Category Mental Health
MAID for Mental Illness: Why Safeguards Won’t Work
John Maher asserts that medical assistance in dying (MAiD) should not be a legal option for persons whose sole underlying condition is mental illness because proposed safeguards will fail over time.
Moral Distress in Mental Health Care
Abraham (Rami) Rudnick provides a cursory overview of multiple sources of moral distress in mental health care and recommends addressing its root causes for the longer term and broadening the scope of ethics consultations and other support to address it for the short to medium term.
Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria: A Parental Epidemic?
Florence Ashley critiques newly published research on rapid-onset gender dysphoria, arguing against the thesis that it evidences a new type of gender dysphoria for trans youth.
Nurse Supports Improved Healthcare for Prisoners
Martha Paynter refutes the claim that healthcare within Burnside jail is better than healthcare outside of jail.
MAiD & a Directive to Protect your Future Self
Letitia Meynell considers a critique of advance directives for medical assistance in dying and suggests that the wishes of capable persons for their future incapable selves should be respected.
Time to Listen to Trans & Gender Diverse Children
Julia Temple Newhook explores the current shift in health care for trans and gender diverse children: from the shame of childhood closets to the celebration of self-acceptance.
Reflecting on sport culture in a world post-Nassar
Melissa D. McCradden argues the sports world could learn a thing or two from bioethics.
