This is a post for National Health Ethics Week (NHEW), for patients and their loved ones. I work in bioethics, sometimes called medical ethics or healthcare ethics. My job’s in research ethics. That means protecting the rights of the patients (and healthy people) who agree Read More …

This is part of a series of posts for the 2016 National Health Ethics Week (NHEW). To mark this special week, I’m writing one post a day about medical research – for patients. I work in bioethics, also called biomedical ethics, or sometimes healthcare ethics or biomedical Read More …

For National Health Ethics Week (NHEW), I’m writing some posts about medical research – for patients. I’ll try to write one post each day, until NHEW ends on March 8. I work in bioethics, also called biomedical or healthcare ethics, but am doing this in Read More …

For National Health Ethics Week (NHEW), I’m writing some posts about healthcare and medical research – for patients. I’ll try to write one post each day, until NHEW ends on March 8. I work in bioethics, also called healthcare ethics, but am doing this in Read More …

This week is Canada’s first-ever “National Health Ethics Week” (NHEW). Read the abbreviation out loud – it even sounds like “new”! NHEW runs from March 2 to March 8, 2014.  There will be organizations joining in from all across the country. Clinics, hospitals, universities, and Read More …