Category Research Ethics

Industry Funding and Partiality in Bioethics

Rob MacDougall argues the bioethicist’s role is to engage with the whole range of viewpoints and perspectives.

Looking at and Learning from SUPPORT’s Ethical Failures

Rory Kraft examines “a difference in the weighting of ethical standards.”

Ethical Objections to Mitochondrial Replacement

Françoise Baylis  discusses the problems with creating children with three genetic parents.

SUPPORT and the Question of What It Means to Do Bioethics

Alice Dreger explains why the battle being waged among bioethicists over the SUPPORT trial is not just about research ethics. It’s also very much about the “profession” of Bioethics.

Forgotten Ethics in Canadian Dementia Care Guidelines

Tamara Kayali argues for the need for ethical guidelines surrounding the care of people with dementia in Canada.