Category Research Ethics

CIHR’s Decision on “Ethics”: Yet Another Canadian Story

Fern Brunger suggests that the recent CIHR decision to push ethics to the periphery is but one more chapter in a dangerous story.

The Silence of the Bioethicists

Leigh Turner continues to question in the face of silence.

On Silence in the Dan Markingson Case

Kirstin Borgerson explains why audiences presented with the facts in the Markingson case react with silence, and offers some thoughts on how bioethicists might break that silence.

University of Minnesota’s Ongoing Refusal to Investigate Allegations of Research Misconduct

Leigh Turner continues to call for an independent investigation of research practices at the University of Minnesota and the death of Dan Markingson.

“Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” for Ethics at CIHR

Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie issue a Mayday call to Parliament with respect to ethics at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).