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    Does Predictive Sentencing Make Sense?
    Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. forthcoming.
    This paper examines the practice of using predictive systems to lengthen the prison sentences of convicted persons when the systems forecast a higher likelihood of re-offense or re-arrest. There has been much critical discussion of technologies used for sentencing, including questions of bias and opacity. However, there hasn’t been a discussion of whether this use of predictive systems makes sense in the first place. We argue that it does not by showing that there is no plausible theory of punis…Read more
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    Models for humanitarian health care ethics
    with M. Hunt, C. Sinding, L. Elit, L. Redwood-Campbell, N. Adelson, and S. de Laat
    Public Health Ethics 5 (1): 81-90. 2012.
    Humanitarian health care practitioners working outside familiar settings, and without familiar supports, encounter ethical challenges both familiar and distinct. The ethical guidance they rely upon ought to reflect this. Using data from empirical studies, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of two ethical models that could serve as resources for understanding ethical challenges in humanitarian health care: clinical ethics and public health ethics. The qualitative interviews demonstrate the d…Read more
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    Reclamation: A Liberal Theory of Criminal Justice
    Criminal Law and Philosophy 17 (1): 247-248. 2023.
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    'Playing God Because you Have to': Health Professionals' Narratives of Rationing Care in Humanitarian and Development Work
    with C. Sinding, M. Hunt, L. Redwood-Campbell, L. Elit, and J. Ranford
    Public Health Ethics 3 (2): 147-156. 2010.
    This article explores the accounts of Canadian-trained health professionals working in humanitarian and development organizations who considered not treating a patient or group of patients because of resource limitations. In the narratives, not treating the patient(s) was sometimes understood as the right thing to do, and sometimes as wrong. In analyzing participants’ narratives we draw attention to how medications and equipment are represented. In one type of narrative, medications and equipmen…Read more
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    Access to medical records for research purposes: varying perceptions across research ethics boards
    with D. J. Willison, C. Emerson, K. V. Szala-Meneok, E. Gibson, K. M. Weisbaum, F. Fournier, K. Brazil, and M. D. Coughlin
    Journal of Medical Ethics 34 (4): 308-314. 2008.
    Introduction: Variation across research ethics boards in conditions placed on access to medical records for research purposes raises concerns around negative impacts on research quality and on human subject protection, including privacy.Aim: To study variation in REB consent requirements for retrospective chart review and who may have access to the medical record for data abstraction.Methods: Thirty 90-min face-to-face interviews were conducted with REB chairs and administrators affiliated with …Read more
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    Experience of Ethics Training and Support for Health Care Professionals in International Aid Work
    with M. R. Hunt and L. Elit
    Public Health Ethics 5 (1): 91-99. 2012.
    Health care professionals who travel from their home countries to participate in humanitarian assistance or development work experience distinctive ethical challenges in providing care and services to populations affected by war, disaster or deprivation. Limited information is available about organizational practices related to preparation and support for health professionals working with non-governmental organizations. In this article, we present one component of the results of a qualitative st…Read more