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.
Leigh Turner continues to call for an independent investigation of research practices at the University of Minnesota and the death of Dan Markingson.
Melissa Haussman suggests that Health Canada’s recent deliberations on the licensing of RU-486 are reminiscent of foot-dragging politics in the US.
Carolyn McLeod claims that it is wrong for physicians who conscientiously refuse to prescribe birth control to prioritize their conscience over patient care.
Françoise Baylis and Jocelyn Downie issue a Mayday call to Parliament with respect to ethics at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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