Goals of Ethics Education in Public Health

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Goals of Ethics Education in Public Health

• Bruce Jennings
• The Hastings Center
• Yale School of Public Health

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Overview

• Background in the development of Ethical Issues
  in Public Health A Model Curriculum
  http//www.asph.org/document.cfm?page782
• Basic Approaches to Public Health Ethics
• Key Ideas
• Key Goals
• Elements of Ethical Analysis

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Models of Public Health Ethics
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Key Elements of Public Health Ethics

• The concept of the public
• Social meaning and agency
• Solidarity and mutuality
• Community and the common good
• Civic virtuecare for the justice and well-being
  of the community, and of the individuals who
  compose it

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What Should You Expect from Your Teachers?

• Stimulating the Moral Imagination
• Recognizing Ethical Issues
• Developing Analytical Skills
• Eliciting a Sense of Moral Obligation and
  Responsibility
• Coping with Moral Ambiguity

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Ethical Reasoning and Decisionmaking

• 1. Identify the ethical problem(s) germane to the
  decision
• 2. Assess the factual information available to
  the decisionmaker(s).
• 3. Identify the stakeholders in the decision.
• 4. Identify the values at stake in the decision
• 5. Identify the options available to the
  decisionmaker
• 6. Consider the process for making the decision
  and the values that pertain to the process