This Unit of Study introduces you to the ethical issues that are raised by health innovation research and practices. After an introduction to ethical reasoning/analysis, you will be guided to critically examine the ethical issues at three main levels. First, at the level of knowledge production, a selection of different forms of health innovation research such as biotechnology, precision medicine, and digital health technology will be considered. We discuss relevant concepts such as risk, harm, autonomy, consent, property in the body, bias, and privacy. Second, at the level of implementation, we will interrogate arguments such as ‘we should implement health innovation in ways that do not exacerbate existing health disparities and inequities’ or ‘public engagement is an ethical requirement for implementing health innovation’. Then, at the third level, we consider the question of how healthcare systems should be (re)designed to foster health innovation. In particular, we investigate the promise and perils of Learning Health Systems. Throughout, topical case studies are used to keep up with recent developments in the field.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Hojjat Soofi, hojjat.soofi@sydney.edu.au |
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