Ethics

Ethics in public health focuses on the principles and values guiding decisions and policies that affect health and well-being. It involves addressing issues such as equity, justice, and the moral implications of health interventions and research. Understanding ethics is crucial for ensuring that public health practices respect individual rights, promote fairness, and prioritize the greater good. Career paths in this area include public health policy, health law, bioethics, regulatory affairs, and roles in ethical oversight committees.

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AFAS 1175 - Confronting the Past: Transformative Justice in STL and Beyond

ANTHRO 3105 - Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology of Drugs

ANTHRO 3310 - Health, Healing and Ethics: Intro to Medical Anthropology

ANTHRO 3602 - Environmental Inequality: Toxicity, Health, and Justice

ANTHRO 4100 - Humanitarian Interventions

ANTHRO 4104 - Topics in Anthropology: Tech and Health: Minds, Bodies, Societies

ANTHRO 4134 - The AIDS Epidemic: Inequalities, Ethnography, and Ethics

ANTHRO 4323 - Life at the Extremes

ANTHRO 4481 - Writing Culture

ANTHRO 4610 - Queer Medicine: Theories, Methods, Provocations

BIOL 2444 - The Language of Cancer