Category Clinical Ethics

Human Milk Banking in Guatemala City: All for All

June 9, 2017 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Paediatric, Reproduction

Martha Paynter compares human milk banking practices in Guatemala City and Atlantic Canada.

Blinded by the Promise of Stem Cell Treatments

April 13, 2017 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Disability, Law & Policy, Science and Technology

Alan F. Cruess cautions against the use of unproven stem cell ‘treatments.’

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.

PoET Project: Prevention of Error-Based Transfers

October 18, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Community, Health Education

Jill Oliver and Paula Chidwick describe a locally initiated Ethics Quality Improvement Project that aims to reduce ethical errors related to transfers from long-term care homes to hospital emergency departments.

Death, Dying, and the “Fix-it-urge”

August 16, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Dayna Lee-Baggley calls for improved training for healthcare providers in providing care to patients at the end-of-life.

Facial Recognition Software and Improved Organ Donor Matching

March 24, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Organ Donation, Science and Technology

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

Zika, Ableism, and Reproductive Healthcare

March 15, 2016 · by · 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.

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