This course provides an overview of ethical considerations and issues pertinent to public health and healthcare. Students will examine ethical theories and principles, and key legal concepts, and their application to healthcare and public health contexts.The course enables students to identify and analyse the ethical challenges of balancing the interests of individuals and communities within a healthcare context which is costly, complex and increasingly globalised. While the focus is on public health ethics which includes health policy and promotion, clinical and research ethics will also be examined as integral components of contemporary, cutting-edge healthcare service and delivery.