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Impact Ethics
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A bioethics blog hosted by the Memorial University Centre for Bioethics, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Case Diversification in #Dalhousie’s #Medical Program - by Lynette Reid.
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Case Diversification in Dalhousie’s Medical Program
Lynette Reid introduces the work done at Dalhousie to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#Misinformation, #Public #Trust, and #Healthcare #Burnout - by Janine Curtis.
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Misinformation, Public Trust, and Healthcare Burnout
Janine Curtis ties the epidemic of burnout among health care providers in Newfoundland and Labrador to misinformation about the real causes of poor access to hospitals and clinicians.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#IVF is Under Attack in the #US. How Should #Canadians Respond? - by Rhys Latus.
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IVF is Under Attack in the US. How Should Canadians Respond?
Rhys Latus examines how the US has turned In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) into a moral battlefield and argues that Canada must defend IVF as a compassionate application of reproductive freedom.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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#Misinformation about #Medical Assistance in Dying - by Luca Norton. wp.me/p38o3S-1SL
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 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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We Can’t Export Away our Legally Recognized Duties to Captive #Cetaceans - by Andrew Fenton.
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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 4:47 PM
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Black #Salve: A Crisis in Online #Health #Misinformation - by A.M. Kieley.
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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 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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We’re Hiring!
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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 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The Kimmel Suspension and Public Health Ethics - by Chris Kaposy. wp.me/p38o3S-1Ru
The Kimmel Suspension and Public Health Ethics
Chris Kaposy considers the most recent free speech violation by the Trump administration in light of conservative objections to pandemic-era efforts to limit harmful communication.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Gatekeeping Through #Ableism: A Fractured Calling - by Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer. wp.me/p38o3S-1Rl
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 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The Short-Lived #Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in #NL - by Rachel Prowse and Kayla Crichton. wp.me/p38o3S-1Rb
August 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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The #PREPARED Code – A reminder not to forget the #COVID-19 pandemic - by Doris Schroeder.
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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 2:06 PM
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#CASGEVY: Rethinking #Drug Costs Through the Lens of Public Access - by Maria Klimenko.
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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 12:20 PM
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Prove #AI Can’t Care First - by Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon. wp.me/p38o3S-1QC
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 5:39 PM
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#Climate, #Health and #Equity – #Canada Must Lead with Action - by Sharon E. Straus.
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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 4:51 PM
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Why #Racism in #Health Care is an #Ethical Crisis: A #Nursing Perspective - 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 2:01 PM
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#Hope as a #Moral #Commitment - by Jade Ealy.
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Hope as a Moral Commitment
Jade Ealy frames hope as a moral commitment—not rooted in a feeling, but in how we choose to show up in the world and how we care for one another.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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. In Canada, appr…
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April 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Is Free, #Canada-Wide Access to #HIV Medications Reasonable? - by Julian Hopwood-Raja.
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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 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Are Your #Medical Photographs on the #Internet? Part 2 - 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 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Beyond Compliance: #Ethics in the Context of #Privacy - by Dylan McKibbon.
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Beyond Compliance: Ethics in the Context 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 2:56 PM
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Relational #Autonomy & Public Funding for Noninvasive #Prenatal Testing - by Biplab Kumar Halder.
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A conceptual image of a cell karyotype exhibiting trisomy, three copies of one chromosome.
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM