Category Health Research

Is Medicinal Marijuana Bad Medicine?

October 20, 2014 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Health Research, Law & Policy · 1 Comment

David Moscrop argues that Canadian debates concerning medicinal marijuana should be empirically grounded.

Developing Innovative Curricula in Public Health Ethics Using an Empirical Approach

October 14, 2014 · by · in Health Research, Impact Ethics, Public Health · 2 Comments

Jason Behrmann, Marie-Josée Potvin, Vardit Ravitsky, and Bryn Williams-Jones argue that curriculum improvements are needed to support Canadian ethics educators in their training of future public health professionals

Debunking the Myth About Access to Palliative Care

September 30, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Health Research · 1 Comment

Jocelyn Downie and Georgia Lloyd-Smith dispute the oft-repeated claim that current rates of access to palliative care in Canada are between 16%-30%.

Accountability for Research Misconduct

September 23, 2014 · by · in Health Research, Research Ethics, Science Funding · Leave a comment

Zubin Master suggests that institutions bear some moral responsibility for research misconduct

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Doing Good, Even if for the Wrong Reason

August 29, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Health Research, Public Health · 5 Comments

Samantha Brennan considers the ethical tensions in the ALS ice bucket challenge.

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