NUR 655 - Public Health Law and Ethics

3 credit(s)
Public health is founded on the principle of social justice: equitable distribution of benefits and burdens to all of society. These benefits and burdens are most often the result of laws that impact public health, either directly or indirectly. The ethics surrounding implementation of public health law is frequently called into question, however, as society grapples with the need to protect the public’s health on one hand, with the risk of violating individual human rights on the other (e.g., quarantine, vaccination programs, patient privacy and mandatory reporting of communicable diseases). In this course students explore these and other complex issues in the context of the political and economic environments and current public health threats. Students examine laws that impact public health and critically evaluate the ethical consequences of implementing those laws.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in the Master of Science in Nursing program.

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