Author Archives: impact ethics

Facial Recognition Software and Improved Organ Donor Matching

Linda Wright briefly explains “hoped-for” GeneSetMatch technology and highlights problems for informed consent and public trust.

Criminal Sexual Conduct and the Politics of HIV Disclosure

March 22, 2016 · by impact ethics · in CIHR, Law & Policy, Mental Health, Sexuality

Michael Orsini and Jennifer Kilty discuss the criminalization of failure to disclose HIV status.

Orthorexia: A New Eating Disorder?

March 18, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Fitness, Mental Health, Public Health

Shawna Collins describes orthorexia and considers whether it should be an official medical diagnosis.

Zika, Ableism, and Reproductive Healthcare

March 15, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Clinical Ethics, Disability, Global Health, Paediatric, Reproduction

Celeste Orr critiques the ableism underpinning arguments for women’s access to contraception and abortion in response to the Zika virus.

Clarifying the Assisted Death Recommendations

March 11, 2016 · by impact ethics · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Maureen Taylor, Jocelyn Downie, and Jennifer Gibson suggest that recent commentaries on official Reports on assisted death in Canada misstate the recommendations made in the Reports and their relationship to the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter.

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