Category Death and Dying

Death Pluralism?

January 9, 2025 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Human Rights, Law & Policy, Privacy and Trust

Anthony Sangiuliano comments on the limits of accommodating pluralism in the legal definition of death.

MAiD in Canada: A Sober Second Look

June 7, 2024 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, Privacy and Trust, vulnerability

Daryl Pullman announces an international symposium examining Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada to be hosted by the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics.

In a Nutshell: The Special Joint Committee on MAiD and Mature Minors

June 28, 2023 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, disabilities, Disability, euthanasia, Law & Policy, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, Social Justice, vulnerability

Constance MacIntosh outlines the recommendations of the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) with respect to mature minors accessing MAiD.

Moral and Intellectual Gymnastics in Defense of Canada’s Out-of-Control MAiD Regime

May 19, 2023 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, disabilities, Disability, euthanasia, Law & Policy, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, Social Justice, vulnerability

Daryl Pullman examines a recent article that defends expanded eligibility for medical assistance in dying on questionable grounds of autonomy and harm reduction.