Category Death & Assisted Dying
An Updated But Incomplete Picture: MAiD in Canada
Jocelyn Downie calls for more robust information about medical assistance in dying in Canada in order to help protect all vulnerable patients.
The Opioid Epidemic is an Epidemic of Stigma
Kristie Serota and Daniel Z. Buchman argue that eradicating the stigma associated with opioid use is an ethical necessity and is critical for population health.
In a Nutshell II: Ontario Court Decision & MAiD
Jocelyn Downie describes the recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision in A.B. v. The Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General for Ontario, which provides an interpretation of “reasonably foreseeable natural death” within the Canadian federal legislation on medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
The Limits of Choice: Abortion and Assisted Dying
Michelle Oberman compares abortion and assisted dying and argues that focusing on the ‘right to choose’ risks ignoring the social and economic factors that shape and constrain our choices.
Radical Technology, Bodyhacking, & Medicine
Michele Battle-Fisher calls on conventional medical to consider how acts of healing will change in the context of transhumanism.
Impact Ethics 