Category Clinical Ethics

The Supreme Court Decision in Rasouli

Jocelyn Downie explains what the Supreme Court of Canada did, and did not, decide in the case of Cuthbertson v. Rasouli.

Canada’s National Public Cord Blood Bank Opens Its Doors

Jennie Haw explains how Canada’s National Public Cord Blood Bank can benefit all Canadians.

A Zero-Sum Game? A Consideration of Dependency Workers and Dependent Elderly Persons

Alison Reiheld suggests that better treatment of dependency workers may lead to better treatment of dependent persons.

End of Story?

Pat Murphy examines the case of spoon-feeding Ms. Bentley from a clinical ethics perspective.

Withholding “the necessaries of life”?

Jocelyn Downie examines the case of spoon feeding Ms. Bentley through a legal lens.