At The University of Western Ontario, I am Associate Professor in the Department of
Philosophy, an affiliate member of the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist
Research, and a member of Rotman Institute of Science and Values. Most of my research
deals with moral dilemmas that occur in reproductive health care and with the moral
concepts needed to resolve these dilemmas. I've written about the nature of
autonomy, trust, self-trust, integrity, objectification, commodification, and conscience.
I've tackled moral dilemmas having to do with miscarriage, infertility, embryo and
oocyte donation or selling, contract pregnancy, fertility preservation in girls or women
with cancer, and conscientious refusals by health care professionals to provide standard
services such as abortion services. Most of my current research deals with this last
topic and with how to understand conscience and conscientious refusals. This work is
funded by CIHR ("Let Conscience Be Their Guide? Conscientious Refusals in
Reproductive Health Care," Operating Grant, 2010-13, P.I. McLeod).
Articles
Link
Trust, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011)
Books
Reviews
Other Publications
Forthcoming Publications
