Time and place for lectures: …

Time and place for lectures:

Tuesday the 13th of May: 9.15-12

Wednesday the 14th of May: 9.15-12

Thursday the 15th of May: 9.15-12

Tuesday the 20th of May: 9.15-12

Wednesday the 21st of May: 9.15-12

Thursday the 22nd of May: 9.15-12

Place: Lecture room on the ground floor in Forskningsveien 2B.

Exam: Monday the 9th of June

Syllabus:

Book:

Daniels, N. (2007): Just Health. Meeting Health Needs Fairly. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Excerpts.

In compendium:

Beauchamp, T.L. and J. Childress (2001): Principles of Biomedical Ethics. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Ch.1-3, 6. (s.1-103 og 225-272).

Brock, D. (2004): Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritisation of Health Care Resources. In: Anand S., F. Peter and A. Sen: Public Health, Ethics, and Equity. Oxford University Press 2004. (s. 201-225).

Marmot, M. (2004): The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity. New York, Times Books/Henry Holt. Ch.1-3. (s.13-82)

Articles available online:

Album D. and S. Westin (2007): Do diseases have a prestige hierarchy? A survey among physicians and medical students. Soc Sci Med.

Broome, J. (1994): Fairness versus Doing the Most Good. The Hastings Center Report 24 (4):36-39

Feiring, E. (2008): Lifestyle, Responsibility and Justice. J Med Ethics. 34; 33-36.

Kamm, F.M. (2004): To Whom? The Hastings Center Report 24 (4):29-32

Olsen, J. A. (2008): Concepts of equity and fairness in health and health care. XXX.

Rakowski, E. (1994): The Aggregation Problem. The Hastings Center Report 24 (4): 33-36.

Sreenivasan, G. (2007). Health Care and Equality of Opportunity. The Hastings Center Report (March-April): 21-31.