Monthly Archives: September 2020

COVID-19 animal research reveals ethical shortcomings

September 25, 2020 · by · in Animal Research, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Research Ethics, Science and Technology, Vaccine, vulnerability

Andrew Fenton and L. Syd M Johnson outline several ethical issues with nonhuman animal research revealed by COVID-19 research

MAiD for mental suffering: The limits of psychiatry

September 17, 2020 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Peter J. Baylis critiques the argument that mental health concerns are never irremediable, and that people with a mental illness as a sole underlying condition should not be eligible for medical assistance in dying.

Medicalization & the sociocultural roots of hoarding disorder

September 11, 2020 · by · in Mental Health, Social Justice, vulnerability

Kaila Bolton outlines some of the benefits and disadvantages of medicalizing hoarding behaviour while discussing the economic and sociocultural context associated with this disorder.