Speakers: Dr. Andrew Helmers, MDCM, MHSc (Bioethics), MSc, Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine & Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children Rashad Rehman, BA, PhD Candidate, Department […]
Research or Not Research? This Is Not the Question for Public Health Emergencies
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 […]
The Ethical Lessons from COVID-19: Past, Present and Applying Them to the Future of Cancer Care
Speaker: Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Chair and Director, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine About the lecture: 12:00 – Introduction […]
Ethics of Paid Sick Leave for the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Public health ethics principles support the provision of paid sick leave as a public health response to COVID-19.
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.
Examining Tensions in Public Health Ethics: Reflections from COVID-19
The 8th Annual Ross Upshur Lecture on Public Health Ethics will address some of the many ethical tensions that have been so clearly surfaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.