Session: Inequality, Ethics and Human Rights

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4029.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral

Inequality, Ethics and Human Rights

This session aims to consider different ethical dimensions of inequality and human rights, such as different conceptual approaches to inequality and human rights, ideological and moral foundations of inequality, and relevant quantitative and qualitative findings demonstrating why inequality is a matter of ethical concern to public health. The session will explore emerging themes of inequality and human rights such as genetic research in public health, rights of sexually diverse populations and sexual minorities, and human rights issues raised by pharmaceutical company pricing systems that place the greatest burden on those with the fewest resources.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Assess whether human rights provides an adequate ethical foundation for public health. 2. Describe ethical dimensions of inequality and implications for public health. 3. Analyze three case studies involving inequality and human rights in emerging themes in public health, including genetic data collection, the rights of sexually diverse populations, and unequal access to pharmaceuticals due to industry pricing systems.

Moderator(s):

Robert Hood, PhD

8:30 AM

Do human rights provide an adequate moral framework for public health?: A critical appraisal
Katherine Wasson, PhD, MPH

8:45 AM

Pharmaceutical practices, health equality, and work place ethics