Public health ethics principles support the provision of paid sick leave as a public health response to COVID-19.
Ethics of Paid Sick Leave for the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Ontario COVID-19 Bioethics Table Statement of Concern about Public Health Measures
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The Ontario COVID-19 Bioethics Table is deeply concerned about the recent measured outlined in the Ontario government’s stay-at-home order.
Frederick Lowy, founder, talks about the origins of the Joint Centre for Bioethics
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The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) is on the verge of celebrating its 20th Anniversary, so we looked back and talked to Frederick Lowy, one of the original founders, on where the JCB’s origins lie.
JCB Director to co-chair expert advisory group on physician assisted dying
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Jennifer Gibson, Director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, will co-chair an expert advisory group on physician-assisted dying.
We celebrated our bioethics community at the 4th Annual Research & Awards Day
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JCB members, faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the bioethics community on June 24, 2015.
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics joins the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
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On July 1, 2015, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) will join the Dalla Lana School of Public Health as its new home faculty.
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A new educational initiative injects a dose of ethics into surgical morbidity and mortality conference
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Surgeons deal with ethical challenges daily, as they obtain consent to perform complex operations, implement innovations, disclose errors, or interact with surrogate decision-makers.
Public health ethics: What is it, why is it important, and what’s next?
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Public health ethics has emerged as a distinct area of scholarship and practice since the Joint Centre for Bioethics first opened its doors twenty years ago.
The JCB celebrates 20th anniversary
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We celebrate our 20th anniversary year with a variety of activities and events to celebrate the impact and accomplishments of the JCB community, to advance new thinking in bioethics by engaging the depth and breadth of JCB scholarship, and to create new opportunities for collaborative leadership in bioethics.