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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, ...
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 ...
Challenges to immunization: the experience of homeless youth
(BMC Springer Nature, 2012)
Background: Homelessness is a critical social issue, both a product of, and contributing to, poor mental and physical health. Over 150,000 young Canadians live on the streets. Homeless youth experience a high incidence of ...
Faster access to new drugs: Fault lines between Health Canada’s regulatory intent and Industry innovation practices
(Begell House, 2013)
Since 2003, Health Canada has been undergoing regulatory modernization to “ensure that Canadians have faster access to the safe drugs they need.” As national health agencies develop policies to modernize the regulation ...