Author Archives: impact ethics

Incremental medical assistance in dying

April 19, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Stuart Chambers comments on the incrementalism that characterizes the Liberal government’s legislation on medical assistance in dying.

Proposed Canadian legislation on medical assistance in dying

April 18, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Leah Hutt summarizes the eligibility criteria and safeguards for medical assistance in dying, as proposed by the Government of Canada.

Canada is a booming foreign surrogacy destination

April 14, 2016 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Law & Policy, Medical Tourism

Pamela M. White recounts the ways that Canada is described at a recent surrogacy conference in the United Kingdom.

Physician-assisted death needs expert reporting and monitoring

April 12, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Juliet Guichon and Pauline Alakija argue that governments should require that physician-assisted deaths be reportable to (and by) coroners and medical examiners, so that scrupulous monitoring of physician-assisted death may occur.

Abortions: Coming soon to PEI

April 7, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Law & Policy, Public Health, Sexual Health

Nasha Nijhawan and Kelly McMillan explain why the PEI government has finally elected to provide abortion services on the Island.

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