As you learned in our readings this unit, health officials cannot simply isolate or quarantine individuals they think have a serious communicable disease or may have been exposed to one. They must follow procedural due process thereby involving the court system in the process. For this Assignment you will read a scenario where public health must quarantine an individual that was exposed to a serious communicable disease. After reading this scenario you will answer questions that address procedural due process and protecting the constitutional rights of individuals exposed to serious communicable diseases.
Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:
Explain the scope of health law, policy, and ethics.
Identify how health policies balances the Constitutional rights of individuals and the needs of society.
Summarize ethical principles emanating from the Belmont Report.
Interpret how the Nuremberg Code seeks to protect research subjects from harm.
Course outcome(s) assessed in this Assignment:
PU120-3: Explain how public health policy balances the Constitutional rights of individuals and the public health needs of society.
Instructions
Read the following scenario and completely answer the questions that follow in a Word document. Although there is no minimum word requirement for this assignment, full credit will not be provided for submissions that fail to fully address the questions.
