Human Rights and Health
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Weekly lectures on how human rights violations affect health. Topics include: regional conflict and health, the health status of refugees and internally displaced persons; child labor; trafficking in women and children; HIV/AIDS; torture; poverty, the environment and health; access to clean water; domestic violence and sexual assault; and international availability of drugs. Guest speakers from national and international NGOs including Doctors Without Borders; McMaster University Institute for Peace Studies; UC Berkeley Human Rights Center; Kiva.
MED 242
Units: 1
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Medical Satisfactory/No Credit
Class Level
Medicine
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None