POLITICS 741

Ethics and Health Policy

Please note: this is archived course information from 2022 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 (e.g., pandemic influenza) or lifestyle.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for POLITICS 741.

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Availability 2022

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Martin Wilkinson

Points

POLITICS 741: 15 points