Ms. McTeer is an author and lawyer specializing in medical and health law and the challenges facing legislators and the public by science and medical research. She is the author of the book "Tough Choices: Living & Dying in the 21st Century" which analyses the challenges we face throughout the life span - from embryo research to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Among the fascinating and important themes she has addressed to audiences in North America and the U.K. are the following:
Biotechnology
Genetics and Genomics including topics such as:
Patents on human genes - U.S., Europe and Canada reassess their impact on innovation & research
Insurance in the age of genetics - issues of access to data and personal/family privacy
Health care reform
Human rights and medicine
Research and ethics
Health & the promise of genetic engineering - from organ transplants to growing your own body parts
Staying well- aging and health care
Keeping control at the end of life - legal lessons for Canadians
Reproductive technologies - how the Canadian and UK laws work and handle controversial topics like egg and sperm donation, multiple births, reproductive tourism, surrogacy contracts, the rights of the child, adoption and legitimacy, including topics:
Introduction to Genetics & the Law - a 2 day credit course at Washington College of Law Health Law Project, American University, Washington D.C., June, 2010.
Reaching for the future & Making a Difference in the World - remarks to the graduating classes at Carleton University, June, 2010, on occasion of receiving Honorary Doctorate of Laws.
Meeting our Obligations to the World's Women - a presentation to the non-partisan public meeting on Parliament Hill "Saving Women's Lives" sponsored by Dr. Keith Martin, MP and Maureen McTeer, March 8, 2010.
Strong Women, Strong Canada, Strong World - a presentation to Treasury Board, the PSC & Finance Department Equality Managers, March, 2010.
Today & tomorrow: What do patients want & does government need to listen? presentation to the Canadian Patient Summit, Toronto, March, 2010.
Meeting MDG#5 & Saving Women's Lives: the G8 agenda initiative - presentation before the Parliamentary Committee on the Status of Women, May, 2010.
The ABC's of DNA: The impact of genomics on our health, wealth and agriculture to Genome Prairie, Saskatoon, May, 2009
Donor Anonymity- the law in the UK panel at U of Ottawa faculty of Law, March, 2009
Designs on Life: Being Human in the 21st Century the Sixth Roberts Lecture, University of Sheffield, U.K., October, 2008.
Genetic Testing: Challenges to rights & health law - a presentation to the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada, Victoria, B.C. June, 2008
Sex, Law & Politics: Life Lessons from the Trenches - a presentation to the Canadian Bar Association, (Women's Section), Vancouver, B.C. February, 2008
