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I have recently initiated The PROUD (Phenomenological Research/Remedies On Unemployment and Disability) PROCHE [Phénoménologique (recherches et résolutions) aux chômage et handicapées] Project, which is a four year research effort, funded by the joint Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and … Continue reading →

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Warm weather has arrived at my location on this beautiful planet — It surely is spring! For those interested in MUPS, I’ve just published an article in The American Journal of Bioethics (26 April 2018) in response to Dianne O’Leary’s … Continue reading →

With the New Year upon me and the light returning to the northern hemisphere, I’ve embarked on two new projects during the past few months: 1. a project which employs the phenomenological approaches I used in my MUPS research and … Continue reading →

While our CIHR study investigating MUPS is now long finished, we are still publishing results from our work. Our latest article was recently published in the BMJ Open journal. Keith Brownell, MD, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neurosciences & Medicine, (University … Continue reading →

We have completed our CIHR Ethics Catalyst project on MUPS (Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms). All four members of the interdisciplinary research team are writing articles which capture their specific perspectives on the qualitative data (i.e., neurology, general practice, medical sociology … Continue reading →

I will be presenting, on behalf of our research team based in Vancouver and Calgary, at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bioethics Society. We have completed our the bulk of our pilot qualitative study on MUPS – Medically Unexplained … Continue reading →

My apologies for not blogging in ages. . .all sorts of encumbrances occurred in the intervening period between my last post and this one. . . Well, our CIHR funded research project on MUPS – medically unexplained physical symptoms — … Continue reading →

A quick update on our CIHR study on MUPS- medically unexplained physical symptoms: We presented a poster of our preliminary findings at the BrainMatters3 Conference in Cleveland Ohio, 25-27 October 2012.  The meeting was an interdisciplinary array of neuro-scientists, ethicists, … Continue reading →

When Young Children Ask about 9/11: It is the anniversary of 9/11 — an event that resonated with me ages– as it did for everyone else in the world.  (I do not think it will ever fully recede from my … Continue reading →