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Pandemic Individualism

February 3, 2022 · by impact ethics · in Community, COVID-19, Global Health, Global solidarity, International Healthcare, vulnerability

James Dwyer examines appeals to individual liberty in the pandemic.

Vaccine Skepticism is Becoming Irrelevant

January 20, 2022 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Law & Policy, Pandemic, Pharmaceuticals, Privacy and Trust, Public Health, Science and Technology, Social Justice, Vaccine, vulnerability, World Health Organization

Chris Kaposy acknowledges the ethical justification for coercive COVID-19 vaccine policies, while also recognizing the danger of ceasing to view vaccine skeptics as thinking subjects.

Unmuddying the waters of the law and MAiD for mental illness

January 10, 2022 · by impact ethics · in Canada, Canadian Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, Law & Policy, MAiD, Mental Health, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Jocelyn Downie rebuts misleading claims about the law and medical assistance in dying for mental illness advanced by psychiatrists Mark Sinyor and Ari Zaretsky in a recent Op-Ed.

MAiD and the Oral Protocol: Time for a Closer Look

November 10, 2021 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying, Death and Dying, euthanasia, Law & Policy, Long-Term Care, MAiD, Older Adults, physician-assisted dying, vulnerability

Daryl Pullman compares the number of deaths due to MAiD in Canada in 2020 to the dramatically lower number that occurred in California under its end-of-life option. He argues for wider use of the oral protocol in Canada.