Welcome
Thank you for visiting the website of the Health Law Institute! We are located at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.
At the Institute
On January 16, the Health Law Institute co-presented an evening seminar titled FASD and the Law.
Mark Ammann appeared on Alberta Primetime to discuss the legal aspects of parental corporal discipline and the associated criminal sanctions.
Executive Director Tracey Bailey appeared as a panelist on Alberta Primetime to discuss the legal and ethical issues around the disclosure of an Alberta Teenager's HIV status, picture and name publicly prior to apprehending her for aggravated sexual assault.
Executive Director Tracey Bailey appeared on an Alberta Primetime panel to discuss the recent challenge to s. 241 (2) of Canada's Criminal Code (which prohibits assisting suicide).
Research Associate Mark Ammann appeared on Alberta Primetime as part of a panel discussing whether the government of Alberta should utlize public funds to support fertility treatments.
Research Associate Mark Ammann was interviewed and quoted on CBC news.
Events
Ethics & Public Emergencies (January 26, 2012)
Access to Information and the Right to Health: The Human Rights Case for Clinical Trials Transparency (February 9, 2012)
Electronic Medical Records and Regulatory Models (March 14, 2012)
2012 National Health Law Conference (May 4-5, 2012)
What's New in Health Law
Until now, the HPV vaccine has only been recommended for use in Canada by women.
Assisting youth in receiving the continuing care and supervision that they need remains an area with plenty of questions.
The Health Law Institute co-hosted a seminar discussion titled FASD and the Law on January 16, 2011. The Edmonton Journal referenced this seminar today in an artcile titled "Justice System Struggles to Deal with Disorder: Prisons do Little to Assist Offenders with FASD". FASD is one of the major medical-leagl issues of our time, and the traditional justice system is ill-equipped to deal with the offenders who have FASD. This seminar highlights the need for innovative legal responses and proactive policy that addresses both the front-end and back-end obstacles that FASD presents in our society.
An editorial comment in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that doctors who perform prenatal ultrasounds should conceal the gender of the baby for the first 30 weeks. Why? Apparently sex selection, common in India and China where female foetuses are commonly aborted, is also happening in North America in certain ethic groups.
