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15Living ethics: a stance and its implications in health ethicsMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 27 (2): 137-154. 2024.Moral or ethical questions are vital because they affect our daily lives: what is the best choice we can make, the best action to take in a given situation, and ultimately, the best way to live our lives? Health ethics has contributed to moving ethics toward a more experience-based and user-oriented theoretical and methodological stance but remains in our practice an incomplete lever for human development and flourishing. This context led us to envision and develop the stance of a “living ethics…Read more
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22The COVID-19 pandemic and organ donation and transplantation: ethical issuesBMC Medical Ethics 22 (1): 1-10. 2021.BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the health system worldwide. The organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) system is no exception and has had to face ethical challenges related to the pandemic, such as risks of infection and resource allocation. In this setting, many Canadian transplant programs halted their activities during the first wave of the pandemic.MethodTo inform future ethical guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic or other public health …Read more
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16Québec health care professionals’ perspectives on organ donation after medical assistance in dyingBMC Medical Ethics 22 (1): 1-12. 2021.BackgroundMedical assistance in dying (MAID) has been legal in Québec since December 2015 and in the rest of Canada since July 2016. Since then, more than 60 people have donated their organs after MAID. Such donations raise ethical issues about respect of patients’ autonomy, potential pressure to choose MAID, the information given to potential donors, the acceptability of directed donations in such a context and the possibility of death by donation. The objective of this study was to explore Qué…Read more
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281Should we perform kidney transplants on foreign nationals?Journal of Medical Ethics 40 (12): 821-826. 2014.In Canada, there are currently no guidelines at either the federal or provincial level regarding the provision of kidney transplantation services to foreign nationals (FN). Renal transplant centres have, in the past, agreed to put refugee claimants and other FNs on the renal transplant waiting list, in part, because these patients (refugee claimants) had health insurance through the Interim Federal Health Programme to cover the costs of medication and hospital care. However, severe cuts recently…Read more
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5In organ transplantation, there is a significant gap between the number of organs available and the number of patients waiting. To better distribute these organs, allocation rules are based on principles of equity and medical utility. In this case study, we will illustrate the difficulties associated with the implementation of an allocation system. The aim is to ensure a fair distribution of kidney transplants while also taking into account the principle of utility, and this for all patients, in…Read more
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45Organ donation after medical assistance in dying or cessation of life-sustaining treatment requested by conscious patients: the Canadian contextJournal of Medical Ethics 43 (9): 601-605. 2017.
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Un projet de recherche exempté d’évaluation éthique : quelques précisionsBioéthiqueOnline 2 14. 2013.This piece responds to the comments made by Caillé and Beauregard by offering clarifications regarding the exemption from ethics review of a research project.
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2Un projet de recherche exempté d’évaluation éthique : Réflexions et questionnements sur l’article 2.1 de l’Énoncé de politique des trois Conseils (review)BioéthiqueOnline 1 15. 2012.This case study presents the Article 2.1 of the Tri-council Policy Statement, which now allows some qualitative research with minimal risk to be exempt from ethics review. However, its application raises questions.
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34Is it ethical to invite compatible pairs to participate in exchange programmes?Journal of Medical Ethics 39 (12): 743-747. 2013.Living kidney transplantation offers the best results for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This form of transplantation is no longer restricted to genetically or emotionally related donors, as shown by the acceptance of non-directed living anonymous donors, and the development of exchange programmes (EPs). EPs make it possible to perform living kidney transplantation among incompatible pairs, but while such programmes can help increase living organ donation, they can also create a d…Read more
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200How is organ transplantation depicted in internal medicine and transplantation journalsBMC Medical Ethics 14 (1): 39. 2013.In their book Spare Parts, published in 1992, Fox and Swazey criticized various aspects of organ transplantation, including the routinization of the procedure, ignorance regarding its inherent uncertainties, and the ethos of transplant professionals. Using this work as a frame of reference, we analyzed articles on organ transplantation published in internal medicine and transplantation journals between 1995 and 2008 to see whether Fox and Swazey’s critiques of organ transplantation were still re…Read more
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14What Should We Do with Patients Who Buy a Kidney Overseas?Journal of Clinical Ethics 18 (1): 23-34. 2007.
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43The use of personalized medicine for patient selection for renal transplantation: Physicians' views on the clinical and ethical implicationsBMC Medical Ethics 11 (1): 5-. 2010.BackgroundThe overwhelming scarcity of organs within renal transplantation forces researchers and transplantation teams to seek new ways to increase efficacy. One of the possibilities is the use of personalized medicine, an approach based on quantifiable and scientific factors that determine the global immunological risk of rejection for each patient. Although this approach can improve the efficacy of transplantations, it also poses a number of ethical questions.MethodsThe qualitative research i…Read more
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24Regulated Markets of Kidneys in Developed Countries or How to Increase Health InequitiesAmerican Journal of Bioethics 14 (10): 44-45. 2014.No abstract
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Université de MontréalRegular Faculty
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
20th Century Philosophy |