Category Canadian Bioethics

MIND THE GAP: Physician-Assisted Death in Quebec

Jocelyn Downie warns that Quebec’s legislation will leave some physician-assisted death legal but unregulated.

When Rights Collide

Jackie Leach Scully suggests that when rights collide, we should remember that religion is a choice, whereas disability is not.

Code Gridlock

Chris Simpson rants about the crisis in Canada’s hospitals.

GET OUT OF THE WAY to PAVE THE WAY

Barry Hoffmaster discusses Steven Pinker’s call for bioethics to “get out of the way.”

A Fate Worse than Death

Letitia Meynell explains why assisted dying is an important option for the terminally ill.