McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast

The use of emerging technologies in hospitals has begun to revolutionize the delivery of medical care across the globe. In this episode, editors Michael Benlolo and Faye Nikolettos interview PhD candidate Maelenn Corfmat from the University of Montreal. Our discussion explores the ethical and legal implications of innovative technologies, specifically artificial intelligence (AI), in healthcare settings. From liability concerns to the protection of patient rights, this episode delves into the critical realities of integrating AI in the health sector.

Today, we're sitting down with Corey Ranger, President of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association and Devin Galway, President of Law Students for Decriminalization and Harm Reduction. They'll be discussing the broad theoretical strokes of harm reduction, how it looks in practice, and how it's been implemented (or undermined) by provincial policy.

Today, Sajneet and Ilesh sit down with John and Annika to discuss how accessing gender affirming care works, and break down some (of the many) issues that arise in the process.

In this episode, Editor Nada Farag and Dr. Ma'n Zawati - Research Director at the Centre of Genomics and Policy, discuss the ethical and legal challenges of crowdsourced data from Mobile Health (mHealth) applications. The use of mHealth applications that collect sensitive user data is growing rapidly. From the advent of AI to privacy and consent concerns - this episode explores the greatest challenges posed by crowdsourced data collection from mHealth apps.

In this episode, Catherine Dunne spoke with Eccleston-Turner, a lecturer in Law at Keele University. Dr. Eccleston-Turner's research focuses on the field of pandemic influenza preparedness and access to vaccines, and the law of international organizations in the context of global health.

Catherine and Dr. Eccleston-Turner discussed global disparities with respect to vaccine procurement. They explored the limitations and opportunities of a TRIPS waiver and technology transfer within the current economic and legal frameworks to decrease vaccine inequality around the world. 

In this episode, editor Faye Nikolettos and Dr. Joe Schwarcz, host of the Dr. Joe Show and Director of the Office for Science and Society, demystify the disclosure, disposal, and hazards in everyday beauty products.

In this episode, editors Sonia Hajo, Hailey Laxer and Faye Nikolettos invite guests Lisa Teryl, Senior Legal Counsel at Teryl Scott Lawyers Inc. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bibhas Vaze, barrister at Bibhas Vaze Law Corporation working in Vancouver, British Columbia, to discuss some aspects of health care in the Canadian correctional system from a defendant's perspective.

Here, we discuss a very interesting question, do we own the rights to our own cells? Prof. Richard Gold helps answer some questions relating to our rights over our own excised tissues, and the legal and ethical implications of using these tissues, touching upon notions of intellectual property and patents.

In this episode of the McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast Series, Hailey Laxer invites guests Me Miriam Clouthier, associate at IMK and Chris Macleod, lawyer at Cambridge LLP and Chair of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Society, to discuss the PMPRB – the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board – and how the recent proposed reforms to the PMPRB affect the pharmaceutical industry in Canada and access to medications, particularly, concerning innovative therapies for Canadian patients.

In a Special 40th Charter Anniversary episode, McGill Journal of Law and Health Editor, Catherine Dunne, and McGill Law Journal Editor, Hanna Rioseco, interviewed Professor Martha Jackman of the University of Ottawa on the status of the Right to Health in Canada. They discussed the evolution of section 7 and section 15 and contemporary legal challenges to realizing the Right to Health in Canada. 

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