Lynette Reid

Biography

Dr. LYNETTE REID is affiliated to Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University. Dr. LYNETTE REID is currently providing services as Associate Professor. Dr. LYNETTE REID has authored I145and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and International conferences. Dr. LYNETTE REID contributions have acclaimed recognition from honourable subject experts around the world. Dr. LYNETTE REID is actively associated with different societies and academies. Dr. LYNETTE REID academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. Dr. LYNETTE REID research interests include Dr. Reid’s work is at the intersection of public health ethics, clinical ethics in primary care, and social and political philosophy of health systems. Recent publications include an analysis of the distributional nature of population health and a discussion of the implications of Piketty and colleagues’ work on economic inequality for bioethics and health equity. Her current projects lie in two distinct areas. One involves questions in ethics and in philosophy of medicine that arise in current cancer screening controversies. The other involves normative and empirical challenges to systems of universal health coverage. In this second project, she continues the theme of the value of health equity in an era of widening social inequality in health..

Research Interest

Dr. Reid’s work is at the intersection of public health ethics, clinical ethics in primary care, and social and political philosophy of health systems. Recent publications include an analysis of the distributional nature of population health and a discussion of the implications of Piketty and colleagues’ work on economic inequality for bioethics and health equity. Her current projects lie in two distinct areas. One involves questions in ethics and in philosophy of medicine that arise in current cancer screening controversies. The other involves normative and empirical challenges to systems of universal health coverage. In this second project, she continues the theme of the value of health equity in an era of widening social inequality in health.