Category Social Justice

Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis: A Nursing Perspective

Danielle Gibbs argues that addressing systemic racism in nursing is not only a moral imperative but an ethical necessity to uphold justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence within health care.

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.