Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

305795 (v.3) Ethics in International Health 600


Area:

Centre for International Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

8.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Individual Study:

1 x 8 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Introduction to ethics and bioethics. Bioethics and culturally relevant ethical practice. Moral reasoning and ethical theories, the Ethical Reasoning Model and the four principles. The meaning of commitment to ethics for the practitioner in international health, applying frameworks in response to ethical dilemmas, emerging arguments about the relationship between health, ethics and human rights. Current debates about the ethical conduct of research in developing countries. The ethical dimension of health equity and resource allocation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

069999 Health not elsewhere classified

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2006 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     Y  
2006 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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