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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

@camhnews.bsky.social Ethics & Everyday Ethics Lab hosted @maxwellsmith.bsky.social for a talk on coercion and compulsion in mental health & addictions -- timely given involuntary tx for substance use legis emerging across 🍁. Grateful for his journal club on vaccine mandates & inf consent as well! 🙏

Dr Max smith lecturing to an audience. Windows are half open behind him. The audience is facing forward and sitting in chairs.

Side view. Dr Max smith lecturing to an audience. Windows are half open behind him. The audience is facing forward and sitting in chairs.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Happy Festivus, all! May your pole be straight, your feats be strong, and your grievances be few. #festivus #fortherestofus

A Festivus pole sitting on a window sill.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

An inspiring time in London at a @wellcometrust.bsky.social workshop on the ethics of predictive modelling for health. Grateful for rich discussions (esp. in mental health), insights from Drs. Ruth Faden & Erica Thompson + others. Glad I got to draw upon @mdmccradden.bsky.social's work! #bioethics

Man and a women smiling at the camera. The woman has long black hair and the man has very short hair with glasses and a beard.

large group of people standing in front of a screen and smiling

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Thank you to Dr. Jan Vollert and the @iasp.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of this engaging panel today, alongside luminaries Joletta Belton and Dr. Antje Barreveld. It's great that the IASP recognizes the importance of ethics in discussions about pain and AI. #bioethics #pain #stigma

Title slide of a talk that says, Potential Benefits and Unintended Ethical Consequences of AI in Pain Management. The background of the slide has blended red, orange, yellow, and blue hues.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Grateful to the Centre for Applied Ethics & Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research at @ubcpublichealth.bsky.social for a wonderful visit. 🙏🏼 to Jackson Loyal for the kind invitation, and to all who engaged so thoughtfully with my talk on ethics of palliative psychiatry. @itaibavli.bsky.social

School of population and public health at UBC

Two middle-aged men in khaki pants and blue shirts wearing sunglasses standing in front of green shrubbery

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Just back from a full few days at #CanadianPain25. Grateful to participate in a rich panel on whether disease models of chronic pain should guide anti-stigma efforts. Thoughtful, challenging dialogue—exactly what moves the field forward. Thanks to all for the meaningful exchange!

A middle aged man with pale skin, glasses, and a beard standing at a lectern. A screen is behind him.

Three people standing on a wood stage in front of a screen. They are all smiling.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It’s pretty awesome when you can cycle to and from the conference in your home town. #CanadianPain25 #CycleTO

A middle aged man with pale skin wearing glasses and a bike helmet. He is holding up a conference badge.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

When I read this story, this image was all I could think of: search.app/r4d1CcVKbXh1...

A Simpsons version of Don Mattingly without sideburns and looking dejected.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This is objectively incorrect. It is pronounced ‘baygul’. I don’t know what a ‘baggle’ is. 🥯#thisisthehillIwilldieon

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Yes, algorithmic overlord, I am interested in this research as I am an author on the publication. Well done! 👍 #AcademicSky

A screenshot of a publication with the title, Suggested research based on your interests.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

As someone once told me: “there is no bad weather; just bad gear.” #cycleTO #wintercycling #bioethicistsonbikes

Selfie of a man on a bike. He is wearing brown glasses, a black balaclava, a bicycle helmet, a neon yellow and orange high visibility vest, and a black winter coat. He is standing in front of a road with a construction site. A bike lane can be seen in the background.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

New Year’s Eve, new book! I know what I’ll be doing tonight. #kidding #sortof #lifeoftheparty #opioids #bioethics

Cover of the book Policing Patients by Elizabeth Chiarello

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I recently finished reading Ian Williams’s “What I Mean to Say”, which is his 2024 CBC Massey Lectures. I hope his ideas can ignite a national conversation about conversations. Highly recommend.

The cover of Ian Williams’s book, What I mean to Say: Remaking Conversations in Our Time

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📣New paper from the Everyday Ethics Lab! 📣 "Canadian cannabis researcher perspectives on the conduct and sponsorship of scientific research by the for-profit cannabis industry" in Social Science & Medicine. The paper will be of interest to folks in #bioethics #CDoH #STS #psychiatry #COI 🧵 ⤵️ 1/6

Title of the research paper, Canadian cannabis researcher perspectives on the conduct and sponsorship of scientific research by the for-profit cannabis industry. Author names are listed below. The journal is Social Science & Medicine, which appears above the article title.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Our proposed framework has three components 1) Self-reflexive practices; 2) Structural humility; and 3) Critical Consciousness and compassion 4/6

Table 2. Recommendations for implementing proposed educational framework

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We grounded our framework in transformative learning theory, and conducted a comprehensive literature review and quality improvement interviews with content experts in bioethics, health professions education, and stigma studies. We also interviewed a Fellow in healthcare ethics. 3/6

Table 1: Summary of QI interview participant feedback on draft framework.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

📣 New paper! 🧵 Led by my talented former Masters student Zahra Hasan, this paper proposes an educational framework for healthcare ethics consultation (clinical ethics) to approach structural #stigma in mental health and substance use www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #bioethics #psychiatry 1/6

Paper title with green text on white background. The title of the paper is An Educational Framework for Healthcare Ethics Consultation to Approach Structural Stigma in Mental Health and Substance Use Health.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Sharing this post from LinkedIn about Phil Lesh, longtime bass player for the Grateful Dead, who died yesterday. #Phillesh #gratefuldead #faretheewell

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Phil Lesh, bass player for the Grateful Dead and various other latter day projects, died today. Sort of a strange thing to reflect about on a business networking platform, but he was an influencer in the truest sense.
Lawyers and other professionals don't usually have the freedom to improvise, but we all have the space in our professional lives to find passion in our connections with each other, and to find success and fulfillment in willingness to remain open to new possibilities.
Phil Lesh was one of the great and most unusual practitioners in his chosen field. He eschewed orthodoxy in his approach to his craft: constantly searching, always listening, innovating new technologies, seeking surprising connections, staying radically open to new possibilities. At times, reputed to be uncompromising and cantankerous, but without a doubt, a passionate collaborator.
There are few musicians who have played live in front of as many people as he did -- from a local pizza shop, to the pyramids in Egypt over six decades. The Phil Zone was a moveable musical feast.
If you have a top Phil video or audio clip to share, feel free to pop it in the comments.
#phillesh #gratefuldead #alembic #philzone

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

🚨LAUNCHING - Living Ethics International Network: Conference Mini-Series / 🚨LANCEMENT - Réseau international d'éthique vivante : Mini-séries de conférences - mailchi.mp/ircm/living-... #bioethics

Living Ethics International Network poster

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Saw this posted elsewhere, but yeah, I feel this.

Ben Affleck meme stations, “You got time to hop on a quick call?”

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Not a bad way to spend the week at a workshop discussing the concept of futility in psychiatry. Very grateful to be on the shores of Lake Geneva at the Fondation Brocher. #bioethics

View of Fondation Brocher. Old house on the right. A free teee in the left with a modern building behind it.

View of lake Geneva. Two tables in the front with free grass behind. Lake Geneva in the background with mountains.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I will be giving Ethics Grand Rounds at Unity Health Toronto Centre for Clinical Ethics on Wednesday, October 2nd. I'm really honoured to be invited to talk about palliative psychiatry, an ethically challenging, critically important, and timely topic. Registration link in the comments! #bioethics

Poster for Ethics Grand Roudns at Unity Health Toronto and Centre for Clinical Ethics. The title is Palliative Psychiatry: Ethical Challenges and Opportunities.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

My latest: AI and the Ethics of Techno-solutionism in Pain Management. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Screenshot of the paper title: AI and the ethics of techno-solutionism in pain management

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

I'll be at #ASBH24 later this week. On Thursday at 4:30pm I have the great privilege of sharing the stage with luminaries Drs. Anita Ho, Jada Wiggleton-Little, & @profgoldberg.bsky.social for our panel on objective assessments and disease models of chronic pain on stigma. Come say hi! #bioethics

Screenshot of ASBH panel abstract. Title says Objective Assessment and Disease Models of Chronic Pain: Ethical Considerations for Stigma.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

I’m delighted to be in Amsterdam for #WC2024! I’ll be joining my colleagues Drs Karen Davis and Whitney Scott for our panel on ethics of disease models of chronic pain on stigma Wednesday at 11:00am CET

Flags outside the Amsterdam RAI for the IASP World Congress on Pain

Conference badge for the IASP 2024 Word Congress on Pain

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

I'm looking forward to delivering the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Grand Rounds tomorrow on ethics and psychedelics -- a timely, important, and challenging topic. Should be a great discussion.

Grandrounds 2024 poster for CAMH. The title of the presentation is Psychedelic Ethics at the Intersection of Research, Practice, and Population Mental Health. Daniel Buchman's photo is on the right side of the image. He has pale skin, short reddish-brown hair, glasses, and a beard. He is looking straight ahead.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

It was an honour and a privilege to participate in the Dalla Lana hooding ceremony and University of Toronto convocation. Congrats to Dr Kristie Serota, the MHSc in Bioethics grads, and all the graduating students!

Screen that says congratulations class of 2024

View from the stage at convocation hall at the university of Toronto. Four faculty members are in the foreground wearing black regalia. The audience can be seen in the background.

Daniel and Kristie standing in front of a screen. They are wearing black academic regalia with red arms and two red stripes down the middle.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

We're off to Montreal to attend the joint Canadian Bioethics Society - International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation! Members from our team will be presenting on a variety of topics in mental health and chronic pain ethics. If you'll be at the conference, come by and say hi!

Attitudes towards disease model explanations of chronic pain among Canadian and US adults without chronic pain: Ethical implications for stigma.

Understanding attitudes and beleifs regarding COVID-19 vaccines among transitional-aged youth with mental health concerns: a youth-led qualitative study.

Developing and evaluating clinical ethics frameworks at a Canadian academic psychiatry hospital: Approaches to knowledge user engagement

Acknowledging family members' complex bereavement experiences following medical assistance in dying (MAiD)

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

This is decidedly Can-con, so my Canadian peeps will know what’s up

Album cover of I Mother Earth’s Scenery and Fish

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

I had a wonderful time today at the U of T Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Absolutely Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop, alongside Dr Mamatha Bhat and Dr Muhammad Mamdani, with expert moderation from @lukestark.bsky.social. Thanks for all the thoughtful Qs and discussion.

Title slide. Title is Potential Unintended Ethical Consequences of AI in Psychiatry.

Slide for the conference. Title says Absolutely Interdisciplinary Graduate Workshop. Below is the date, May 6, 2024.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

☕ My hotel room had pour-over coffee! For me, this was a treat. 4/4

A gooseneck kettle behind two blue and white coffee mugs; there are two filters for pour-over coffee next to an assorment of teas and stir sticks in paper wrapping.

Two stained glass windows. The one on the left is an owl with a green heart in the centre of its chest; the one on the right says, "The more he saw the less he spoke". In between is an own statue with googly eyes.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

🎤 Our panel "Stigma and the brain disease model of chronic pain: Helping our hurting?" feat me, Emeralda Burke, Dr David Seminowicz, Iris Coates McCall, & Dr Jada Wiggleton-Little, was truly interdis and featured perspectives from lived experience, neurosci, empirical ethics, and philosophy. 3/x

Dr Jada Wiggleton-Little standing in front of a microphone at a podium. She is wearing glasses and a dark jacket. Iris Coates McCall is looking on from a table.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

🏆 Our team won "Outstanding Presentation" for our poster, "Attitudes towards disease model explanations of chronic pain among Canadian and US adults without chronic pain: A contrastive vignette study." Congrats to Iris Coates McCall for delivering a stellar presentation! 2/x

Iris Coates McCall wearing glasses and a brown jacket standing next to an academic poster on a poster board.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

I had a wonderful time in Baltimore last week at the International Neuroethics Society meeting, connecting with colleagues old and new. A few highlights: 1/X

Framed poster with the title International Neuroethics Society meeting

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

Reskeet with a banger picture of your cat

Black and white photo of two tabby cats looking down at the photographer

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

A huge congrats to my RA (and former Masters student) Zahra Hasan for winning the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) Best Oral Abstract/Early Career Educator Award at the recent conference in San Diego!

Zahra Hasan, with straight black hair and glasses, smiling and holding a certificate, and standing in front of a large screen in a hotel conference hall.

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Looking forward to joining my colleagues Dr Alice Virani and Dr Adrian Guta next Thursday, Feb 29th at 12pm ET for this important discussion. #bioethics #publichealthethics Register here 🔗: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Our latest: Understanding attitudes and beliefs regarding COVID-19 vaccines among transitional-aged youth with mental health concerns: a youth-led qualitative study bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... #bioethics #trust #publichealthethics #qualitative