Public Health: Ethics, Health Law and Global Health | Technical Reference Treaty
Public Health and Epidemiology · Clinical Bases
How it begins
A technical compendium that exhaustively analyzes bioethical dynamics, national and international legal frameworks, and the macrostructural dimensions of global health. From the mathematical modeling of epidemiological transitions and distributive justice under conditions of resource scarcity, to the doctrines of biopolitics, the International Health Regulations and pharmacoeconomics...
What it covers
- Epistemology and Historical Evolution of Public Health
- · Historical Milestones and the Genesis of the Hygienic State
- Frameworks of Reference in Public Health Ethics
- · Epistemological Comparison of Bioethical Currents
- Individual Autonomy vs. Common Good: Vaccination and Non-Pharmacological Measures
- · Epidemiological Modeling of Herd Immunity
- Distribution of Scarce Resources, Macroscopic Triage and Distributive Justice
- · Theoretical Frameworks for Rationing and Allocation of Resources
- Ethics of Epidemiological Surveillance, Big Data and Health Data Privacy
- · The Balance between the Duty of Information and Professional Secrecy
- Legal Foundations of Health Law: Human Rights and Lex Artis Médica
- · The Right to Health as a Fundamental Human Right
- International Governance in Pandemics: The International Health Regulations (IHR-2005)
- · The International Health Regulations (IHR-2005)
- Civil, Criminal and Administrative Liability in Public Health and Malpractice
- · Types of Responsibility in the Practice of Health Professions
- Informed Consent, Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decisions
- · The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent
- Social and Structural Determinants of Health
- · The Dahlgren-Whitehead Model and the Determinants of Health
- Global Health Governance, Multilateral Financing and Health Diplomacy
- · The Map of Global Actors and Funding Sources
- One Health: Intersection between Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health
- · The Dynamics of Zoonoses Transmission and Pathogen Emergence
- Global Migration, Refugees and Transnational Access to Health Systems
- · The Migrant Health Profile: Demystifying the "Healthy Migrant Effect"
- Biopolitics, Vulnerable Populations and Social Justice in Health
- · The Capabilities Approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen
- Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmaceutical Patents (TRIPS/TRIPS) and Access to Medicines
- · The WTO TRIPS Agreement and the Doha Declaration
- Ethics of Human Research and Clinical Trials in Low Income Countries
- · The Normative Genesis: From the Nuremberg Code to the Declaration of Helsinki
- Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Climate Refugees
- · Pathophysiology of the Impact of the Climate Crisis on Collective Health
- Demographic Transition, Population Aging and Socio-Health Challenges
- · James Fries' Compression Theory of Morbidity
- Collective Mental Health, Syndemics and Suicide Prevention
- · The Syndemic of Affective Disorders and Socioeconomic Exclusion
- Global Pharmacovigilance, Harm Reduction Policies and Integration
- · Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance (Phase IV)
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- Subject
- Public Health and Epidemiology
- Category
- Clinical Bases
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 40
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02