Johnston, the clinical chief of adult intensive care, said ethicists provide valuable assistance. Gary Goldsand interrupted his doctoral studies at the University of Toronto to become the program's first participant last September. Goldsand divides his time between different hospital services and physician mentors, as well as teaching assignments and attending classes. Dr. Peter Singer, director of the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, welcomes the program. There are relatively few people in Canada trained to do this, so this development is extremely important.
Ethics has to add value by engaging the clinical and organizational problems of a hospital.