Tag Archives: palliative care

Code Gridlock

September 22, 2015 · by impact ethics · in Canadian Bioethics, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Chris Simpson rants about the crisis in Canada’s hospitals.

Debunking the Myth About Access to Palliative Care

September 30, 2014 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying, Health Research · 1 Comment

Jocelyn Downie and Georgia Lloyd-Smith dispute the oft-repeated claim that current rates of access to palliative care in Canada are between 16%-30%.

When Living is a Fate Worse Than Death

June 17, 2014 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying · 3 Comments

Letitia Meynell, writing about her terminally ill mother, suggests that opponents of assisted death must turn their gaze away from abstract issues to the real embodied processes and experiences of dying patients.

Medical Aid in Dying: What Are We So Afraid Of?

June 6, 2014 · by impact ethics · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · 2 Comments

Dave Langlois worries about the consequences of normalizing medical aid in dying, but nonetheless argues that grievously ill patients should be able to ask for, and receive, help in hastening their death.