POLITICS 741

Ethics and Health Policy

Please note: this is archived course information from 2015 for POLITICS 741.

Description

Considers the intersection between theory, policy and problems in health. Topics include: defining health and its value; the role of government and markets in providing health care; allocating resources in a government health system; justice, inequalities and health; coercion to control the spread of disease, whether caused by pathogens (eg, pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.
 

Availability 2015

Not taught in 2015

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Martin Wilkinson

Points

POLITICS 741: 15 points