Category Canadian Bioethics

Whither Peer Review at CIHR

January 18, 2017 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, CIHR, Health Research

Matthew Herder reviews three significant problems with the peer review system at CIHR, as a result of which high-quality research by social science and humanities researchers is left ‘undone.’

Ethics at CIHR: Moving Forward

January 16, 2017 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, CIHR, Health Research

Vardit Ravitsky and Judy Illes provide a summary overview of progress being made at CIHR with respect to its ethics mandate.

They Can’t Say No: Ebola & Quarantined Soldiers

January 10, 2017 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Law & Policy, Public Health, Research Ethics

Sheena M. Eagan Chamberlin calls attention to the limited autonomy of military personnel regarding mandatory quarantine following the Ebola crisis.

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.

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.

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