Drug and Society [MSBMM115]

Learning outcomes

To be able to propose rigorous arguments in order to defend a given philosophical posture concerning the choices and prioritisation in healthcare

Objectives

To make the students aware of the difficulties to make choices in the healthcare system.

Content

This course is divided into two parts : the first one aiming to shed light on the ethical challenges linked to the (non) reimbursement of health services, and more specifically, of medicines. First, funding methods for the health insurance will be analysed through the eye of equity (funding on the basis of contributory capacities). Then, we'll analyse the ways to make the patient feel 'responsible' for his own health-related products consumption (and in particular, his medicine consumption). We'll try to distinguish the different types of financial responsabilisation from the measures that tend to make the patient 'capable' of adopting a behaviour liable to encounter the efficiency requirements both for society and for himself. We'll particularly stress on the theories of distributive justice that may be used as an inspiration for a fairer health politic.

Exercises description

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