Borgerson, Kirsten - Philosophy

Personal Information
First Name: 
Kirsten
Last Name: 
Borgerson
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
Dalhousie University
Phone: 
(902) 494-3338
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Philosophy
Specific Area of Research: 
Philosophy of medicine, bioethics, social epistemology, feminist philosophy
Academics
PHD University: 
University of Saskatchewan
PHD Date: 
2000
Major Publications: 
Baylis, F., Sherwin, S. Hoffmaster, B. Borgerson, K. Eds. Health Care Ethics in Canada: Third Edition. Thomson/Nelson, Toronto: 2012 Borgerson, K., "Are Explanatory Trials Ethical? Shifting the Burden of Justification in Clinical Trial Design." [Forthcoming, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (2013)] Borgerson, K., "Amending and Defending Critical Contextual Empiricism" , European Journal for Philosophy of Science 1 3 (2011): 435-449 Bluhm, R., Borgerson, K. “Evidence-based Medicine” in Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series, Volume: Philosophy of Medicine. Fred Gifford, Ed. London: Elsevier (2011): 203-238. Borgerson, K., Millum, J. “A Third Way: Ethics Guidance as Evidence-Informed Provisional Rules.” American Journal of Bioethics 10 6 (2010): 20-22. Borgerson, K. “Why reading the title isn’t good enough: An evaluation of the 4S approach to evidence-based medicine,” The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 2 2 (2009): 152-175. Borgerson, K. “Valuing Evidence: Bias and the Evidence Hierarchy of Evidence-based Medicine,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 52 2 (2009): 218-33. Borgerson, K. “Diversity and Objectivity in Medicine” Munk Centre for International Studies (MCIS) Briefings: Comparative Program on Health and Society / Lupina Foundation Working Paper Series (2006): 1-21. Borgerson, K. “Evidence-based Alternative Medicine?” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 48 4 (2005): 502-15. Borgerson, K. “Playing by the Rules: Feminism, Alternative Medicine and Standards of Scientific Evidence” Munk Centre for International Studies (MCIS) Briefings: Comparative Program on Health and Society / Lupina Foundation Working Paper Series (2005): 17-33.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Founding Director, New Scholars in Bioethics
Courses Taught: 
Ethics and Health Care: Patient Care; Ethics and Health Care: Social Policy; Topics in Ethics and Health Care; Topics in Epistemology: Feminist Epistemology; Ethics;