Associate Professor
(519) 253-3000 x2401
Room G123 Chrysler Hall North
mhmul@uwindsor.ca
Education
Ph.D. Theology (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, 1987
M.A. Theology, Institute of Christian Thought
The University of St. Michael’s College
Toronto, Ontario, 1978
B.A. (Hon.) Religious Studies/Biology
Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario, 1975
Research & Teaching Interests
Professional ethics, bioethics/ health care ethics, research ethics, the history of medical ethics in North America, 1940-1970.
Current Projects
I have been researching the ways that medical ethics was taught and practiced in Canada during the thirty year period before “the birth of the discipline of bioethics” in the early 1970s. Another focus of this research is the role of organized religion in medical ethics discourse between 1940 and 1970.
During my time as Chair of the University of Windsor’s Research Ethics Board (2000-2008), I developed an interest in examining how researchers engaged human subjects in research. My current focus examines research ethics in North America between 1940 until the early 1970s.
Publications
- "Before the Birth of Bioethics: The Shaping of Physicians' Ethics in Canada: 1940-1970." Volume of selected presentations from the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics. Ed. Sandra Tomsons and Philip MacEwen. Mellen Press. (2014)
- From Psychiatrist-Researcher to Psychiatrist and Researcher: Heinz Lehmann, Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 6, (2011)
- Professional Ethics Considerations for Research Ethics Board Members in Canada, Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 25, 1:4 (2006).
- Gagandeep Dahliwal, “Occupational Therapy and Its Ethical Dilemmas,” 2012
- Dane Macri, “Can Haiti Overcome the Mountains? A Historical, Political and Cultural Analysis of the United Nation’s Action Plan” 2010.
Courses Taught
01-01-204 Health Care Ethics through the Life-Span
01-01-209 Ethics in the Professions
14-56-410 Inquiry and Communication
02-53-215 Religion and Sexuality
02-53-225 Feminist Theology
02-53-230 Gender and Moral Choice
01-35-203 Biomedical Ethics: Care of the Living and Dying
01-35-227 Issues in Contemporary Theology