Dickens B M
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1990;24(4):504-9.
Canadian bioethicists have long enjoyed access to bioethics programs in the United States and have collaborated with U.S. organizations working in this field. Nevertheless, special features of Canada's multicultural society and public health services are increasingly seen as raising distinctive issues requiring special attention. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of current Canadian bioethics trends in various areas--including those of training, research on human subjects, human reproduction, termination of life, biotechnology, organ transplants, and AIDS. Comparison of this work with other articles in this issue will show that while some of the trends involved have paralleled similar ones in the United States, some trends (such as that regarding confidentiality and the reporting of HIV infection) have been quite different.
长期以来，加拿大生物伦理学家一直能够参与美国的生物伦理学项目，并与美国从事该领域工作的组织开展合作。然而，加拿大多元文化社会和公共卫生服务的特点日益被视为引发了需要特别关注的独特问题。本文旨在概述加拿大当前在各个领域的生物伦理学趋势，包括培训、人体研究、人类生殖、生命终结、生物技术、器官移植和艾滋病等领域。将这项工作与本期的其他文章进行比较会发现，虽然其中一些趋势与美国的类似趋势并行，但有些趋势（例如关于保密和报告艾滋病毒感染的趋势）却大不相同。
