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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...
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The regulation of science and the Charter of Rights: Would a ban on non-reproductive human cloning unjustifiably violate freedom of expression?
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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...
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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...
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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
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Technology Assessment and Resource Allocation for Predictive Genetic Testing: A Study of the Perspectives of Canadian Health Care Providers
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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...
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The Scope & Limits of Legal Intervention in Controversies Involving Biomedicine: A Legal History of Vaccination and English Law (1813–1853)
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This paper examines the historical role of law and politics in the adoption of smallpox vaccination in Britain, focusing primarily on the early Victorian period, when legislation was passed to enforce compulsory infantile vaccination. The primary thesis of the study is that law, and the processes...
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2013-01-01
Introduction: When should health be treated as a subject of criminal law? With respect to health, the Constitution Act, 18671 does not specifically assign legislative authority to any level of government. As a result, Parliament and provincial legislatures can enact laws relating to health. This...
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2013-01-01
Caulfield, Timothy, Chandrasekharan, Subhashini, Joly, Yann, Cook-Deegan, Robert
There has been much investment in research on the ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) associated with genetic and genomic research. This research should inform the development of the relevant policy. So far, much of the relevant policy - such as in the areas of patents, genetic testing and...
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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...
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2014-11-12
Bubela, Tania, Caulfield, Timothy, Koper, Megan, Boon, Heather
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) encompasses a wide variety of treatments, such as herbal remedies, not currently thought to be part of mainstream medicine. Our study focuses on herbal remedies, as their use is significant and increasing. We ask whether media coverage of conflicts of...