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2008-01-01

Caulfield, Timothy, McGuire, Amy L., Cho, Mildred, Buchanan, Janet A., Burgess, Michael M., Danilczyk, Ursula, Diaz, Christina M., Fryer-Edwards, Kelly, Green, Shane K., Hodosh, Marc A., Juengst, Eric T., Kaye, Jane, Kedes, Laurence, Knoppers, Bartha M., Lemmens, Trudo, Meslin, Eric M., Murphy, Juli, Nussbaum, Robert L., Otlowski, Margaret, Pullman, Daryl, Ray, Peter N., Sugarman, Jeremy, Timmons, Michael

2015

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Caulfield, Timothy

Due to the high value that it placed upon the ownership of land, the common law traditionally was wary of intervening if the plaintiff non-contractually improved the defendant’s land. For the most part, liability was imposed only if the landowner acted unconscionably according to the doctrine of...

2014-10-29

Caulfield, Timothy, Rachul, Christen, Zarzeczny, Amy, Bubela, Tania

The interest and controversy generated by stem cell research over the past decade has raised hopes for scientific breakthroughs and debates regarding the limits of ethical research. In particular, the debate surrounding the moral status of the embryo has received considerable attention in...

2014-11-12

Bubela, Tania, DeBow, Suzanne, Caulfield, Timothy

The analysis of Parliamentary debates provides the opportunity to assess the political context of Canadian legislation, particularly in controversial areas such as stem cell research. Parliamentary debates surrounding the recent Assisted Human Reproduction Act,1 which lasted nearly a decade, were...

2009-01-01

Adair, Alethea, Hyde-Lay, Robyn, Einsiedel, Edna, Caulfield, Timothy

With a growing number of genetic tests becoming available to the health and consumer markets, genetic health care providers in Canada are faced with the challenge of developing robust decision rules or guidelines to allocate a finite number of public resources. The objective of this study was to...

2015

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Caulfield, Timothy

Background The increasing push to commercialize university research has emerged as a significant science policy challenge. While the socio-economic benefits of increased and rapid research commercialization are often emphasized in policy statements and discussions, there is less mention or...

2004

Caulfield, Timothy, Billingsley, Barbara

Non-Reproductive Human Cloning (NRHC) allows researchers to develop and clone cells, including non-reproductive cells, and to research the etiology and transmission of disease. The ability to clone specific stems cells may also allow researchers to clone cells with genetic defects and analyze...

2014

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Burningham, Sarah, Caulfield, Timothy

The article examines the privacy and access to information issues have emerged in relation to the collection and use of human tissue for genetic and cell-based research in Canada. Topics discussed include individuals' rights of access to and control over the research use and disclosure of genetic...

2006

Caulfield, Timothy, Bubela, Tania, Boon, Heather

Complementary and Alternative Medicines [CAM] are interventions that are not widely taught in medical schools and are not part of the usual arsenal of treatments and medications recommended and prescribed by physicians and available in hospitals. CAM is big business ($30 billion in the US) with...

1999

Nelson, Erin, Caulfield, Timothy

[I]t is time the Supreme Court of Canada reconsidered the question of causation in those medical malpractice cases where the negligence alleged consists of a failure to make all reasonable disclosure necessary to an informed decision by the patient on a course of treatment ... the rule in Reibl...