Memorial University Centre for Bioethics
@munbioethics.bsky.social
Bioethics Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Host, Impact Ethics blog: www.impactethics.ca
www.mun.ca/medicine/phahs/centre-for-bioethics/
Host, Impact Ethics blog: www.impactethics.ca
www.mun.ca/medicine/phahs/centre-for-bioethics/
New commentary in the Impact Ethic blog on MAiD and Misinformation, by Memorial University Master of Health Ethics student Luca Norton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/10/m...
Misinformation about Medical Assistance in Dying
Luca Norton presents the problems associated with the influence of misinformation on policy about medical assistance in dying in Canada.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New commentary in the Impact Ethic blog on MAiD and Misinformation, by Memorial University Master of Health Ethics student Luca Norton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/10/m...
New commentary on our blog, by Andrew Fenton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/04/w...
We Can’t Export Away our Legally Recognized Duties to Captive Cetaceans
Andrew Fenton outlines the ethical and legal reasons against sending Marineland’s captive beluga whales to facilities in other countries.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New commentary on our blog, by Andrew Fenton. impactethics.ca/2025/11/04/w...
A new commentary posted on our blog Impact Ethics. "Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation" by AM Kieley impactethics.ca/2025/10/28/b...
Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation
A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A new commentary posted on our blog Impact Ethics. "Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation" by AM Kieley impactethics.ca/2025/10/28/b...
We're Hiring!
Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine
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Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine
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We’re Hiring!
The Memorial University Centre for Bioethics and the Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences invite applications for two tenure-stream positions in Bioethics. Memorial University …
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're Hiring!
Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine
impactethics.ca/2025/10/07/w...
Two Tenure-Stream positions in the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics & PHAHS Division, Faculty of Medicine
impactethics.ca/2025/10/07/w...
A new commentary on Impact Ethics, by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer. Check it out!
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Gatekeeping Through Ableism: A Fractured Calling
Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer contends that ableism in nursing education functions as a form of gatekeeping, which silences disabled voices, narrows the definition of who can be a nurse, and reinforces …
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August 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A new commentary on Impact Ethics, by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer. Check it out!
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A commentary on the PREPARED Code by Doris Schroeder. A global code of conduct for research during pandemics. impactethics.ca/2025/06/30/t...
The PREPARED Code – A reminder not to forget the COVID-19 pandemic
Doris Schroeder presents the PREPARED Code – a global code of conduct for research during pandemics.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A commentary on the PREPARED Code by Doris Schroeder. A global code of conduct for research during pandemics. impactethics.ca/2025/06/30/t...
The latest commentary on our Impact Ethics blog: Maria Klimenko on the astronomical cost of CASGEVY. impactethics.ca/2025/06/24/c...
CASGEVY: Rethinking Drug Costs Through the Lens of Public Access
Maria Klimenko considers the extent to which the price of innovative treatments like CASGEVY, a type of gene therapy, should reflect not just the cost of development, but also their broader societa…
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June 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The latest commentary on our Impact Ethics blog: Maria Klimenko on the astronomical cost of CASGEVY. impactethics.ca/2025/06/24/c...
New commentary on our blog, Impact Ethics: "Prove AI Can't Care First" by Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon
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Prove AI Can’t Care First
Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon argues that defaulting to AI in health settings could do more harm than good. Last month, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke made headlines after publicly sharing a leaked interna…
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May 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New commentary on our blog, Impact Ethics: "Prove AI Can't Care First" by Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon
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Climate, Health and Equity - Canada Must Lead with Action. by Sharon E. Straus impactethics.ca/2025/05/20/c...
Climate, Health and Equity – Canada Must Lead with Action
Sharon E. Straus discusses the urgent need for the upcoming G7 summit to address climate change impacts on health.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Climate, Health and Equity - Canada Must Lead with Action. by Sharon E. Straus impactethics.ca/2025/05/20/c...
Congratulations to Biplab Halder on passing his PhD thesis defense!
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.
May 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Congratulations to Biplab Halder on passing his PhD thesis defense!
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.
"A Relational Autonomy Argument Against Public Funding for NIPT: The Routinization of NIPT and the Geneticization of Pregnancy and Reproduction", Community Health PhD supervised by Centre faculty member Dr. Jennifer Flynn.
Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis. A new commentary by Danielle Gibbs
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Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis: A Nursing Perspective
Danielle Gibbs argues that addressing systemic racism in nursing is not only a moral imperative but an ethical necessity to uphold justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence within health care.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Why Racism in Health Care is an Ethical Crisis. A new commentary by Danielle Gibbs
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New commentary on our blog: Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients, by Ayla Raabis
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Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients
Ayla Raabis explores the state of autonomy in clinical settings for incarcerated patients in Canada and adopts a relational perspective to better understand how to promote autonomy.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New commentary on our blog: Rethinking Autonomy in Healthcare for Incarcerated Patients, by Ayla Raabis
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The latest from Impact Ethics (our blog): A commentary by Julian Hopwood-Raja on free access to HIV medications in Canada
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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 re…
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April 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The latest from Impact Ethics (our blog): A commentary by Julian Hopwood-Raja on free access to HIV medications in Canada
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Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2. This is an innovative project by Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary.
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Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2
Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary replicate a study showing the availability of patient photographs from medical case studies on the open internet.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Are Your Medical Photographs on the Internet? Part 2. This is an innovative project by Zach Patterson, Zack Marshall, and a grade 8 class in Calgary.
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The latest from our blog: The Primacy of Privacy impactethics.ca/2025/04/07/t...
The Primacy of Privacy
Dylan McKibbon argues that the concept of privacy has been long misunderstood and ought to be elevated to the status of a core bioethical principle to be regarded as a cornerstone of bioethical act…
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April 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The latest from our blog: The Primacy of Privacy impactethics.ca/2025/04/07/t...
Coming up on Friday!
March 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Coming up on Friday!
Book launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice. Our faculty member Chris Kaposy is a contributor to this excellent volume. Check it out! Coming up next week.
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Book Launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice
JCB Seminar Series 2024-25 - Book Launch Event
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March 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Book launch - Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice. Our faculty member Chris Kaposy is a contributor to this excellent volume. Check it out! Coming up next week.
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Relational #Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive #Prenatal Testing - by Biplab Kumar Halder.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Relational #Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive #Prenatal Testing - by Biplab Kumar Halder.
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Relational Autonomy & Public Funding for NIPT, by our own Biplab Kumar Halder: impactethics.ca/2025/03/10/r...
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March 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Relational Autonomy & Public Funding for NIPT, by our own Biplab Kumar Halder: impactethics.ca/2025/03/10/r...
Excellent commentary on research ethics standards for psychedelic research by @paolacubillosr.bsky.social. Impact Ethics blog:
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Let’s Raise the Bar for Research Ethics Standards on Psychedelics
Paola Cubillos draws attention to the ethical and methodological concerns from MDMA- Assisted Therapy research and argues that these issues merit a stringent research ethics oversight framework for…
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March 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Excellent commentary on research ethics standards for psychedelic research by @paolacubillosr.bsky.social. Impact Ethics blog:
impactethics.ca/2025/02/27/l...
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