[HTML][HTML] The value of non-invasive prenatal testing: preferences of Canadian pregnant women, their partners, and health professionals regarding NIPT use and access

…, J Le Clerc-Blain, ME Lemoine, AO Affdal… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Canadian policies regarding the implementation and public coverage of non-invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT) are heterogeneous and shifting, with NIPT being publicly …

[HTML][HTML] Lived experiences of patients receiving hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study from the Quebec renal network

MF Malo, A Affdal, D Blum, F Ballesteros… - Kidney360, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Hemodialysis patients have faced unique challenges during the COVID-19
pandemic. They face high risk of death if infected and have unavoidable exposure to others …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian pregnant women's preferences regarding NIPT for Down syndrome: the information they want, how they want to get it, and with whom they want to …

…, J Le Clerc-Blain, H Haidar, AO Affdal… - Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This study sought to assess Canadian pregnant women's and their partners’
preferences for information about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). Methods Pregnant women …

Governing the futures of non-invasive prenatal testing: An exploration of social acceptability using the Delphi method

C Dupras, S Birko, AO Affdal, H Haidar… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers numerous benefits
to pregnant women and their families. It also raises ethical, legal and social concerns …

Noninvasive prenatal testing: views of canadian pregnant women and their partners regarding pressure and societal concerns

…, J Le Clerc-Blain, H Haidar, AO Affdal… - AJOB Empirical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) provides important benefits yet raises
ethical concerns. We surveyed Canadian pregnant women and their partners to explore their …

[HTML][HTML] Posthumous reproduction with surplus in vitro fertilization embryos: a study exploring users' choices

S Côté, AO Affdal, IJ Kadoch, P Hamet, V Ravitsky - Fertility and Sterility, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To report results of analysis of in vitro fertilization (IVF) users' choices regarding the
potential use of their surplus cryopreserved embryos for posthumous assisted reproduction …

Ethical, legal, social, and policy issues of ovarian tissue cryopreservation in prepubertal girls: a critical interpretive review

AO Affdal, M Salama, V Ravitsky - Journal of Assisted Reproduction and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Despite the increasing number of childhood cancer survivors, significant advances
in ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) technique and medical societies’ recommendations…

Parents' posthumous use of daughter's ovarian tissue: ethical dimensions

AO Affdal, V Ravitsky - Bioethics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, progress in cancer treatment has greatly increased the chances of recovery.
Yet, treatment may have irreversible effects on patients’ fertility. In order to protect future …

International Bioethics Conferencing:“Can the Subaltern Speak?”

H Haidar, A Affdal - The American Journal of Bioethics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Inclusive. The American Journal of Bioethics 24 (4): 13–28. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.
2232748. Macpherson, CC 2019. Energy, emissions, and public health ethics. In The oxford …

Benefits, challenges and ethical principles associated with implementing noninvasive prenatal testing: a Delphi study

C Dupras, S Birko, A Affdal, H Haidar… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Noninvasive prenatal testing is a recent technology that provides some genetic
information about the fetus through the analysis of cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal …