International Public Health Law & Security (Distance Learning) (P02536)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LAW-P-LW0042

The module comprises 10 sessions, divided over three major themes; a) International Public Health b) Security and c) Public Health Aspects of Medical Research.

a) International Public Health: Law & Policy

1) Introduction ? Institutions and Instruments, historical development
2) International Public Health Measures ? WHO Regulations; detention of individuals infected with contagious disease, case studies (Avian Flu/SARS, Spanish Flu)
3) Public Health & Politics ? tobacco, food, advertising, ?moral conditionality? and possible WHO oversight.

b) Public Health, Private Lives & Security

4) Bio-terrorism & Security ? UN law; international and national measures
5) Bio-informatics & Biometrics ? crime control, obtaining and using biometric data, the UK National Criminal DNA Database
6) International Sharing Arrangements and Data Protection

c) Public Health Aspects of Medical Research

7) Biobanks ? public/private distinction, access, security and mission creep, international biobank standard setting
8) Regulation of Medical Research in European and the US - Clinical Trials Directive, Human Tissue Directive and the FDA
9) Clinical Research and Developing Countries: International standards and their enforceability, case studies (Trovan, AZT)
10) Commercialisation of Public Health Research: Regulatory process ? FDA fast- track; European equivalents, regulatory trajectories (are stem cells therapies or products, and what are the consequences of the different categorisations?) public domain/clinical data/IP/access to medicines, medical product liability/strict liability.

? Keywords : Medical Law
Public Health
International

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : Students should have regular and reliable access to the Internet. Print consumables (paper and ink) would be recommended to provide hard copy of some on screen text and materials (e.g. articles).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The aims of this module are to:

- lay out the international framework for legal regulation of public health, invoking roles for both the UN and WHO.

- focus specifically on legal responses to threats and attacks on public health, as well as on measures to use personal data (such as DNA or biometrics) to counter such threats

- consider initiatives to promote public health through research and the attendant legal and ethical issues.