Category Mental Health

Nurse Supports Improved Healthcare for Prisoners

August 29, 2018 · by · in Law & Policy, Mental Health, Sexual Health

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

July 26, 2018 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Mental Health

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

July 6, 2018 · by · in Mental Health, Paediatric, Sexual Health

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

June 19, 2018 · by · in Fitness, Mental Health, Sexual Health

Melissa D. McCradden argues the sports world could learn a thing or two from bioethics.

The Ethics of Apps

February 23, 2018 · by · in Community, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Dylan Roskams-Edris warns about the habit forming and addictive capacities of smartphone apps and explains the need for an ethics of apps.

Legal Marijuana & Necessary Amnesty

February 12, 2018 · by · in Law & Policy, Mental Health, Public Health

Martha Paynter questions whether the discriminatory legacy of gendered and racialized incarceration for drug possession offences can be repaired considering the upcoming legalization of marijuana.

Dementia, Advance Directives & MAiD

January 23, 2018 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Disability, Law & Policy, Mental Health

Valentina Romano reasons that allowing future-oriented medical assistance in dying requests by persons with dementia may be at odds with respecting their personhood.

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