Public Health Law and Ethics
The legal powers of public health officials and the ethical questions they raise.
PUBH-410 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Public Health
Course content
- 1Law as a public health toolComing
- 2Constitutional powers over health in CanadaComing
- 3Provincial public health acts and medical officers of healthComing
- 4Reporting of communicable diseasesComing
- 5Isolation, quarantine and ordersComing
- 6Vaccination requirementsComing
- 7Privacy and health informationComing
- 8Regulating tobacco, alcohol and foodComing
- 9Public health ethics frameworksComing
- 10Liberty, harm and paternalismComing
- 11Equity and justice in public health decisionsComing
- 12Case study: legal and ethical choices in a pandemicComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
The legal powers of public health officials and the ethical questions they raise.
Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 4.