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Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Disability

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

Ethical Considerations for Using Tracking Technology in Dementia Care

Madalena Liougas and Alisa Grigorovich highlight that, when it comes to the use of tracking technologies in dementia care, surveillance isn’t safety, and safety shouldn’t mean surrendering dignity.

At What Cost? Treating Bodily Identity Integrity Disorder

Patrick Knight and Rashad Rehman argue that surgery to treat bodily identity integrity disorder should be reconsidered, despite its apparent success.

When AI Rents Humans: A Warning for Healthcare

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon warns that as artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin hiring humans for physical tasks, we must ensure this inversion of labour does not reduce health care to a series of gig-economy transactions directed by algorithms.

Misinformation, Social Isolation, and Loneliness among Aging Canadians

Renee Boldut details the alarming related risks of aging, social isolation and loneliness, health misinformation, and poor health.