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Prepared for the “unexpected”? Lessons from the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic in West Africa on integrating emergent theory designs into outbreak response.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-06)Summary Box 1. Even seemingly straightforward interventions, such as vaccine delivery, require real-time awareness of emergent on-the-ground local (‘field’) realities. 2. Outbreak response requires thoughtful engagement ... -
Rendre évident: une approche symétrique de la réglementation des produits thérapeutiques
(Érudit, 2010)ENGLISH: Within the social studies of science, risk regulation regimes dominated by a technocratic approach are critiqued for neglecting public, socially situated epistemological standpoints, which, it is argued, are more ... -
Respiratory syncytial virus-associated intensive care unit admission in children in Southern China (Short Report)
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Risks of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics? What the scientists say.
(BMC Springer Nature, 2013-11-29)Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics (hereafter NGx) have stimulated expectations for beneficial applications in public health and individuals. Yet, the potential achievability of such promise is not without socioethical ... -
Substitute Decision Making About Research: Identifying the Legally Authorized Representative in Four Canadian Provinces
(Faculty of Law, McGill University, 2012)Canada's aging population presents new incentives for research on Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. But the public interest in advancing knowledge about these diseases must be partnered with a concern for exploitation, ... -
Teaching Heart Auscultation to Health Professionals: Methods for Improving the Practice of an Ancient but Critical Skill
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Technologies of trust in epidemic response: openness, reflexivity and accountability during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
(BMJ, 2019-02-13)Trust is an essential component of successful cooperative endeavours. The global health response to the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak confronted historically tenuous regional relationships of trust. Challenging ... -
Tumor suppressor protein kinase Chk2 is a mediator of anoikis of intestinal epithelial cells
(International Journal of Cancer, 2011-11-02)Resistance of carcinoma cells to anoikis, apoptosis that is normally induced by detachment of non-malignant epithelial cells from the extracellular matrix, is thought to be critical for carcinoma progression. Molecular ... -
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network
(Public Library of Science, 2016-06-03)“Vaccine hesitancy” is a concept now frequently used in vaccination discourse. The increased popularity of this concept in both academic and public health circles is challenging previously held perspectives that individual ...