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Jocelyn Downie

Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine

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Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H9

Canada

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1.

Restorative Justice, Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide: A New Arena for Restorative Justice and a New Path for End of Life Law and Policy in Canada

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jul 2012
Jennifer Llewellyn and Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 184 (96,369)

Abstract:

restorative justice, euthanasia, assisted suicide

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End-of-Life Decision-Making in Canada: The Report by the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on End-of-Life Decision-Making

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 17 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2016
Udo Schuklenk, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Jocelyn Downie, Sheila McLean, Ross Upshur and Daniel Marc Weinstock
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Utrecht, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow - School of Law, University of Toronto - Dalla Lana School of Public Health and University of Montreal - Department of Philosophy
Downloads 118 (161,986)

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3.

The Making of a Myth: Unreliable Data on Access to Palliative Care in Canada

Health Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 01 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2015
Jocelyn Downie and Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Independent
Downloads 84 (196,860)

Abstract:

Canada, palliative care, assisted dying, empirical data

4.

Barriers to Access to Abortion Through a Legal Lens

Downloads 84 (253,434)
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Barriers to Access to Abortion Through a Legal Lens

(2007) 15 Health Law Journal 143
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jun 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Carla Nassar
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 66 (295,007)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Abortion, Law, Canada

Barriers to Access to Abortion Through a Legal Lens

Jocelyn Downie & Carla Nassar, “Barriers to Access to Abortion Through a Legal Lens” (2008) 15 Health Law Journal 143-173.,
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Dec 2015
Jocelyn Downie and Carla Nassar
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 18 (476,470)
Citation 1

Abstract:

abortion, privacy, law, health law, policy

5.

'...And the Learners Shall Inherit the Earth': Continuing Professional Development, Life Long Learning and Legal Ethics Education

(2010) Canadian Legal Education Annual Review 9
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Jul 2012
Richard Devlin and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 52 (289,168)

Abstract:

ethics, education, professional development

6.

Relational Theory and Health Law and Policy

2008 Health Law Journal (Special Edition) 193
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Jennifer Llewellyn
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Downloads 51 (275,592)

Abstract:

relational theory, health law, policy

7.

Rodriguez Redux

(2008) 16 Health Law Journal 27
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jun 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Simone Bern
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 50 (224,618)

Abstract:

Assisted Suicide, Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Statute

8.

Will the Brain Ever Take the Stand? Canadian Law and the Admissibility of Neurotechnology Lie Detection Evidence

56 Criminal Law Quarterly 135 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Jul 2012
Matthew R. Kutcher, Victoria Apold and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 41 (322,398)

Abstract:

United States, criminal law, lie detection, neurotechnology, neuroscience, evidence, admissibility

9.

Fitness for Purpose: Mandatory Continuing Legal Ethics Education for Lawyers

(2009) 87 Canadian Bar Review 773
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jun 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Richard Devlin
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 41 (322,398)
Citation 1

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10.

A Choice for K'aila: Child Protection and First Nations Children

2 Health Law Journal 99 (1994)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 39 (175,393)

Abstract:

K'aila, First Nations, self-government, social services, child protection, child welfare

11.

Transnational Trade in Human Eggs: Law, Policy, and (In)Action in Canada

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Françoise Baylis
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 39 (334,171)

Abstract:

Health Law, reproduction, human eggs, transnational trade

12.

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Futility: A Case for Law Reform on Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment

Downloads 37 (369,689)

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Futility: A Case for Law Reform on Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment

Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott, & Ben White, “Cutting the Gordian Knot of Futility: A Case for Law Reform on Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment” (2014) 26(1) New Zealand Universities Law Review 24-59,
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Dec 2015
Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott and Ben White
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law and Queensland University of Technology
Downloads 37 (381,323)

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Cutting the Gordian Knot of Futility: A Case for Law Reform on Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment

New Zealand Universities Law Review, 26(1), pp. 24-59, 2014
Posted: 10 Jul 2016
Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott and Ben White
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law and Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law

Abstract:

Futility, Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, End of life decision-making, Health law, Medical law

13.

The Ethics of Water Fluoridation

66 J Can Dent Assoc 592, 2000
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Mary McNally and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 37 (226,153)
Citation 1

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14.

Taking Responsibility: Mandatory Legal Ethics in Canadian Law Schools

65(6) The Advocate 761, November 2007
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Richard Devlin, Jocelyn Downie and Stephanie Lane
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 37 (331,209)

Abstract:

ethics, education, mandatory, law schools

15.

Watch Your Language: A Review of the Use of Stigmatizing Language by Canadian Judges

5(1) Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Michelle Black
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 36 (319,621)

Abstract:

stigma, mental illness, judges, language

16.

The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons Position Statement on Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment (2008): Three Problems and a Solution

17 Health Law Journal 115, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Karen McEwen
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 36 (340,104)

Abstract:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, CPSM, life-sustaining, statement

17.

Fake It Till You Make it: Policymaking and Assisted Human Reproduction in Canada

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, June 2014
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2015
Françoise Baylis, Jocelyn Downie and Dave Snow
Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Novel Tech Ethics, Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 32 (298,576)

Abstract:

egg donation, assisted human reproduction, Assisted Human Reproduction Act, law, policy, Canada

18.

'Are Law Schools Amoral Boot Camps?': Two Legal Ethicists Beg to Differ with a Controversial Book- Review of Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession by Philip Slayton

16(1) Literary Review of Canada, Jan/Feb 2008
Posted: 07 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie and Richard Devlin
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 31 (346,326)

Abstract:

book review, ethics, Philip Slayton, lawyers

19.

Inadmissible, Eh?

7(9) The American Journal of Bioethics 67 (2007)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Ronalda Murphy
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 29 (355,960)

Abstract:

functional magnetic resonance imaging, evidence, admissible

20.

Judicial Reasoning About Pregnancy and Choice

(2008) 16 Health Law Journal 281
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
Chris Kaposy and Jocelyn Downie
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MNU) and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 29 (291,475)

Abstract:

Choice, Abortion, Canada, Charter, Judicial Reasoning

21.

Achieving National Altruistic Self-Sufficiency in Human Eggs for Third-Party Reproduction in Canada

Downloads 27 (413,938)

Achieving National Altruistic Self-Sufficiency in Human Eggs for Third-Party Reproduction in Canada

Baylis, F., Downie, J. (2014). Achieving national altruistic self-sufficiency in human eggs for third-party reproduction in Canada. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 7(1): 164-184.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2014
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 18 (476,470)

Abstract:

bioethics, Canada, altruistic self-sufficiency, human egg trade, third-party eggs

Achieving National Altruistic Self-Sufficiency in Human Eggs for Third-Party Reproduction in Canada

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 2, Special Issue on Transnational Reproductive Travel (Fall 2014), pp. 164-184
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 9 (528,222)

Abstract:

bioethics, Canada, altruistic self-sufficiency, human egg trade, third-party eggs

22.

Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawl of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Violation of Dignity Under the Law in Canada

20 (3) Journal of Palliative Care 143
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 25 (359,258)

Abstract:

life-sustaining treatment, dignity, do not resuscitate

23.

A Case for Compulsory Legal Ethics Education in Canadian Law Schools

20 Dalhousie Law Journal 224 (1997)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 23 (423,661)

Abstract:

ethics, legal education, law school

24.

Bad News About Bad News: The Disclosure of Risks in Insurability in Research Consent Processes

18:1 Accountability in Research 31-44, 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2015
Jocelyn Downie and Victoria Apold
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 23 (409,342)

Abstract:

consent, incidental findings, insurability risks, neuroethics, research ethics

25.

Glass Houses: The Power of Money in Bioethics Research

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 23 (409,342)

Abstract:

health research, financial, conflicts of interest, bioethics

26.

Pereira's Attack on Legalizing Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide: Smoke and Mirrors

19(3) Current Oncology 133
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Kenneth Chambaere and Jan L. Bernheim
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and VUB
Downloads 21 (161,986)

Abstract:

euthanasia, assisted suicide, slippery slopes, evidence, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada

27.

Reproductive Choice in Canadian Courts: An Evidence-Based Call for a Move to Relational Autonomy

36:1 Advocates’ Quarterly 86, 2009,
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Chris Kaposy and Jocelyn Downie
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MNU) and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 20 (439,008)

Abstract:

reproduction, choice, relational autonomy, ethics

28.

The Contested Lessons of Euthanasia in the Netherlands

8 Health Law Journal 119
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 19 (328,248)

Abstract:

euthanasia, Netherlands, Canada, assisted suicide, decriminalization

29.

Family Override of Valid Donor Consent to Postmortem Donation: Issues in Law and Practice

40 Transplantation Proceedings 1255, 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie, Chantelle Rajotte and Alison Shea
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and QEII Health Sciences Centre
Downloads 19 (355,960)

Abstract:

transplantation, postmortem, organ, consent, family, donation

30.

A Feminist Exploration of Issues around Assisted Death

St. Louis University Public Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1996
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Susan Sherwin
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 17 (289,168)

Abstract:

feminism, assisted death, euthanasia, policy, legislation

31.

Eligibility for Organ Donation: A Medico-Legal Perspective on Defining and Determining Death

56 Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 851, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Aug 2012
Jocelyn Downie, Matthew R. Kutcher, Chantelle Rajotte and Alison Shea
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and QEII Health Sciences Centre
Downloads 17 (418,767)

Abstract:

organ donation, eligibility, health care, cardiac arrest, donor, death

32.

Caveat Emptor, Venditor Et Praescribor: Legal Liability Associated with Methyplenidate Hydrochloride (MPH) Use by Postsecondary Students

(2010) 18 Health Law Journal 51
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Jun 2012
Jocelyn Downie, Fiona Campbell and Simon Outram
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 17 (428,675)

Abstract:

Health, MPH, Student, post secondary

33.

Reflections on the Commercialization of Research Conducted in Public Institutions in Canada

1(1) McGill Health Law Publication 23 (2007)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Matthew Herder
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Faculties of Medicine and Law
Downloads 16 (366,231)
Citation 1

Abstract:

commercialization, research, public institutions

34.

Speak Up, We Can't Hear You

HealthcarePapers, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 14 (449,378)

Abstract:

assisted dying, law, ethics, physicians, health care professionals

35.

The Therapeutic Misconception: A Threat to Valid Parental Consent for Paediatric Neuroimaging Research

15(3) Accountability in Research 133, 2008
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Michael Hadskis, Nuala Kenny, Jocelyn Downie, Matthias H. Schmidt and Ryan D'Arcy
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Dalhousie University
Downloads 14 (470,220)

Abstract:

consent, institutional review boards, pediatric neuroimaging, regulation of research, research ethics, therapeutic misconception

36.

Industry and the Academy: Conflicts of Interest in Contemporary Health Research

10 Health Law Journal 103 (2002)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Patricia Baird and Jon Thompson
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC) and University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
Downloads 13 (428,675)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Olivieri, Hospital for Sick Children, Apotex Inc., health research, ethics

37.

Mandatory Legal Education is a Step in the Right Direction

27(44) Lawyers Weekly, 2008
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 11 Jul 2012
Richard Devlin and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 13 (454,699)

Abstract:

mandatory, education, professional development, continuing education, British Columbia, MCLE

38.

Paediatric MRI Research Ethics: The Priority Issues

4 Bioethical Inquiry 85 (2007)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Matthias Schmidt, Nuala Kenny, Ryan D'Arcy, Michael Hadskis and Jennifer Marshall
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 12 (454,699)

Abstract:

magnetic resonance imaging, paediatrics, informed consent, pricacy, confidentiality

39.

A Constitutional Defence of the Federal Ban on Human Cloning for Research Purposes

31 Queen's Law Journal 353, 2005
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Jennifer Llewellyn and Françoise Baylis
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University and Dalhousie University
Downloads 11 (444,167)
Citation 1

Abstract:

human cloning, research, freedom of expression, Charter, Assisted Human Reproduction Act

40.

Consent Requirements for Pelvic Examinations Performed for Training Purposes

184(1) CMAJ 1159 (2012)
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2015
Elaine Gibson and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 11 (459,888)

Abstract:

battery, consent, pelvic examinations, medical treatment

41.

A Conflict by Any Other Name Would Smell as Foul: A Comment on the Appointment of a Vice-President of Pfizer to the CIHR Governing Council

(July 12, 2010) Ottawa Life Magazine
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 07 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 11 (449,378)

Abstract:

ethics, appointment, CIHR, Governing Council, Pfizer, Prigent

42.

Revisioning the Oversight of Research Involving Humans in Canada

12 Health Law Journal 159, 2004
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Fiona McDonald
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Associate Lecturer
Downloads 10 (475,431)
Citation 1

Abstract:

research involving humans, ethics, medical

43.

Feminist Health Care Ethics Consultation

5(3) HEC Forum 165 (1993)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Susan Sherwin
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University
Downloads 10 (459,888)

Abstract:

feminism, health care, ethics, ethics consulation

44.

Ill-Informed Consent? A Content Analysis of Physical Risk Disclosure in School-Based HPV Vaccine Programs

Public Health Nursing Vol. 29 No. 1, pp. 71–79, 2011,
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Audrey Steenbeek, Noni MacDonald, Jocelyn Downie, Mary Appleton and Françoise Baylis
Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Dalhousie University
Downloads 10 (449,378)

Abstract:

authorization, HPV, vaccinations, risks, informed consent, school

45.

Pre-Mortem Transplantation Optimizing Interventions: The Legal Status of Consent

55(7) Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 458
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Downie, Chantelle Rajotte and Alison Shea
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and QEII Health Sciences Centre
Downloads 10 (459,888)

Abstract:

transplant, consent, pre-mortem transplantation optimizing interventions

46.

Confusion Worse Confounded: A Comment on 'Withdrawl of Clinical Trials Policy by Canadian Research Institute is a 'Lost Opportunity for Increased Transparency'

British Medical Journal, May 4, 2011
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 06 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2014
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 10 (480,728)

Abstract:

clinical trials, policy, transparency, CIHR

47.

Safety First: Recognizing and Managing the Risks to Child Participants in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

16(3) Accountability in Research 153
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Jul 2012
Matthias H. Schmidt and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 9 (491,128)

Abstract:

bioethics, child, ethics, magnetic resonance imaging, research, safety, safety management

48.

Promises and Perils of Cognitive Performance Tools: A Dialogue

Technology, Vol. 11, p. 9, 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Jul 2012
Erik Viirre, Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Cognitive Science, Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 9 (465,070)

Abstract:

cognition, neurotechnology, cognitive performance tools, ethics

49.

Egregious Inaction: Five Years after 'Of Life and Death'

(2000) 9(1) Health Law Review 13
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 8 (506,168)

Abstract:

euthanasia, assisted suicide, Of Life and Death

50.

A Computer-Assisted Legal Research and Writing Course

21 Dalhousie Law Journal 429 (1998)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Michael Deturbide and Laura Fraser
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 8 (480,728)

Abstract:

legal research and writing, law school, WebCT, computer assisted

51.

Health Care Ethics Experts in Canadian Courts

9(3) Health Law Review 19
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 7 (506,168)

Abstract:

health care, expert witness, courts, ethics

52.

Brain Death and Brain Life: Rethinking the Connection

4(3) Bioethics 216, 1990
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 7 (485,842)

Abstract:

brain life, brain death, human being, embryo

53.

The Power of Money: Commercialisation of Research Conducted in Public Institutions

11(2) Otago Law Review 305, 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 7 (449,378)

Abstract:

commercialisation, public institutions, research, intellectual property

54.

A Comprehensive Analysis of MRI Research Risks: In Support of Full Disclosure

34 Can J Neurol Sci 11, 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jennifer Marshall, Toby Martin, Jocelyn Downie and Krisztina Malisza
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, St. Amant Centre, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and National Research Council of Canada
Downloads 7 (496,261)

Abstract:

magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, research, risks, disclosure, ethics, research ethics boards

55.

Pediatric Neuroimaging Ethics

16 Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 147, 2007
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie and Jennifer Marshall
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 7 (480,728)

Abstract:

neuroimaging, pediatrics, risks, ethics

56.

Shooting Ourselves in the Foot: Why Mandatory Reporting of Gunshot Wounds is a Bad Idea

170(8) Canadian Medical Association Journal 1255 (2004)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Merril Pauls and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 6 (465,070)

Abstract:

mandatory reporting, gunshot wounds, confidentiality, commentary

57.

The Olivieri Case: Lessons for Australasia

2(2) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 90
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Jon Thompson, Patricia Baird and Susan Dodds
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, University of New Brunswick - Fredericton, University of British Columbia (UBC) and University of Wollongong - School of English Literature, Philosophy and Languages
Downloads 6 (496,261)

Abstract:

Olivieri, Hospital for Sick Children, health research, clinical trial, research participant, risks, informed consent

58.

Problematic Principles: The CMA on Public/Private Health Care

Health Law Review Vol. 15:2 (2006)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie, Nuala Kenny and Chantelle Rajotte
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 5 (515,819)

Abstract:

Canadian Medical Association, access, health care, public, private

59.

Canadian Parliament Must Act on Assisted Human Reproduction

BioNews 561, (2010)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 4 (520,357)

Abstract:

Assisted Human Reproduction Canada, Board of Directors, assisted human reproduction, resignation

60.

Protecting Human Research Subjects: A Jurisdictional Analysis

2003 Health Law Journal 207
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Jennifer Llewellyn, Jocelyn Downie and Robert Holmes
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
Downloads 4 (511,098)

Abstract:

research involving humans, health, ethics, jurisdiction

61.

Genetic and Metabolic Screening of Newborns: Must Health Care Providers Seek Explicit Parental Consent?

9 Health Law Journal 62, 2001
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Sheila M. Wildeman and Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 4 (491,128)
Citation 1

Abstract:

newborn screening, parental consent

62.

Dr. Cézanne and the Art of Re(Peat)Search: Competing Interests and Obligations in Clinical Research

17(2) Accountability in Research 85, 2010
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Jul 2012
Robyn Bluhm, Jocelyn Downie and Jeff Nisker
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and University of Western Ontario - Applied Mathematics Department
Downloads 4 (520,357)

Abstract:

clinical research ethics, competing interests, conflicts of interest, research ethics, university–industry relations

63.

Information/Consent/Authorization for Minors' Participation in Research

(1999) 8(2) Health Law Review 10
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 3 (520,357)

Abstract:

children, health research, consent, minor, ethics

64.

Professional Recommendations: Disclosing Facts and Values

27 Journal of Medical Ethics 20, 2001
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
Downloads 3 (524,851)

Abstract:

professional-patient relations, informed consent, truth disclosure, ethics, medical

65.

Ethics Education for Canadian Medical Students

66(7) Academic Medicine 413, 1991
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 05 Jul 2013
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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ethics, education, Canada, medical students, medical school

66.

End‐Of‐Life Decision‐Making in Canada: The Report by the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on End‐Of‐Life Decision‐Making

Bioethics, Vol. 25, pp. 1-73, 2011
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Udo Schuklenk, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Jocelyn Downie, Sheila McLean, Ross Upshur and Daniel Marc Weinstock
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Utrecht, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow - School of Law, University of Toronto - Dalla Lana School of Public Health and University of Montreal - Department of Philosophy
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Canada, Royal Society report, end‐of‐life, quality of life, assisted dying, palliative care, death

67.

Interpreting Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jun 2017
Jocelyn Downie and Jennifer A. Chandler
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Medical Assistance in Dying, Federal Legislation, C-14, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, Canada

68.

Next Up: A Proposal for Values-Based Law Reform on Unilateral Withholding and Withdrawal of Potentially Life-Sustaining Treatment

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2017
Posted: 26 Nov 2016
Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott and Ben White
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law and Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law

Abstract:

End of life decision-making, Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment, Futility, Futile treatment, Adult guardianship law, Health law, Medical law

69.

Withholding and Withdrawal of ‘Futile’ Life-Sustaining Treatment: Unilateral Medical Decision-Making in Australia and New Zealand

Journal of Law and Medicine, 20(4), pp. 907-924, 2013
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jul 2016
Lindy Willmott, Ben White and Jocelyn Downie
Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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Medical futility, End of life decision-making, Withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment, Adult guardianship law, Health law, Medical law

70.

Prosecutorial Guidelines for Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Autonomy, Public Confidence and High Quality Decision-Making

Melbourne Univeristy Law Review, Vol. 36, pp. 656-705, 2012
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Jul 2016
Ben White and Jocelyn Downie
Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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Voluntary euthanasia, Assisted suicide, Prosecutorial discretion, Criminal prosecution, End of life decision making

71.

Prosecutorial Discretion in Assisted Dying in Canada: A Proposal for Charging Guidelines

McGill Journal of Law and Health, 6(2), pp. 113-172, 2012
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Jul 2016
Jocelyn Downie and Ben White
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Law
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Voluntary euthanasia, Assisted suicide, Prosecutorial discretion, Criminal prosecution, End of life decision making, Canada

72.

Permitting Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Law Reform Pathways for Common Law Jurisdictions

QUT Law Review Volume 16, Issue 1, pp 84-112.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Mar 2016
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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euthanasia, assisted suicide, end of life law

73.

Teaching 'Public Interest Vocationalism': Law as a Case Study

Educating professionals: Ethics and Judgement in Changing Learning Environment, pp. 135-150, University of Toronto, 2015) 135-150
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 23 Jan 2016
Richard Devlin and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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teaching, professionalism, vocationalism, public interest

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assisted dying, assisted suicide, euthanasia

75.

Assisted Dying for Individuals with Dementia: Challenges for Translating Ethical Positions into Law

Jocelyn Downie & Georgia Lloyd-Smith, “Assisted Dying for Individuals with Dementia: Challenges for Translating Ethical Positions into Law” in Michael Cholbi & Jukka Varelius, eds, New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (Springer, 2015) 97-123.,
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 09 May 2017
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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Assisted dying, dementia, ethics, suicide, euthanasia

76.

Incidental Findings and the Minimal Risk Standard in Pediatric Neuroimaging Research

IRB: Ethics & Human Research (2015) 37(5) 11-19
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Dec 2015
Matthias H. Schmidt, Michael Hadskis, Jocelyn Downie and Jennifer Marshall
Dalhousie University - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
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ethics, pediatric, neuroimagining

77.

After Carter v. Canada

National Magazine, February 24, 2015
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Oct 2015
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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physician-assisted dying, end of life, regulated assisted-dying, Supreme Court of Canada

78.

Final Report of the Experts Committee for Human Research Participant Protection in Canada

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 09 Oct 2015
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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Governance of research involving humans, human research

79.

Final Report of the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel: End-of-Life Decision-Making

Number of pages: 117 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Udo Schuklenk, Johannes J. M. van Delden, Jocelyn Downie, Sheila McLean, Ross Upshur and Daniel Marc Weinstock
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Utrecht, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow - School of Law, University of Toronto - Dalla Lana School of Public Health and University of Montreal - Department of Philosophy
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Patient safety, health law, health policy

80.

In Defence of Consent and Capacity Boards for End-of-Life Care

Canadian Journal for Anesthesia, Vol. 61, 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 Oct 2015
Jocelyn Downie and Michael Hadskis
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
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health law, policy, end of life, withholdiing and withdrawal

81.

Welcome to the Wild, Wild North: Conscientious Objection Policies Governing Canada's Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dental Professions

Bioethics, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 33-46, 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Jacquelyn Shaw and Jocelyn Downie
Novel Tech Ethics and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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conscience, conscientious objection, moral conflict, conscientious refusal, religious belief, moral values, conflict of interest

82.

The Canadian Agency for the Oversight of Research Involving Humans: A Reform Proposal

13 Accountability of Research 75, 2006
Posted: 04 Jul 2013
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine

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research ethics, governance of research, research ethics boards (REBs), institutional research boards (IRBs)

83.

Unfinished Business: Ongoing Ethical Exceptionalism in the Oversight of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research in Canada

19 Accountability in Research 13, 2012
Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie
Dalhousie University and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine

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ethics guidelines, governance, oversight, research ethics, stem cells

84.

When is it Permissable to Dismiss a Family Who Refuses Vaccinces? Legal, Ethical and Public Health Perspectives

(2007) 12(10) Paediatrics and Child Health, 843
Posted: 09 Jul 2012
Beth Halperin, Ryan Melnychuk, Jocelyn Downie and Noni MacDonald
Dalhousie University - Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine and Dalhousie University

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Ethics, Health law, Patient dismissal, Public health, Vaccination

85.

The Tunnel at the End of the Light? A Critical Analysis of the Development of the Tri-Council Policy Statement

Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Volume 26, Number 1, 2011, pp. 159-176
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2015
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe and Jocelyn Downie
Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) and Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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Carter v. Canada: What's Next for Physicians?

CMAJ 2015 Apr 21; 187(7) 481-2
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 14 Oct 2015
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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assisted death, assisted dying, euthanasia, assisted suicide, law, Carter

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Draft Federal Legislation to Amend the Criminal Code to Be Consistent with Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 2015 SCC 5 and the Final Report of the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2016
Jocelyn Downie
Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine
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assisted dying, assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia

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