Category Law & Policy

Proposed Canadian legislation on medical assistance in dying

April 18, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Leah Hutt summarizes the eligibility criteria and safeguards for medical assistance in dying, as proposed by the Government of Canada.

Canada is a booming foreign surrogacy destination

April 14, 2016 · by · in Assisted Reproduction, Law & Policy, Medical Tourism

Pamela M. White recounts the ways that Canada is described at a recent surrogacy conference in the United Kingdom.

Physician-assisted death needs expert reporting and monitoring

April 12, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Juliet Guichon and Pauline Alakija argue that governments should require that physician-assisted deaths be reportable to (and by) coroners and medical examiners, so that scrupulous monitoring of physician-assisted death may occur.

Abortions: Coming soon to PEI

April 7, 2016 · by · in Canadian Bioethics, Law & Policy, Public Health, Sexual Health

Nasha Nijhawan and Kelly McMillan explain why the PEI government has finally elected to provide abortion services on the Island.

Beware ‘Innovation-Speak’

March 28, 2016 · by · in Health Research, Law & Policy, Science and Technology, Science Funding

Matthew Herder wrote a Master’s thesis on Canadian science policy some ten years ago and by the time he was done, he had sworn off the word ‘innovation.’

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