POLITICS 741

Ethics and Health Policy

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 (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline. 
 
Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December

Availability 2025

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Martin Wilkinson

Points

POLITICS 741: 15 points