PBH 6800 Public Health Administration Law and Ethics
This course explores how the law functions as a tool to serve public health objectives. To understand the legal foundations of public health, students will study the sources and nature of government power and its limitations through key source material and topical case studies. The course explores various legal and ethical issues in public health where health professionals act as decision-makers, leaders, and moral agents. Students will examine basic theoretical perspectives and issues in public health practice and ethics such as privacy and confidentiality, the Public Health Code of Ethics, legal powers given to public health, and examples of response to common public health scenarios.