Amir Attaran, LLB, DPhil, MS Biography
- Title:
- Professor of Law and Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health, and Global Development Policy at the University of Ottawa
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“In February 2015, Canada legalized physician-assisted dying — a first among countries with common-law systems, in which law is often developed by judges through case decisions and precedent…
These developments will trouble people who instinctively find legalized physician-assisted dying repellent. But increasingly, society is acknowledging that denying people the right to die with dignity and safety is even more repellent.”
“Unanimity on Death with Dying–Legalizing Physician-Assisted Dying in Canada,” nejm.org, May 28, 2015
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor of Law and Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health, and Global Development Policy, University of Ottawa
- Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2005-present
- Faculty member, School of Public Health, Yale University, 2003-2005
- Former Fellow, Chatham House (formerly Royal Institute of International Affairs)
- Faculty member, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2000-2005
- Former Codirector, Commission of Macroeconomics and Health, World Health Organization, Center for International Development
- Advisor, patent and trade law, Ministry of Health, Brazil, 2001
- Environmental lawyer, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 1999-2000
- Former lawyer, Sierra Legal Defence Fund
- Education:
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- LLB, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada), 1999
- DPhil, Oxford University, 1996
- MS, California Institute of Technology, 1992
- Predoctoral Fellowship, Biomedical Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute for Graduate Studies
- BA, Neuroscience, University of California at Berkeley,
- Other:
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- Twitter handle: @profamirattaran
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