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  • Rendre évident: une approche symétrique de la réglementation des produits thérapeutiques 

    Graham, J., & Jones, M. (2010). Rendre évident: une approche symétrique de la réglementation des produits thérapeutiques. Sociologie et Sociétés, 42(2), 153-180.
    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 ...
  • Risks of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics? What the scientists say. 

    Hurlimann, T., Menuz, V., Graham, J., Robitaille, J., Vohl, M. C., & Godard, B. (2014). Risks of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics? What the scientists say. Genes & nutrition, 9(1), 370. DOI 10.1007/s12263-013-0370-6
    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 

    Wildeman, S., Bravo, G., Dubois, M. F., Cohen, C., Graham, J., Painter, K., & Bellemare, S. (2012). Substitute decision making about research: identifying the legally authorized representative in four Canadian provinces. McGill Journal of Law & Health, 6(1), 189-274
    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, ...
  • Technologies of trust in epidemic response: openness, reflexivity and accountability during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa 

    Ryan, M. J., Giles-Vernick, T., & Graham, J. E. (2019). Technologies of trust in epidemic response: openness, reflexivity and accountability during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. BMJ Global Health, 4, e001272. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001272
    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 ...
  • Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network 

    Dubé, E., Gagnon, D., Ouakki, M., Bettinger, J. A., Guay, M., Halperin, S., ... & Fisher, W. (2016). Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network. PloS one, 11(6), e0156118. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156118
    “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 ...