The SUPPORT Debate Continues

November 6, 2013 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Impact Ethics, Research Ethics · Leave a comment

Alice Dreger reports and comments on the recent SUPPORT debate at the ASBH meeting in Atlanta.

The Trouble with Biological Insurance

November 4, 2013 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Organ Donation · 1 Comment

Jennie Haw questions the marketing of private cord blood banking as Biological InsuranceTM

The Decreasing Funding of Scientific Research in Canada

October 30, 2013 · by · in Health Research, Neuroethics, Science Funding · 2 Comments

Dalhousie researchers reply to Tim Powers and the “Harper government war on science.”

The Multiple Meanings of Futility

October 28, 2013 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying · 6 Comments

Françoise Baylis explains several ways in which people who argue for the unilateral withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment use the term futility. 

Has the Supreme Court of Canada Done a Good Thing in Rasouli?

October 25, 2013 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying · Leave a comment

Pat Murphy and George C. Webster believe the SCC Rasouli decision  provides guidance for much needed public discourse.

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