May 16, 2005
Or at least nobody compares themselves to a bicycle wheel as clearly as the bioethics program at University of Toronto, led by Peter Singer and for some time now based on a programmatic dedication to ethics consultation in the various hospitals affiliated in some way with the school. As a strategy for growth, clinical and research ethics has really boosted the bioethics programs that have adopted it. And this piece about the "hub/spokes" model really explains how they are doing it and where you can read more about it. These Toronto guys are really innovative, as we discussed when Singer and colleagues put out a killer report on developing world bioethics. Clinical ethics makes it all possible - and this is the roadmap or rather bicycle trail toward it.