COVID-19 Vaccine Certification: A Contentious Proposal

January 8, 2021 · by · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability

Françoise Baylis highlights some of the limitations of COVID-19 vaccine certificates.

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.

Reopening Canada while protecting public health

June 1, 2020 · by · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Health, Inclusivity, Law & Policy, vulnerability

Natalie Kofler and Françoise Baylis remind us that everyone must be protected during this pandemic.

Canada needs one — not many — clinical triage protocols

May 4, 2020 · by · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Public Health, Social Justice

Francoise Baylis argues that access to life-saving treatment should not be determined by geography.

Health Disparities in COVID-19 Triage Protocols

April 8, 2020 · by · in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Health, International Healthcare, Pandemic, Public Health, Social Justice

Şerife Tekin asks us to be aware that existing socio-economic disparities could adversely affect access to medical care under triage plans for scarce resources.

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