Author Archives: impact ethics
Mental Health Apps Operating Outside Ethical Boundaries
Shyanne Dougherty questions the ethics of unregulated mental health apps.
Rural Newfoundland Needs Better Abortion Access
Janelle Skeard shows why it is necessary to improve abortion access in Newfoundland’s “Bible Belt”.
More Canadian Psychiatrists Respond: No MAiD For Mental Illness
A group of Canadian psychiatrists, including those who have been involved with medical assistance in dying (MAiD), several University and Hospital Department Chairs and several past Canadian Psychiatric Association presidents respond to a recent piece in Impact Ethics that criticized calls to exclude patients with mental health disorders.
Life Sentence: MAiD in the Prison System
Dylan McKibbon suggests that discussions about medical assistance in dying must consider the unique circumstances of prisoners, and that a model of Therapeutic Jurisprudence can help address some of the concerns related to MAiD in the context of incarceration.
Canadian Psychiatrists Respond: MAiD and Mental Disorders
A group of Canadian psychiatrists involved with medical assistance in dying respond to calls to exclude patients with mental health disorders.
