Tracey Bailey
Executive Director
Tracey M. Bailey, B.A., LL.B
Phone (780) 492 6127, email: tbailey@law.ualberta.ca 
Tracey Bailey, BA, LLB, is the Executive Director of the Health Law Institute, an adjunct professor with the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. Tracey graduated from that Faculty of Law in 1991 and went on to practice for a number of years with the firm now known as Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in the area of health law.
Tracey is actively involved in the education component of the HLI, including the coordinating of workshops and conferences, teaching in a number of health professional faculties at the University of Alberta, presenting at conferences, and providing outreach education to health care professionals and members of the public.
Other activities include research, both contract and grant funded, to assist agencies in policy making. She is an editor of and contributor to Public Health Law & Policy in Canada, the first Canadian text on public health and the law, and has authored numerous other articles and reports. She is co-editor of the Health Law Journal and the Health Law Review.
Tracey is currently a member of numerous policy working groups, and clinical and research ethics committees. She is a current Executive Member and former Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) National Health Law section, and a former Co-Chair of the Northern Alberta CBA Health Law section.
See a full list of Tracey's education and outreach activities
PUBLISHED WORKS
Books, book chapters
Tracey M. Bailey (contributing author), Halsbury's Laws of Canada, 1st ed., Public Health vol. (Markham: LexisNexis 2010).
Tracey M. Bailey, Amy Zarzeczny and Timothy Caulfield, “Genetics and the Law”, Canadian Health Law Practice Manual, May 2010.
Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield and Nola M. Ries, eds., Public Health Law and Policy in Canada, 2nd edition (Toronto: Butterworths, 2008).
Tracey M. Bailey, Louis Francescutti and Trevor Strome, "Injuries: Public Health's Neglected Epidemic" in Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield and Nola M. Ries, eds., Public Health Law and Policy in Canada, 2nd edition (Toronto: Butterworths, 2008).
Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield and Nola M. Ries, eds., Public Health Law and Policy in Canada (Toronto: Butterworths, 2005).
Louis Francescutti, Tracey M. Bailey and Trevor Strome, “Injuries: Public Health’s Neglected Epidemic” in Tracey M. Bailey, Timothy Caulfield and Nola M. Ries, eds., Public Health Law and Policy in Canada (Toronto: Butterworths, 2005) 217.
Articles
Tracey M. Bailey (Health Law Institute), Christina Haines, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Thomas J. Marrie, Robert Lake, Ben Herman & Mark Ammann (Health Law Institute), “Public Engagement on Ethical Principles in Allocating Scarce Resources during an Influenza Pandemic” (2011) 29:17 Vaccine 3111.
Mark Ammann & Tracey Bailey, "Alberta's Patient Charter: Is it a course worth charting?" (2011) 19:2 Health Law Review 17.
Tracey Bailey, "The Health Law Institute" (2010) 7:1 SCRIPTed 201.
Tracey M. Bailey and Brendan Leier, "The Case of Samuel Golubchuk and the Right to be Spared an Excruciating Death” (2010) 10:3 The American Journal of Bioethics 67.
Rhonda Rosychuk, Tracey Bailey, Olive Yonge & Thomas J. Marrie, "Willingness of nursing students to volunteer during a pandemic" (2010) 27 Public Health Nursing 174.
Tracey M. Bailey, Christina Haines, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Thomas J. Marrie, Olive Yonge, Robert Lake and Ben Herman, “Public Engagement on Ethical Principles in Allocating Scarce Resources during an Influenza Pandemic” (2009) Vaccine, Ms. Ref. No.: JVAC-D-09-01640 (submitted for publication).
Submission to Standing Committee on Health, Bill 52: Health Information Amendment Act, Health Law Review (2009) 18:1 Health Law Review 1.
Quinn Grundy, Rhonda Rosychuk, Tracey M. Bailey, Ben Herman, Rob Lake, Thomas J. Marrie and Olive Yonge, “Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards an Influenza Pandemic” (2009), Sex Roles (submitted for publication).
Tracey M. Bailey and Steven Penney, “Should Health Care Professionals Heal or Squeal? Disclosure to Police under a New Section of Alberta's Health Information Act”, Re-Print in Welcome to Ethics Corner (Alberta Health Services, Calgary Health Region), November 2008.
Tracey M. Bailey and Steven Penney, “Should Health Care Professionals Heal or Squeal? Disclosure to Police under a New Section of Alberta's Health Information Act”, Re-Print in CARE Magazine, Volume 22, Issue 3, Fall 2008
Tracey M. Bailey, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Olive Yonge, and Thomas Marrie, “A Duty to Treat During a Pandemic? The Time for Talk is Now” (2008) 8:8 American Journal of Bioethics.
Dr. Rhonda Rosychuk, Tracey M. Bailey, Christina Haines, Robert Lake, Benjamin Herman, Olive Yonge and Thomas J. Marrie, “Willingness to Volunteer During an Influenza “Pandemic: Perspectives from Students and Staff at a Large Canadian University” (2008) 2:2 Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 71-79
Dr. Shoo Lee et al, Consensus statement on How to Prevent Low Birth Weight, written out of “A Consensus Development Conference on Healthy Mothers - Healthy Babies: How to Prevent Low Birth Weight” (2007) 2 Institute of Health Economics Consensus Statements & forthcoming in International Journal of Health Technology Assessment.
Tracey M. Bailey and Steven Penney, “Should Physicians Heal or Squeal? Disclosure to Police under a new section of Alberta’s Health Information Act” (2007) 17:1 Health Ethics Today (forthcoming)
Tracey M. Bailey, Elizabeth Robertson & Gergely Hegedus, “Erecting Legal Barriers: New Apology Laws in Canada and the Patient Safety Movement: Useful Legislation or a Misguided Approach?” 2007 28(2) Health Law in Canada 33-38
Ben Herman, Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Tracey Bailey, Robert Lake, Olive Yonge & Thomas J. Marrie, “Medical Students and Pandemic Influenza” (2007) 13:11 Emerging Infectious Diseases; (also forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy)
Olive Yonge, Rhonda Rosychuk, Tracey Bailey, “Nursing Students’ General Knowledge and Risk Perception of Pandemic Influenza” (2007) 103:9 Canadian Nurse 23
Lorie Grundy, Dr. Olive Yonge, Ray Richards, Tracey M. Bailey, Dr. Tom Marrie, Les Brinkworth and Ben Herman, “Preventing Pandemonium: Pandemic Preparedness Planning and Communicable Disease Outbreak Management in a University Setting” (2007) 16:1 Health Law Review 17 - 24
Tracey M. Bailey and Steven Penney, “Healing not Squealing: Recent Amendments to Alberta’s Health Information Act” (2007) 15:2 Health Law Review 3 - 14
Tracey M. Bailey, Jillian Cohen et al., “Natural Health Product Regulation in Canada: Recent Changes, Proposed Changes and the Politico-Legal Dimensions” (2007) 16: 4 Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics and Policy (forthcoming)
Dr. Tom Marrie, Dr. Rhonda Rosychuk, Ben Herman, Isaac Filate, Tracey M. Bailey, Robert Lake and Dr. Olive Yonge, “Knowledge and attitudes regarding pandemic influenza amongst students, staff and faculty at a large Canadian university” (submitted to Canadian Respiratory Journal)
Dr. Rhonda Rosychuk, Tracey M. Bailey, Christina Haines, Robert Lake, Benjamin Herman, Olive Yonge and Thomas J. Marrie, “Willingness to Volunteer During an Influenza Pandemic: Perspectives from Students and Staff at a Large Canadian University” (submitted to Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses)
Tracey M. Bailey & Barbara Russell “Everyday Practices, Ethics and the Law: Capacity of a Minor to Consent” (2005) 15:1 Health Ethics Today
Tracey M. Bailey & Nola M. Ries “Legal Issues in Patient Safety: The Example of Nosocomial Infection” (2005) 8 Healthcare Quarterly 140
Kevin P. Feehan & Tracey M. Bailey, “Patient and Staff Abuse: Rights, Expectations, Options and Policies” (1994) 14:3 Health Law in Canada 73 [Paper prepared for Alberta Health Care Association and LESA Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (May 6 and 7, 1993)
G.D. Chipeur & Tracey M. Bailey, “Honey, I Proselytized the Kids: Religion as a Factor in Child Custody and Access Disputes” (1994) 4 National Journal of Constitutional Law
Book reviews, comments, articles in the popular press
Tracey Bailey, "Is it Hypocritical to Sue the Tobacco Industry" Edmonton Journal (30 October 2010).
Tracey Bailey & Mark Ammann "Defining Best Interests: The Case of Baby Isahiah" Edmonton Journal (23 January 2010) A19.
Tracey Bailey and Steven Penney, “Law puts privacy at risk”, Guest Column, Express News, University of Alberta, May 15, 2007
Steven Penney and Tracey M. Bailey, “Alberta law puts health privacy rights at risk”, op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, May 5, 2007
Commissioned papers, reports and materials
Tracey Bailey & Mark Ammann "Reality-TV-like drama no prescription for effective change" Edmonton Journal (2 December 2010) A 17.
Tracey M. Bailey and Mark Ammann, Written submission in response to the Minister’s Advisory Committee on Health Report, to be compiled into a further report by MLA Horne for Minister Zwozdesky, September 2010.
(Tracey Bailey as a contributing author) Provincial Health Ethics Network, Comfort, Hope and Wishes: Making Difficult Healthcare Decisions (Edmonton: Provincial Health Ethics Network, 2010).
Tracey M. Bailey & Mark Ammann, Submission on Draft Code of Conduct, Alberta Health Services (November 2009).
Tracey M. Bailey, Karin Kellogg & Gergely Hegedus, "Submission to Standing Committee on Health: Bill 52, Health Information Amendment Act, 2009" 24 April 2009.
Tracey M. Bailey, “Confidentiality”, Case development for the Bioethics Education Project, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2007 (forthcoming)
Dick Sobsey, Tracey M. Bailey and Brendan Leier, “Abortion and Capacity to Consent”, Case development for the Bioethics Education Project, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2007 (forthcoming)
Elizabeth Robertson and Tracey M. Bailey, “Position Paper on the Draft National Guidelines for the Disclosure of Adverse Events”, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, August 2007
Tracey M. Bailey, Jane Steblecki and Fiona Moore, “Issues in Dental Record-Keeping”, Edmonton Dental Assistants Association, June 2006
“Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Youth in Alberta”, Reference Guide; Materials for Health Care Professionals, Youth, Parents and Guardians, Teachers and School Counsellors, and Store Owners. Planned Parenthood, 2004
Submission to Standing Committee on Health, Government of Canada, Number 052, 2nd Session, 37th Parliament, September 30, 2003. Report of the Standing Committee on Health, “Opening the Medicine Cabinet: First Report on Health Aspects of Prescription Drugs”, April 2004
“Charting A Course: A Synthesis of Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Complementary and Alternative Health Care (CAHC)”, Health Canada, March 2003 http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/pubs/complement/hp-ps_reference_e.html
“Charting A Course: Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Complementary and Alternative Health Care - Guide to Related Reports”, Health Canada, March 2003 http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/pubs/complement/hp-ps_reference_e.html
“The Myth of Portability” (1994). Paper prepared for and presented at Echo Health Care Conference: Values, Ethics & Vision in Health Care.
