Category Clinical Ethics

A Win For Those Who Care For and About the Critically Ill in Canada

Jocelyn Downie responds to Arthur Schafer on the Rasouli decision.

Right-To-Die Ruling: Win for Families, Loss for Common Decency

Arthur Schafer argues the Supreme Court decision in Cuthbertson v. Rasouli ignores physician ethics and potential impacts on Canada’s health  care system.

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.