Author Archives: impact ethics

Religious exemptions to assisted dying harm patients

December 15, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Stuart Chambers argues that faith-based institutions should not be ‘conscientiously objecting’ to medical assistance in dying.

Let’s Talk About Wishes, Values, and Beliefs

December 13, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Health Education, Law & Policy

Angel Petropanagos reflects on her experiences asking dialysis outpatients questions about healthcare wishes, values, and beliefs.

Assisted Dying, Mental Illness, & Patient Age

December 8, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Mental Health

Ellen Wiebe, a physician who has provided medical assistance in dying, discusses her views about providing this service when the request is from a young person suffering from mental illness.

Why Choose Open Embryo Donation?

December 1, 2016 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Education, Reproduction

Angela Krueger explains some of the benefits of choosing open embryo donation as compared with anonymous embryo donation.

Nubia – An Ebola Survivor Orphaned by Vaccine Policy

November 25, 2016 · by · in Health Research, International Healthcare, Paediatric, Public Health, Reproduction

Séverine Caluwaerts and Françoise Baylis lament the fact that in an epidemic as deadly as Ebola, pregnant women were denied access to potentially life-saving vaccination solely on the grounds of pregnancy.

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