HEALTH LAW, ETHICS & POLICY WORKSHOP SERIES
presents
Scott Burris
Temple University
Stigma from a Public Health Law Perspective: Research Questions and Ethical Issues
Thursday, February 25, 2010
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (room FA2), 84 Queen's Park
Abstract
Stigma has been identified as both a threat to effective public health work and as one of its essential tools. In this talk, Professor Burris clarifies the definition of stigma, and draws upon research and ethical commentary to argue that stigma is not a useful tool for public health and would be unethical to deploy even if it were.
Biography
Scott Burris is a Professor of Law at Temple University, where he directs the Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Law Research program. He work focuses on how law influences public health, and what interventions can make laws and law enforcement practices healthier in their effects. He is the author of over 100 books, book chapters, articles and reports on issues including urban health, HIV/AIDS, research ethics, global health governance, and the health effects of criminal law and drug policy. His work has been supported by organizations including the Open Society Institute, the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Department for International Development, and the CDC. He has served as a consultant to numerous U.S. and international organizations including WHO, UNODC and Human Rights Watch. Professor Burris is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Yale Law School.
A light lunch will be served.
For more workshop information, please go to our web site at www.law.utoronto.ca/healthlaw or contact Melissa Casco at m.casco@utoronto.ca.
