Tag Archives: informed choice

In Support of Breastfeeding

July 19, 2018 · by · in Law & Policy, Paediatric, Public Health

Martha Paynter supports the World Health Assembly’s resolution on breastfeeding and calls for grassroots action to improve education, care, support and pride related to breastfeeding.

Can Nurse Practitioners mention MAiD to patients?

July 3, 2018 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Health Education, Law & Policy

Jocelyn Downie suggests that nurse practitioners can and should initiate discussions about medical assistance in dying with patients for whom it may be an option.

The Limits of Choice: Abortion and Assisted Dying

June 30, 2017 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Reproduction

Michelle Oberman compares abortion and assisted dying and argues that focusing on the ‘right to choose’ risks ignoring the social and economic factors that shape and constrain our choices.

Death, Dying, and the “Fix-it-urge”

August 16, 2016 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy

Dayna Lee-Baggley calls for improved training for healthcare providers in providing care to patients at the end-of-life.

Should Teen Boys with Cancer Freeze their Sperm?

September 11, 2014 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Fertility Preservation, Reproduction · Leave a comment

Angel Petropanagos considers the barriers to decision-making about fertility preservation for adolescent males with cancer