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Pharmacogenomic technologies : a necessary “luxury” for better global public health?
(BMC, 2011)
Background: Pharmacogenomic technologies aim to redirect drug development to increase safety and efficacy of
individual care. There is much hope that their implementation in the drug development process will help respond
to ...
Reproductive Tourism in Argentina: Clinic Accreditation and its Implications for Consumers, Health Professionals and Policy Makers
(2010)
A subcategory of medical tourism, reproductive tourism has been the subject of much public and policy debate in recent years. Specific concerns include: the exploitation of individuals and communities, access to needed ...
Impacts of the early COVID-19 pandemic on the work of bioethicists in Canada
(Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, 2022-12-08)
Bioethics experts played a key role in ensuring a coherent
ethical response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the fields of
healthcare, public health, and scientific research in Canada. In
the province of Quebec, a group of ...
Principles for Incorporating Farmers in the Ethical Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops
(2010)
A current advance within the agricultural industry is the use of genetic engineering to produce novel crops for food production. This technology raises questions about how societies should position themselves with respect ...
La confiance publique est une voie à double sens
(Centre de recherche en éthique, 2020-04-27)
Anticipatory governance and moral imagination : methodological insights from a scenario-based public deliberation study
(Elsevier, 2019-12-03)
The fields of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and participatory foresight seek to establish, and toinclude publics within, anticipatory governance mechanisms. While scenario-based methods can bring to thepublics’ ...
Examining the ethical and social issues of health technology design through the public appraisal of prospective scenarios : a study protocol describing a multimedia-based deliberative method
(BMC, 2014)
Background: The design of health technologies relies on assumptions that affect how they will be implemented,
such as intended use, complexity, impact on user autonomy, and appropriateness. Those who design and
implement ...
Providing Genetic Testing Through the Private Sector: A View From Canada
(ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2001)
Genetic testing technologies are rapidly moving from the research laboratory to the market place. Very little scholarship considers the implications of private genetic testing for a public health care system such as Canada’s. ...
Legalistic or Inspirational? Comparing University Conflict of Interest Policies
(2009)
In response to growing public and policy concern about conflicts of interest (COI) in university research, academic institutions in North America and Europe have introduced policies to manage COI. However, depending on ...
Ethics and Social Responsibility in the Life Sciences
(Canadian Chemical Association, 2004-10)