Peter A. Singer

Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 6 January, 2005 Report urges end to monopoly of economists as development policy advisors Science and technology is so critically

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Cuba, South Africa, India, China, Brazil Among Developing Countries with Recipe for Thriving Health Biotechnology Industries, Saving Lives, Researchers Say in Three-Year, First-Ever Study

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 6 December, 2004 Cuba, South Korea, and India make and export their own biotech vaccines, Egypt manufactures recombinant

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Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015

07 Oct 04University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsNew medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria top a list of

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Report: Open Benefits of Genomic Science to All to Save Lives of Millions in Developing Countries

Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Emerging Medical, Environmental Breakthroughs Hold Revolutionary Promise; Experts Call for UN Body to Help Share Knowledge Worldwide A

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A Better Death: Patient, Family Perspectives Used to Improve End-of-Life Care; Hospitals Need Systematic Process to Heed Patients’ Concern

Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto The final months and weeks for terminally ill hospital patients could be made better if hospitals simply instituted

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Ethical guidelines needed before ‘nutrigenomic’ groceries come to market

Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto 03 Nov 03 New research designed to help consumers create customized diets based on their genetic make up will

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Regulating Stem Cell Research: Students at 5,000 Canadian High Schools Look for Answers that Have Long Mired MPs

Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Students at more than 5,000 Canadian high schools this year will receive tools to take part in an

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SARS Crisis Highlights Need for Ethical Framework to Guide Decisions During Infectious Outbreaks

Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Responding to important challenges raised by Toronto’s handling of the SARS crisis, experts from the University of Toronto

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Greater public role in health care spending decisions needed more than extra money to cure ailing system

Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto Amid mounting pressure for a massive injection of funds into Medicare, one of Canada’s leading medical policy think

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New guidelines for MDs draw line between relief of suffering and euthanasia

Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto 12 Sept 2002 Peter A. Singer Intensive care unit physicians need to be comfortable prescribing drugs in whatever dose is

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