Avram Denburg
Biographic Data
| ID | 5413677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Avram Denburg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Avram |
| FAMILY NAME | Denburg |
| SIGNATURE | DENBURG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0039-0742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada
Different policy approaches are associated with assisted dying (including/excluding mature minors). • The Dutch and Belgian approach was parliamentary; Canada was primarily judiciary. • Patient suffering emphasized for Dutch/Belgian context, contrasting human rights in Canada. • Assisted dying eligibility is consistently competence-focused—Canada only applies to adults. • Canada lacks strong social consensus on MAID for mature minors. Medical Ass…
Improving childhood cancer medicines access in developing countries: Towards an implementation framework to inform the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines for Nigeria
Children and adolescents in developing countries continue to be disproportionately affected by cancer and have significantly lower survival rates (30%) than their counterparts in high-income countries (80%). This disparity is driven by poor access to childhood cancer medicines. The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital launched the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines to provide continuous supply …
Access to novel drugs and therapeutics for children and youth: Eliciting citizens' values to inform public funding decisions
INTRODUCTION: The unique evidentiary, economic and ethical challenges associated with health technology assessment (HTA) of precision therapies limit access to novel drugs and therapeutics for children and youth, for whom such challenges are amplified. We elicited citizens' perspectives about values-based criteria relevant to the assessment of paediatric precision therapies to inform the development of a child-tailored HTA framework. METHODS: We …
Advances in the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: Implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report describes the status of childhood cancer control initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Progress between 2017 and 2023 is measured using the outcome indicators from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) childhood cancer logic model aligned with the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC). This report also describes the advances, barriers, and facilitators for the implementation of t…
The Unspeakable Nature of Death & Dying During Childhood: A Silenced Phenomenon in Pediatric Care
In pediatric settings, the concept of hope is frequently positioned as a fundamental aspect of care and at odds with the possibility and proximity of death. This arguably fosters silence about death and dying in childhood despite evidence indicating the benefits of open communication at the end of life. In this paper, we describe the unspeakable nature of death and dying in childhood, including its conceptual and clinical causes and dimensions, i…
The Moral Foundations of Child Health and Social Policies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Foundational understanding of the moral language and dominant policy frames applied to children can enrich analyses of social policies for children. Most societies paint children as potent, vulnerable, entitled, and embedded. It is the admixture of these elements in particular policy spheres, across distinct places and times, that often determines the form of a given policy and societal reactions to it. Subsequent work in this area will need to d…
Health system determinants of access to essential medicines for children with cancer in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Evidence of the context-specific challenges related to childhood cancer drug (CCD) access is vital to improving outcomes for children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries, such as Ghana. We sought to determine the availability and cost of essential CCD in Ghana and identify the underlying determinants of access. METHODS: Our study integrated quantitative data on drug prices and availability with qualitative insights into he…
Does moral reasoning influence public values for health care priority setting: A population-based randomized stated preference survey
The problem is small enough, the problem is big enough’: A qualitative study of health technology assessment and public policy on drug funding decisions for children
Current approaches to health technology assessment are not well calibrated to the realities of child health and illness. Our study presents a nuanced and contextually grounded analysis of concepts instrumental to drug funding decisions for children. The insights generated are directly applicable to the Canadian and Ontario contexts, but also yield fundamental knowledge about HTA for children that are germane to drug policy in other health systems
Access to care for childhood cancers in India: Perspectives of health care providers and the implications for universal health coverage
Although participants acknowledged that accessing childhood cancer care in India is limited by several barriers, perceptions of these barriers varied. Our findings illustrate that health care provider perceptions are shaped by their experiences, interests and standpoints, which are useful towards informing policy for childhood cancers within UHC
A Sensitive Period: Bioethics, Human Rights, and Child Development
This paper explores complementarities between bioethics and human rights in the ethical analysis of early childhood development (ECD) policies. It is argued that conceptual synergies arising from the integration of these fields are considerable, if underexplored, and best illumined through application to specific domains of health policy. ECD represents an especially germane case study: it is characterized by rapidly evolving science whose normat…
Pascal’s Wager: From Science to Policy on Early Childhood Development
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Pascal’s Wager: From Science to Policy on Early Childhood Development
A Sensitive Period: Bioethics, Human Rights, and Child Development
This paper explores complementarities between bioethics and human rights in the ethical analysis of early childhood development (ECD) policies. It is argued that conceptual synergies arising from the integration of these fields are considerable, if underexplored, and best illumined through application to specific domains of health policy. ECD represents an especially germane case study: it is characterized by rapidly evolving science whose normat…
Health system determinants of access to essential medicines for children with cancer in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Evidence of the context-specific challenges related to childhood cancer drug (CCD) access is vital to improving outcomes for children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries, such as Ghana. We sought to determine the availability and cost of essential CCD in Ghana and identify the underlying determinants of access. METHODS: Our study integrated quantitative data on drug prices and availability with qualitative insights into he…
Does moral reasoning influence public values for health care priority setting: A population-based randomized stated preference survey
The problem is small enough, the problem is big enough’: A qualitative study of health technology assessment and public policy on drug funding decisions for children
Current approaches to health technology assessment are not well calibrated to the realities of child health and illness. Our study presents a nuanced and contextually grounded analysis of concepts instrumental to drug funding decisions for children. The insights generated are directly applicable to the Canadian and Ontario contexts, but also yield fundamental knowledge about HTA for children that are germane to drug policy in other health systems
Access to care for childhood cancers in India: Perspectives of health care providers and the implications for universal health coverage
Although participants acknowledged that accessing childhood cancer care in India is limited by several barriers, perceptions of these barriers varied. Our findings illustrate that health care provider perceptions are shaped by their experiences, interests and standpoints, which are useful towards informing policy for childhood cancers within UHC
The Moral Foundations of Child Health and Social Policies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Foundational understanding of the moral language and dominant policy frames applied to children can enrich analyses of social policies for children. Most societies paint children as potent, vulnerable, entitled, and embedded. It is the admixture of these elements in particular policy spheres, across distinct places and times, that often determines the form of a given policy and societal reactions to it. Subsequent work in this area will need to d…
The Unspeakable Nature of Death & Dying During Childhood: A Silenced Phenomenon in Pediatric Care
In pediatric settings, the concept of hope is frequently positioned as a fundamental aspect of care and at odds with the possibility and proximity of death. This arguably fosters silence about death and dying in childhood despite evidence indicating the benefits of open communication at the end of life. In this paper, we describe the unspeakable nature of death and dying in childhood, including its conceptual and clinical causes and dimensions, i…
Access to novel drugs and therapeutics for children and youth: Eliciting citizens' values to inform public funding decisions
INTRODUCTION: The unique evidentiary, economic and ethical challenges associated with health technology assessment (HTA) of precision therapies limit access to novel drugs and therapeutics for children and youth, for whom such challenges are amplified. We elicited citizens' perspectives about values-based criteria relevant to the assessment of paediatric precision therapies to inform the development of a child-tailored HTA framework. METHODS: We …
Advances in the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: Implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report describes the status of childhood cancer control initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Progress between 2017 and 2023 is measured using the outcome indicators from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) childhood cancer logic model aligned with the World Health Organization Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC). This report also describes the advances, barriers, and facilitators for the implementation of t…
Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada
Different policy approaches are associated with assisted dying (including/excluding mature minors). • The Dutch and Belgian approach was parliamentary; Canada was primarily judiciary. • Patient suffering emphasized for Dutch/Belgian context, contrasting human rights in Canada. • Assisted dying eligibility is consistently competence-focused—Canada only applies to adults. • Canada lacks strong social consensus on MAID for mature minors. Medical Ass…
Improving childhood cancer medicines access in developing countries: Towards an implementation framework to inform the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines for Nigeria
Children and adolescents in developing countries continue to be disproportionately affected by cancer and have significantly lower survival rates (30%) than their counterparts in high-income countries (80%). This disparity is driven by poor access to childhood cancer medicines. The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital launched the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines to provide continuous supply …
Political science (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Health (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)