Family Veto in Organ & Tissue Donation
webinarThe speakers will present the findings of two research projects: the framing of family veto in the media, and tissue donation coordinators’ experiences with family veto.
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Researching Surrogacy: The Ethics of Research Approaches to Gay Fatherhood
webinarThis event is part of the Bioethics Seminar Series 2021-22. Speaker: Sophia Fantus, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work About this Seminar: The visibility of same-sex parent families and the increased use of surrogacy worldwide have expanded LGBT parenting scholarship to include experiences of gay men. Yet, even […]
Ethics and Values in Design: A Structured Review and Theoretical Critique
webinarSpeakers: 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
webinarSpeaker: 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
webinarSpeaker: 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
webinarSpeakers: 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
webinarSpeaker: 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
webinarSpeakers: 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 […]