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.
“Patient-centred care” is on everyone’s lips these days. But, do we all agree what it is and when it has been achieved? And does patient centredness create new ethical dilemmas for patients and providers?
Bioethicist Dr. Ross Upshur, member of the World Health Organization expert panel on Ebola ethics, raises ethical considerations about when a quarantine is justified and how best to carry it out.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine announces the appointment of Professor Jennifer Gibson as Director of the Joint Centre for Bioethics, effective April 1, 2014 for a three year term.