Dr. Anita Ho is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and Director of Ethics Services at PHC, specializing in bioethics, research ethics, social/political philosophy, and disability studies. Prior to joining the Centre in 2008, she was an Associate Professor in Philosophy and Co-Coordinator for the Centre for Women, Economic Justice, and Public Policy at St. Catherine University in Minnesota, and Assistant Professor in Philosophy at UBC.
Anita's main research interests in bioethics include cross-cultural ethics, health-care access and disparity, physician-patient relationship, minority care experience, decision-making models, and various concepts of autonomy. Her recent articles can be found in publications such as The Journal of Medical Ethics, American Journal of Bioethics, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Teaching Philosophy, and The Journal of Clinical Ethics.
She is currently working on a book-length manuscript on trust and autonomy in clinical and research medicine, supported by a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She has also recently been awarded a Canadian Institute of Health Research Operating Grant on a project on supportive decision making in a diverse society. She is also working with the American Refugee Committee as a volunteer consultant on a collaborative and community-based research project on human rights issues facing refugees and internally displaced people in Rwanda and South Sudan. In addition to her teaching and research duties, Anita is currently an associate chair for the UBC Behavioral Research Ethics Board. Please click here for Anita's CV.
Selected Recent Articles:
Hawkins, A., Ho, A., Hayden, M. (2011). "Lessons for Predictive Testing for Huntington's Disease: 25 Years On." Journal of Medical Genetics 48(10), 649-50.
Bell, J., Ho, A. (2011). “Authenticity as a Necessary Condition for Voluntary Choice: A Case Study in Cancer Clinical Trial Participation." American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) 11(8), 33-5.
Dharamsi, S., Ho, A., Spadafora, S., & Woollard, R. (2011). “The Physician as Health Advocate: Translating the Quest for Social Responsibility Into Medical Education and Practice.” Academic Medicine 86(9), 1-6.
Ho, A. & Pavlish, C. (2011). “Indivisibility of Accountability and Empowerment in Tackling Gender-Based Violence: Lessons from a Refugee Camp in Rwanda”. Journal of Refugee Studies 24(1), 88-109.
Ho, A. (2012). “Community-Based Collaborative Action Research and a Relational Approach to Research Ethics.” Community-based Collaborative Action Research: A Nursing Approach (eds. Carol Pavlish and Maggie Pharris-Dexheimer). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc., pp. 333-356.
Ho, A. (2010). “Personhood and Assisted Death.” Kant and the Cultivation of Personhood, ed. Stephen Palmquist. Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, pp. 370-381.
Ho, A. (August 2009). “They Just Don’t Get It!” When Family Disagrees with Expert Opinion. Journal of Medical Ethics 35(8), 497-501.
Ho, A. (Fall 2008). “Using Family Members as Interpreters in the Clinical Setting.” The Journal of Clinical Ethics 19(3), 223-233.
Ho, A. (May 2008). “The Individualist Model of Autonomy and the Challenge of Disability.” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5, 193-207.
Ho, A. (March 2008). “Relational Autonomy or Undue Pressure? Family's Role in Medical Decision-Making.” Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 22, 128-135.
Anita can be contacted by phone at 604-806-8851 or 604-817-4219 or by email at atho@providencehealth.bc.ca
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