Category Inclusivity
Expanding Health Literacy to Promote Trust
Vanita Fernandes suggests that the promotion of trust in scientific institutions and governing bodies should be an expanded aim of health literacy.
Genetic Selection for Non-Disease Traits
Dessislava Fessenko discusses the moral permissibility of genetic selection for non-disease traits and highlights some of the ultimate considerations that should define it.
Alberta’s Recovery-Based Approach to the Opioid Crisis
Shyanne Dougherty questions the goal and the likely effectiveness of the Alberta UCP government’s supposed “recovery-based” approach to the opioid crisis.
Inequities for Trans and Non-Binary Youth in New Brunswick
Julien Brisson argues that New Brunswick’s policy mandating parental consent for students under 16 to use their preferred names and pronouns creates unjust inequalities between students based on parental support.
Should Practicing Healthcare Ethicists be Advocates?
Angel Petropanagos and Andria Bianchi highlight the lack of agreement about what “advocacy” means in healthcare and suggest that a narrowly defined advocacy role is necessary for the work of practicing healthcare ethicists.
Impact Ethics 