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41621-01 - Seminar: Contemporary Debates in Bioethics: Public Health Ethics (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2015 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Evelyn Anane-Sarpong (evelyn.anane-sarpong@unibas.ch)
Bernice Simone Elger (b.elger@unibas.ch, Assessor) Tenzin Wangmo (tenzin.wangmo@unibas.ch) Claire Leonie Ward (claireleonie.ward@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Public health, what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy, is a discipline that is hard to tackle with unified ethical values, principles and standards of behavior. This autumn semester’s Contemporary Debates Seminar brings together a series of lectures that will explore and examine a broad range of current issues and challenges in public health ethics. The seminar will provide clear approaches of ethical analysis with the aim of illustrating real world challenges and responses. There will be eight presentations with a short class discussion following each one. Each session will have recommended reading, and will be led by an expert. |
| Admission requirements | None. Suitable for medical and law students. |
| Course application | MONA plus mail to: Claire Ward claireleonie.ward@unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Aufbaumodul (Teil C) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Aufbaumodul (Teil D) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Courses: Master Epidemiology (Master Epidemiology) Doctorate Biomedical Ethics: Recommendations (PhD subject: Biomedical Ethics) Doktorat Medizin- und Gesundheitsethik: Empfehlungen (PhD subject: Medical and Health Ethics (Start of studies before 01.02.2015)) Doktorat Neurobiologie: Empfehlungen (PhD subject: Neurobiology) Electives Master Theology: Recommendations (Master Theology) Modul Praktische Philosophie (Master's degree subject: Philosophy (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Praktische Philosophie (Master's degree subject: Philosophy) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Presence and accepted final essay |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: teaching staff |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Medicine |
| Offered by | Institut für Bio- und Medizinethik |