Category Public Health
Benefits & Risks of Using Anonymized Health Data in Research
Dessislava Fessenko discusses some of the ethical challenges of access to and use of anonymized health data and how risks and benefits to society could be balanced.
Into the Unknown: An Ethicist Reflects on COVID-19
Marika Warren compares her expectations going into the pandemic with the actual ethical challenges that arose.
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.
What Counts as a COVID-19 Pandemic Success Story?
Chris Kaposy draws lessons from diverging claims of success versus failure in the management of the pandemic in Florida and Canada.
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.
Impact Ethics 