Category Social Justice

Is Free, Canada-Wide Access to HIV Medications Reasonable?

Julian Hopwood-Raja argues that universal, barrier-free access to HIV medicines is not just a matter of beneficence for patients and the health system but important for public health and ethical resource allocation.

Beyond Compliance: Ethics in the Context of Privacy

Dylan McKibbon argues that the concept of privacy has been long misunderstood and ought to be elevated to the status of a core bioethical principle to be regarded as a cornerstone of bioethical activity.

Relational Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Biplab Kumar Halder shares how a relational autonomy framework informed his research regarding public funding of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT).

Managing Difficult Therapeutic Relationships

Winifred Badaiki examines difficult therapeutic relationships in healthcare and explores avenues to managing them.

The Moral Heritage of Bioethics East and West

Rashad Rehman argues that bioethicists should turn their attention to the shared moral heritage of both Western and non-Western bioethics.