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Ethics and Equity
updated May 29, 2011

Drug Compendia: Research Meets Practice

pharma

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. - Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesDr. Carolyn Clancy ... Drug compendia play a vital role in today’s health care system, despite the challenges involved in managing potential conflicts of interest that may influence decisions regarding their use. Conflict of interest is an acknowledged, and largely unavoidable, factor in the development of drug compendia. Growing awareness of this fact has led to the adoption of policies and procedures in both the public and private sectors designed to minimize and control the influence ... more

how much to prescribe

pharmacogenomics

Dr. Dawes' clinical research includes pharmacogenomics as it relates to prescribing in primary care, and hypertension and in particular automated blood pressure monitoring. He also undertakes research into knowledge translation in particular information retrievalDr. Martin Dawes ... Prescribing is still largely an experiment when it comes to individual patient care. It is impossible to predict with any sense of ... more

practices under siege

ethics/pharma

Trudo Lemmens is Associate Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine of the University of Toronto. He is a member of the University of Toronto’s Joint Centre for Bioethics and of the Centre for EthicsProf. Trudo Lemmens ... The pharmaceutical industry seems under siege. Its practices are being scrutinized and criticized by the media, professional ... more
adolescent health equity

the hippocratic bargain

ethics

Prof. Mark A. Rothstein holds the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and is Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Dr. Mark Rothstein ... Since the fourth century, B.C.E., the Oath of Hippocrates has been the starting point in analyzing the obligations of physicians to protect the privacy and confidentiality interests of their patients. The pertinent provision of the Oath reads as follows: What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account must be spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be ... more

the costs of illness

ethics

Dr. Robert Buckman lives in Toronto, Canada, where he is a medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital, and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of TorontoDr. Robert Buckman ... In some respects, you can look at the rising costs of chronic illness as a consequence of our unparalleled powers of "tampering with ... more

the health advocate

health advocacy

Dr. Shafik Dharamsi, PhD. is Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Faculty Lead of the Global Health Network at the Liu Institute for Global IssuesDr. Shafik Dharamsi ... Health advocacy repre- sents an opportunity for physicians and physicians-in-training to respond appropriately ... more

Andrew Mitchell is the senior research associate and project co-ordinator for the Social Assistance in the New Economy project at the Faculty of Social Work of the University of TorontoBeth Wilson is the Senior Researcher with the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto (CSPC-T), a non-profit community organization that works with local communities to advance local needs and promote civic engagementFor the last five years Prof. Ernie Lightman has been Principal Investigator for a series of major studies funded by SSHRC on precarious work, workfare and welfare-to-work programs in Ontario. He is author of Social Policy in Canada

presentations on health and poverty

 

Prof. Andrew Mitchell - Sick and Tired

Beth Wilson - Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Prof. Ernie Lightman - Poverty Is Making Us Sick

 

health for all, dignity for all

equity

Rob Rainer has since November 2006 been the Executive Director of the National Anti-Poverty Organization Rob Rainer ... Canada Without Poverty works to address the structural causes of and to promote lasting solutions to low income, material deprivation and social exclusion.  We focus primarily on government policies and legislation (existing and proposed and primarily at the federal level) that may help or harm low-income Canadians.  In addition, we occasionally engage in court challenges to defend the civil, political, economic and/or social rights of low-income ... more

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doing ethics

relationship care

Margaret Somerville holds professorships in both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, Montreal. She is Samuel Gale Professor of Law (the first woman in Canada to hold a named Chair in Law) and the Founding Director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and LawProf. Margaret Somerville ... The rapid development of the field of applied ethics is often referred to as the “ethics explosion. This rapidity is captured in a story which has become ... more

ethics of care

ethics

Tristram Engelhardt Jr., holds an M.D. with honors from Tulane University School of Medicine (1972), a B.A. (1963) and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (1969), and a doctor honoris causa from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania

Prof. Tristram Engelhardt ... The content and focus of care are far from clear. Indeed, care itself is controversial. There is not one ethic or bioethics of care ... more

health services

equity

In July 2006, Professor Halligan became Executive Chairman of Elision Health, an enterprise formed to accelerate reform and leadership in healthcare organisations. Professor Halligan has recently become Director of Education at University College Hospital, London. In addition he has founded the Healthcare for the Homeless by the Homeless project in LondonProf. Aidan Halligan ... The average age of death for the homeless in England is 40.2 years.  This premature age of death persists even when the homeless are given a roof ... more

social justice

equity

Allan Irving is a professor in the School of Social Work at King's University College at the University of Western OntarioProf. Allan Irving ... Somewhat unique in Canadian social policy our national health care system represents the values of distributive justice and equity, meaning that need, not ability to pay ... more

reducing inequalities

equity

Claire de Oliveira is the 2008/2009 C.D. Howe Research Fellow. She holds the equivalent to a B.A. Honours (Licenciatura) in economics from the University of Oporto, Portugal; an M.A. in economics from McMaster University as well as a Ph.D. in economics from the same universityClaire de Oliveira ... Social policy advocates believe that health inequalities among children should be addressed early on, since adverse health effects have potentially important  ... more

youth homelessness

equity

Carolann Barr has close to 20 years of progressive senior leadership and program development with diverse and marginalized populationsCarolann Barr ... Raising the Roof is Canada's only national charity dedicated to long-term solutions to homelessness. We fund local agencies ... more

health status

equity

Dr. Raphael is editor of "Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives" co-editor of "Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care" and author of "Poverty and Policy in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life"Prof. Dennis Raphael ... It would be expected that people of lower income—especially those living in poverty—would make greater use of the health care system ... more
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