1621 (v.6) Health Ethics 188

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0

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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Nature of ethical issues and ethical reasoning, relationship of ethics to public policy, ethical dilemmas in current and proposed health policy. The right to medical care and the rights of patients, personal rights versus community protection. Death and dying, human experimentation, genetics, behaviour control, abortion, freedom, informed consent, sanctity of life, truth telling, ethics and legal sanctions.

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Field of Education:	069999 Health not elsewhere classified
Funding Cluster:	06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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