Category Clinical Ethics

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.

Forgotten Ethics in Canadian Dementia Care Guidelines

Tamara Kayali argues for the need for ethical guidelines surrounding the care of people with dementia in Canada.