Adjunct professor
Nursing - Direction
Faculty of Nursing

Vincent Couture, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at Université Laval. He teaches ethics applied to nursing and health. He is a regular researcher at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec—Université Laval, with dual affiliations to the Population Health and Optimal Health Practices program and the Reproduction, Mother and Youth Health program. His research program focuses on the ethics of care applied to the beginnings of life.

Mapping Ethical Issues Related to Advanced Paternal Age

In most societies, parental age at birth is increasing. This phenomenon has been well studied in women, but what about men? An increasing number of studies tend to show an association between the father’s advanced age and negative health outcomes for the child. In this context, this research project aims to shed light on the nature of the responsibility of future fathers of advanced age in relation to their reproductive decisions.

Studying the Use of Palliative Care During the Perinatal Period

The disclosure of a prenatal genetic diagnosis with a poor prognosis is a particularly demanding situation for future parents. This project seeks to explore the possibility of providing palliative care at the birth of the child. We are more specifically interested in the social, psychological, and ethical dimensions associated with this difficult decision-making for future parents.

The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

The massive arrival of artificial intelligence in our lives gives rise to great hopes and fears. What about its integration in the field of healthcare, where the values inherent in the development of technosciences are secondary to those of protecting the integrity and health of individuals and populations? It is in this context that we are working to develop ethical guidelines adapted to the new possibilities offered by the growing integration of artificial intelligence systems in healthcare.

Exploring the Contribution of Arts to Bioethics

How to share the results of bioethics research with the general public? One of the avenues that we are exploring consists of creating hybrid events that mobilize knowledge transfer in bioethics and aesthetic experimentation.