Epistemis

Public Health: Ethics, Health Law and Global Health | Technical Reference Treaty

Public Health and Epidemiology · Clinical Bases

How it begins

Un compendio técnico que analiza de manera exhaustiva las dinámicas bioéticas, los marcos jurídicos nacionales e internacionales y las dimensiones macroestructurales de la salud global. Desde la modelización matemática de las transiciones epidemiológicas y la justicia distributiva bajo condiciones de escasez de recursos, hasta las doctrinas de biopolítica, el Reglamento Sanitario Internacional y la farmacoeconomía…

What it covers

  1. Epistemology and Historical Evolution of Public Health
  2. · Historical Milestones and the Genesis of the Hygienic State
  3. Frameworks of Reference in Public Health Ethics
  4. · Epistemological Comparison of Bioethical Currents
  5. Individual Autonomy vs. Common Good: Vaccination and Non-Pharmacological Measures
  6. · Epidemiological Modeling of Herd Immunity
  7. Distribution of Scarce Resources, Macroscopic Triage and Distributive Justice
  8. · Theoretical Frameworks for Rationing and Allocation of Resources
  9. Ethics of Epidemiological Surveillance, Big Data and Health Data Privacy
  10. · The Balance between the Duty of Information and Professional Secrecy
  11. Legal Foundations of Health Law: Human Rights and Lex Artis Médica
  12. · The Right to Health as a Fundamental Human Right
  13. International Governance in Pandemics: The International Health Regulations (IHR-2005)
  14. · The International Health Regulations (IHR-2005)
  15. Civil, Criminal and Administrative Liability in Public Health and Malpractice
  16. · Types of Responsibility in the Practice of Health Professions
  17. Informed Consent, Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decisions
  18. · The Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent
  19. Social and Structural Determinants of Health
  20. · The Dahlgren-Whitehead Model and the Determinants of Health
  21. Global Health Governance, Multilateral Financing and Health Diplomacy
  22. · The Map of Global Actors and Funding Sources
  23. One Health: Intersection between Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health
  24. · The Dynamics of Zoonoses Transmission and Pathogen Emergence
  25. Global Migration, Refugees and Transnational Access to Health Systems
  26. · The Migrant Health Profile: Demystifying the "Healthy Migrant Effect"
  27. Biopolitics, Vulnerable Populations and Social Justice in Health
  28. · The Capabilities Approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen
  29. Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmaceutical Patents (TRIPS/TRIPS) and Access to Medicines
  30. · The WTO TRIPS Agreement and the Doha Declaration
  31. Ethics of Human Research and Clinical Trials in Low Income Countries
  32. · The Normative Genesis: From the Nuremberg Code to the Declaration of Helsinki
  33. Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Climate Refugees
  34. · Pathophysiology of the Impact of the Climate Crisis on Collective Health
  35. Demographic Transition, Population Aging and Socio-Health Challenges
  36. · James Fries' Compression Theory of Morbidity
  37. Collective Mental Health, Syndemics and Suicide Prevention
  38. · The Syndemic of Affective Disorders and Socioeconomic Exclusion
  39. Global Pharmacovigilance, Harm Reduction Policies and Integration
  40. · 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
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