Category Indigenous Health

Crimes against Humanity in Xinjiang and the Crisis in Forensic Genetics

Mark Munsterhjelm raises alarm about the complicity of researchers and suppliers in forensic genetics in the Chinese government’s repression of Indigenous peoples in Xinjiang.

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.

Responding to Indigenous Women’s Stories of Reproductive Coercion

Holly McKenzie and her colleagues argue for broader public conversations and institutional responses to reproductive coercion.

Bioethics and Environmental Injustice

James Dwyer suggests why and how we should bring environmental concerns back into bioethics.

Trust in health care after the death of Joyce Echaquan

Phoebe Friesen wonders whether clinicians can ask for trust in Canada’s system of health care after Joyce Echaquan’s death.