Tag Archives: public health
Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation
A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.
Is Free, Canada-Wide Access to HIV Medications Reasonable?
Julian Hopwood-Raja argues that universal, barrier-free access to HIV medicines is not just a matter of beneficence for patients and the health system but important for public health and ethical resource allocation.
Gurus, Influencers, and the Public Health Crisis of Misinformation
Kyle Barbour outlines how the death of public reason has made room for figures advancing spurious claims about health.
Public Health’s Post-Pandemic Relationship with Coercion
Maxwell J. Smith outlines four areas of ethical inquiry about the use of coercion in public health that we should consider in the post-pandemic era.
Indigenous Obstetric Evacuation: Harmful but Risky to Resist
Kim Dreaddy analyzes the policy of mandatory obstetric evacuation in Indigenous communities within the context of the history of colonization.
Impact Ethics 