Author Archives: impact ethics
Roles for Ethicists in COVID-19 Response
Marika Warren outlines roles health care ethicists can play in pandemic preparation, response, and recovery
MAID for Mental Illness: Why Safeguards Won’t Work
John Maher asserts that medical assistance in dying (MAiD) should not be a legal option for persons whose sole underlying condition is mental illness because proposed safeguards will fail over time.
Coronavirus in Vietnam: Observations from a Canadian
Françoise Baylis describes her experience of public health measures to counter coronavirus in Vietnam.
Euthanasia and Slippery Slopes: A Reply to Chambers
Jos VM Welie argues that the Groningen Protocol in the Netherlands presents a clear example of a slippery slope in the area of physician assistance in suicide and euthanasia.
The federal government requests an extension on MAiD
Jocelyn Downie argues that the federal government’s request for more time to amend medical assistance in dying legislation leaves Canadians to face enduring, intolerable, and irremediable suffering.
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