2025 Montreal Health Ethics Conference Series

Theme: Ethical Issues Related to Women’s Health and Well-being

Next conference: February 20, 2025

Title: Femme et Médecine : vers une réconciliation ? (hybrid mode)

Speaker: Lydya Assayag, lawyer, specialist in human rights advocacy

Transition from pediatric to adult health services: A survey of challenges, needs, and preferences of youths and parents

This study documents a series of challenges in care coordination and in preparing youths with chronic illnesses for adult care.

NEW PUBLICATION***

Hippocrate magazine

Hippocrate magazine honors innovation in healthcare. In 2024, we received the Innovation Award: Improving User Experience.

Morality as experienced: A scoping review of moral matters encountered by adults living with rare diseases

This study analyzes moral issues drawn from 25 qualitative studies and subjected to thematic and interpretative analyses. It reveals that individuals living with a rare disease face a wide range of challenges and ethical situations spread over time.

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What Participatory Research and Methods Bring To Ethics: Insights From Pragmatism, Social Science, and Psychology

In this article, we argue that participatory research methods are particularly compelling means of ethical enactments because of their ability when carried out properly-to help promote self-actualization.

NEW PUBLICATION***

A Patient-Centered Perspective on Changes in Personal Characteristics After Deep Brain Stimulation

In this cohort study, participants reported more positive manifestations of individually identified, valued characteristics after deep brain stimulation.

NEW PUBLICATION***

Parachute Project. Awareness capsules (in French)

How does the transition go from the pediatric environment to the adult environment? How to optimize continuity of care? These capsules, which give voice to patients, offer possible answers.

 

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Research undertaken at the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit addresses a range of challenges in health care, research, and health policy. It relies on the use of interdisciplinary approaches that are grounded in facts, open to deliberative processes, and focused on producing practical changes that promote respect of persons and human flourishing in all its diversity.