Kirstin Borgerson
Associate Professor; Undergraduate Advisor. Cross-Appointed with Gender and Women's Studies
Email: kirstin.borgerson@dal.ca
Phone: 902.494.3338
Mailing Address:
Room 1127, Marion McCain Building
Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
- Philosophy of Medicine
- Bioethics
- Feminist Philosophy
- Epistemology
Education
- PhD (2008) - University of Toronto
- MA (2001) - Univeristy of Toronto
- BA (2000) - University of Saskatchewan
Selected Publications
- Bluhm R., Borgerson K. "An Epistemic Argument for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine." The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine 43.4(2018)468-484
- Borgerson, K. “An Argument for Fewer Clinical Trials.” Hastings Center Report 46 (2016): 1-11. DOI: 10.10002/hast.637
- Borgerson, K. "Redundant, Secretive, and Isolated: When Are Clinical Trials Scientifically Valid?" Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 24 4 (2014):385-411
- Borgerson, K., "Are Explanatory Trials Ethical? Shifting the Burden of Justification in Clinical Trial Design." Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 34 4 (2013):293-308
- 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. “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.