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Bernard M. Dickens

Bernard M. Dickens

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Law
Canada
2026

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Law

D-Index
40
Citations
26041
World Ranking
103
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Bernard M. Dickens is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their recent academic work primarily engages with issues related to reproductive health, medical ethics, and legal challenges in healthcare settings.

Their publications cover a range of topics, including reproductive health and technologies, ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare, LGBTQ health and policy, reproductive health and contraception, medical malpractice and liability issues, assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, as well as family dynamics and relationships.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Transsexuality: Legal and ethical challenges (2020), published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Conscientious objection and the duty to refer (2021), published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Paid surrogacy abroad does not violate public policy: UK Supreme Court (2020), published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Transsexuality: Legal and Ethical Challenges (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Capitalizing on Security, Performance, and Energy Tradeoffs in Full Drive Encryption Schemes for Fun and Profit (2020), published in Knowledge@UChicago (University of Chicago)

Bernard M. Dickens has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Knowledge@UChicago (University of Chicago)

The scientist collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including R. Alta Charo, Ellen Wright Clayton, Barry R. Furrow, Jay A Gold, and Lawrence O. Gostin, each with multiple joint publications.

Bernard M. Dickens' work integrates themes from pediatrics, perinatology and child health, reproductive medicine, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as pharmacy, reflecting interdisciplinary interests within medical and ethical domains.

Best Publications

  • World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens;Mahmoud F. Fathalla

  • Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens;Mahmoud F. Fathalla

  • Ethics and SARS: lessons from Toronto

    Peter A Singer;Solomon R Benatar;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein;Abdallah S Daar

  • Reproductive Health and Human Rights

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens;Mahmoud F. Fathalla

  • Severe brain injury to neurological determination of death: Canadian forum recommendations

    Sam D. Shemie;Christopher Doig;Bernard Dickens;Paul Byrne

  • Human rights dynamics of abortion law reform.

    Rebecca J Cook;Bernard M Dickens

  • Female genital cutting (mutilation/circumcision): ethical and legal dimensions

    R.J Cook;B.M Dickens;M.F Fathalla

  • Obstetric fistula: the challenge to human rights

    R.J. Cook;B.M. Dickens;S. Syed

  • Origins of the desire for euthanasia and assisted suicide in people with HIV-1 or AIDS: a qualitative study.

    James V Lavery;James V Lavery;Joseph Boyle;Bernard M Dickens;Heather Maclean

  • The control of living body materials.

    Bernard M. Dickens

  • BIOETHICS FOR CLINICIANS: 13. RESOURCE ALLOCATION

    Martin F. McKneally;Bernard M. Dickens;Eric M. Meslin;Peter A. Singer

  • Reducing stigma in reproductive health.

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens

  • Bioethics for clinicians: 10. Research ethics

    Charles Weijer;Bernard Dickens;Eric M. Meslin

  • Hymen reconstruction: ethical and legal issues.

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens

  • Advancing Safe Motherhood through Human Rights

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens;O. Andrew;F. Wilson

  • Adolescents and consent to treatment

    B.M. Dickens;R.J. Cook

  • Assisted reproduction developments in the Islamic world.

    G.I Serour;B.M Dickens

  • Human rights and ethics in public health.

    Sofia Gruskin;Bernard M. Dickens

  • The scope and limits of conscientious objection.

    Bernard M. Dickens;Rebecca J. Cook

  • Legal rights and duties in the AIDS epidemic

    B.M. Dickens

  • From reproductive choice to reproductive justice.

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard M. Dickens

  • Ethical standards for human-to-animal chimera experiments in stem cell research.

    Insoo Hyun;Patrick Taylor;Giuseppe Testa;Bernard Dickens

  • Abortion and the law

    Bernard M. Dickens

  • International developments in abortion law from 1988 to 1998.

    R J Cook;B M Dickens;L E Bliss

  • Research on Human Subjects

    Bernard M. Dickens;Bernard Barber;John J. Lally;Julia Loughlin Makarushka

  • Can sex selection be ethically tolerated

    B M Dickens

  • Bioethics for clinicians: 16. Dealing with demands for inappropriate treatment

    Charles Weijer;Peter A. Singer;Bernard M. Dickens;Stephen Workman

  • Human rights to in vitro fertilization.

    Fernando Zegers-Hochschild;Bernard M. Dickens;Sandra Dughman-Manzur

  • Recognizing adolescents' ‘evolving capacities’ to exercise choice in reproductive healthcare

    R Cook;B.M Dickens

  • Body enhancement through female genital cosmetic surgery creates ethical and rights dilemmas

    Joanna M. Cain;Cheryl B. Iglesia;Bernard Dickens;Owen Montgomery

  • Obstetric Fistula: The Challenge to Human Rights

    Rebecca J. Cook;Bernard Dickens

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca J. Cook
Rebecca J. Cook University of Toronto
Peter A. Singer
Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore
Sofia Gruskin
Sofia Gruskin University of Southern California
Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Solomon R. Benatar
Solomon R. Benatar University of Cape Town
Timothy Caulfield
Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta
Abdallah S. Daar
Abdallah S. Daar University of Toronto
Ross E. G. Upshur
Ross E. G. Upshur University of Toronto
Michael R. Hayden
Michael R. Hayden University of British Columbia
Heather L. MacLean
Heather L. MacLean University of Toronto

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