42nd Annual Philippa Harris Lecture – Cancer and Severe Mental Illness: Navigating the Syndemic Challenges

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This lecture is co-presented by UHN Bioethics and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB), and is part of the JCB Bioethics Seminar Series. Title: Cancer and Severe Mental Illness: Navigating the Syndemic Challenges Abstract: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Ontario. Despite technological, pharmacological, surgical and biomedical advances in cancer […]

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Disease Models of Chronic Pain: Ethical Implications for Stigma

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Full Title: Attitudes towards disease model explanations of chronic pain among adults without chronic pain: Ethical implications for stigma Speaker: Daniel Z. Buchman, PhD, RSW Bioethicist and Scientist - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Associate Professor - Dalla Lana School of Public Health Joint Center for Bioethics University of Toronto Brooke Magel Research Analyst […]

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Ethics, Uncertainty, and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine – JCB-WIHV Lecture series co-hosted by T-CAIREM

Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street -2nd Floor Auditorium, Toronto, Ontario

This event is part of the Lecture Series on Ethics and Governance of AI for Health organized by the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics in partnership with The Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) and AMS Healthcare. Full Title: Ethics, Uncertainty, and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Abstract: Uncertainty is […]

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Can Legal Theory Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics?

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Full Title: Can Legal Theory Save the Life of Healthcare Ethics? A chat about the practice of practising healthcare ethicists Speaker: Dr. Ann M. Heesters, MA, PhD (Phil.) Senior Director, Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, UHN Education Investigator 2, TIER (The Institute for Education Research) Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Member, […]

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What Should We Do with Coerced People?

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Full Title: What Should We Do with Coerced People? Speaker: Eric Mathison (PhD) Assistant Professor University of Toronto Scarborough Abstract What should happen if a patient with full decision-making capacity is coerced? It’s widely accepted that voluntariness is required for informed consent, and voluntariness is thwarted when a patient is coerced. In this talk, I […]

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An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for PWIDD

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Full Title: An Introduction to Improving Palliative Care for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (PWIDD) Speaker: Mr. Bob Parke Abstract The seminar will highlight the history of our project to improve palliative care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The presentation acknowledges the trauma history that survivors of institutionalization present when needing health care. […]

Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues

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Full Title: Late Stage Dementia: Providing Comfort, Compassion and Care-Clinical and Ethical Issues Speaker: Dr. Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FRCP (Edin) Emeritus Professor and Member Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto Abstract The seminar will Using a case based approach, review the challenges in late stage dementia- the clinical issues and ethical components for […]

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The Ethics of Telemedicine and Digital Health

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Full Title: Digital Health and Telemedicine: Lessons From the Past, Current Trends and New Challenges Speaker: Dr. Carlo Botrugno, PhD Researcher at the Department of Legal Sciences Coordinator of the Research Unit on Everyday Bioethics and Ethics of Science L'Altro Diritto Inter-university Research Centre University of Florence Abstract The talk critically retraces some of the most […]

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“I don’t want any Black nurses”: Insights from the Academic Literature and Ontario’s Regulatory Bodies on Navigating Discriminatory Requests/Refusals of Care Providers

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Full Title: “I don’t want any Black nurses”: Insights from the Academic Literature and Ontario’s Regulatory Bodies on Navigating Discriminatory Requests/Refusals of Care Providers Speaker: Claudia Barned, PhD Bioethicist – Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics – University Health Network Education Investigator 2 – The Institute for Education Research (TIER) Assistant Professor – Dalla Lana School […]

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How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress

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*** This is a special lecture presented by visiting scholar Ms. Rose Mwangi *** Full Title: How prepared is Africa for ethical AI implementation? Bridging the gap for responsible progress Speaker: Rose Mwangi, MA Visiting scholar & fellowship of Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR) Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Moshi, Tanzania Abstract In this presentation, […]