare Administrators.

*The internal mode is offered subject to enrolment numbers.

Conditions for Enrolment

This course is available to School of Population Health and Forensic Mental Health postgraduate students. Other students will need to provide evidence of approval from their program authority and the approval of the course convenor.

Course Attributes

Plus Alliance Incoming

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1003
Domestic Students	$4020
International Students	$6000

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Postgraduate

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Term 3

Campus

Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified

Ethics and Law in Public Health

PHCM9331

6 Units of Credit