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Ethics and Values in Design: A Structured Review and Theoretical Critique

webinar , Canada

Speakers: Joseph Donia, PhD Candidate, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Jay Shaw, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy / Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Research Director of AI, Ethics & Health, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics; Scientist, Women's College Hospital Institute for Health […]

Research or Not Research? This Is Not the Question for Public Health Emergencies

webinar , Canada

Speaker: Ghaiath Hussein, Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Law, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland About this Seminar: Public health emergencies, whether natural or man-made, local or global, in peacetime or during armed conflicts are always associated with the need to collect data (and sometimes biological samples) about and from those affected by these emergencies. One of […]

Specialists vs Generalists: Finding Common Knowledge Among Reasonable Physicians in Malpractice Trials

webinar , Canada

Speaker: Patrick Garon-Sayegh, SJD candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto About this Seminar: The legal standard for medical malpractice tells us very little on its own. To make a specific malpractice claim, the legal standard must be suffused with a case’s particulars and the opinion of medical experts. Thus, medical experts are often the […]

Medical Assistance in Dying for Patients Diagnosed with Brain Cancer: A Global Perspective with Implications for Equitable Access

webinar , Canada

Speakers: Jennifer A.H. Bell, Department of Bioethics and Supportive Care Research Division, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, The Institute for Education Research (TIER), University Health Network, Department of Psychiatry and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Seth Climans, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology, Western University […]

Medical Negligence in Gynecological Surgery

webinar , Canada

Speaker: Nicholas Leyland, BASc, MD, MHCM, FRCSC, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fellowship Director, Advanced Pelvic, Obstetrical and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, McMaster University Seminar Objectives: Understand the elements of medical negligence. Medical errors, negligence, and litigation

. Informed consent: What does this entail?

 Examples from completed Canadian Medical Protective Association […]

Involvement of the Consent and Capacity Board in Challenging Ethical Impasses around Substitute Decision-Making

webinar , Canada

Speakers: Rosalind Abdool, PhD, (she/her), Ethicist, Regional Ethics Program, Trillium Health Partners (THP), Alternate Vice Chair, THP Research Ethics Board, Adjunct Lecturer, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Eoin Connolly, MA, Ethicist, Regional Ethics Program, Trillium Health Partners (THP), Adjunct Lecturer, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto About this […]

Bioethics for the Anthropocene

webinar , Canada
Online Event

Full Title: Bioethics for the Anthropocene Speaker: Andrew Jameton, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Health Promotion, University of Nebraska Medical Center Abstract Global change is increasingly forcing environmental and health care ethics to face each other. This meeting of disciplines is likely to clash with tragic results and to disappoint many, while at the same time it is […]

Time to Revisit the Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Death Criterion for MAiD

Speaker: Daryl Pullman, PhD , University Research Professor of Bioethics, Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University About This Seminar: From the time Bill C-14 legalized access to MAiD in Canada, the RFND criterion has been a source of controversy. From the outset the criterion was interpreted liberally, leading MAiD assessors and providers to exercise […]

The Limits of Criminalizing Conversion Practices

Speaker: Florence Ashley (they/them), SJD Candidate - Faculty of Law and Collaborative Specialization in Bioethics, University of Toronto Abstract In 2021, the federal government of Canada banned conversion practices across the country. These practices, which aim at changing, discouraging, or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, are widely opposed by healthcare professions […]