Eike-Henner Kluge
PhD Eike-Henner Kluge | |
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Nationality | Canadian German |
Alma mater | University of Calgary University of Michigan |
Awards | Royal Society of Canada, Abbyann Lynch Medal |
Main interests | Biomedical (Medical Ethics) and information ethics, topics in the history of philosophy. |
Eike-Henner Kluge FRSC is the first medical ethics expert witness recognized by Canadian courts.[1] Dr. Kluge has acted as an expert witness in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.[1] He is known for his work on contentious medical ethics issue such as abortion and the ethics of deliberate death in addition to privacy and medical informatics.[2][3] He established and was the first director of the Canadian Medical Association Department of Ethics and Legal Affairs.[4][5] Dr. Kluge is the author of the International Medical Informatics Association's code of ethics and their ethics handbook.[6] Additionally, he is a fellow in the Royal Society of Canada.[2]
Abortion
[edit]While the director of the Canadian Medical Association ethics and legal affairs, Dr. Kluge in 1991 drafted an analysis for a Senate committee about Bill C-43, which would sentence doctors to two years in jail for performing abortions where a woman's health is not at risk.[7] Kluge viewed that the bill was flawed ethically.[7] His presentation may have swayed two votes to change resulting in an unprecedented tied vote in January 1991 which resulted in the Senate not passing the Bill C-43.[7]
Deliberate Death
[edit]He was an expert witness in Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG) which was the first case to challenge section 241(b) of the Criminal Code and Carter v Canada (AG). Dr Kluge acted as ethics advisor to Sue Rodriguez.[8] He argues that, "there is no right to die—but there is a right to shape and end our lives in keeping with our competently-held values...It is all a matter of autonomy, beneficence and non-malfeasance."[9] Eike-Henner was also an expert witness in Carter v Canada (AG).
Law School Admission Council Investigation
[edit]Dr Kluge's complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada lead to the Law School Admission Council's no longer being able to fingerprint LSAT test takers in Canada.[10]
Publications
[edit]Books
[edit]- William of Ockham’s Commentary on Porphyry: Introduction and English Translation (serialised in Franciscan Studies, 1973–74).
- The Practice of Death (1975)
- The Metaphysics of Gottlob Frege: An Essay in Ontological Reconstruction (1980)
- The Ethics of Deliberate Death (1981)
- New human reproductive technologies : a preliminary perspective of the Canadian Medical Association (1991)
- Readings in Biomedical Ethics: A Canadian Focus {1993; 1999; 2004)
- The Ethics of Electronic Patient Records (2001)
- A Handbook of Ethics for Health Informatics Professionals 2003)
- Ethics in Health Care: A Canadian Focus (2013)
- Ethics for Health Informatics Professionals: The IMIA Code, its Meaning and Implications (2016)
- The Electronic Health Record: Ethical Considerations (2020)
- The Right to Healthcare: Ethical Considerations (2022)
Co-author books
[edit]- Withholding Treatment from Defective Newborn Children (1985)
- Home telehealth for chronic disease management (2008)
Documentaries
[edit]- Shadow Company (2006) - As Self - Professor of Ethics[11]
Selected academic works
[edit]- Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (1970). "Secure e-Health: Managing risks to patient health data". International Journal of Medical Informatics. 76 (5–6): 402–406. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.09.003. PMID 17084665.
- Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (2000), "Assisted Suicide, Ethics and the Law: The Implication of Autonomy and Respect for Persons, Equality and Justice, and Beneficence", in Prado, C. G. (ed.), Assisted Suicide: Canadian Perspectives, Ottawa, Canada: University of Ottawa Press, p. 83
- Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (2015). "Ethical Considerations on Methods Used in Abortions". Health Care Analysis. 23 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1007/s10728-012-0232-1. PMID 23076345. S2CID 44776709.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eike-Henner Kluge - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ a b "royal society Eike Kluge - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (2001). The ethics of electronic patient records. New York: P. Lang. ISBN 0820452599. OCLC 45122866.
- ^ "Eike-Henner Kluge - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ Kluge, Eike-Henner W. (1989). "The Canadian Scene". Hastings Center Report. 19 (6): 4. doi:10.2307/3561977. JSTOR 3561977.
- ^ admin. "IMIA Code of Ethics - Updated Version 2016". IMIA. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ a b c "royal society Eike Kluge - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "royal society Eike Kluge - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Dr. Eike-Henner Kluge: There is no such thing as the right to die". Choices In Dying Victoria. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Law School Admission Council Investigation, 2008 CanLII 28249 (PCC)". CANLII.
- ^ Shadow Company, retrieved 2020-06-10