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Access to healthcare as a universal right
This modules aims to: - Strengthen knowledge about access to health as a universal right; Discuss critical resources for inclusive health; To disseminate good practices to counter forms of discrimination in health services. Lecturer: Mara Pieri | CES University of Coimbra
Module dates: 02 e 09 May (TP classes); 10 May (seminar ‘out of doors’)
Syllabus
- Rights and health: citizenship, human rights and well-being;
- Inclusive health: barriers to accessing health services;
- Discrimination and forms of structural exclusion: racism, homophobia, ageism, ableism.
Each topic will be explored in depth through a theoretical approach integrated with practical reflection exercises in small groups. In this way, each student can test their knowledge based on their own professional and personal experience and integrate the skills acquired into concrete cases.