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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

MPH 5520 - Bioethics and Public Health Law

This course will introduce the participant in the evaluation of the values or axiological context in the analysis of Public Health situations and to apply deductive/inductive methodology in the process of solving such dilemmas. It is designed to take into consideration the need to include the Public Health Code of Ethics in the process of the synthesis of the reality in Public Health phenomena. The course is divided into three clusters: Principles of Bioethics, Bioethics in Public Health, and applied Bioethics in Public Health. The course is an experience of dialogue, motivation, description, induction, and skills development.