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 …
Guess what’s happening in bioethics, from March 2 through 8… It’s the first-ever National Health Ethics Week in in Canada! It’s being coordinated jointly by the Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS) – of which I’m a member – and the Nova Scotia Heath Ethics Network (NSHEN). Read More …
This blog isn’t about book reviews, but when I read something that strikes me I reserve the right to share it here! In that vein (if you’ll pardon the medical pun), I’ve just finished reading a book which highlights several points I’ve been talking about Read More …
There’s usually no cross-posting between this biomedical ethics blog and what I do over on the Twitter micro-blogging site, but I’m going to make an exception today. Over on Twitter, I just posted a link to an outstandingly important, yet very subtle, article in the Read More …
The Canada Health Act (the Act) has always seemed – to me – to be one of the most misunderstood pieces of legislation in this country. Contrary to popular belief, for example, it doesn’t guarantee that a Canadian living in one province or territory can Read More …
A few people have asked me about Twitter (a microblogging platform), and each of those conversations has turned into an explanation of how an individual in bioethics can begin using this tool. So here are my top tips on tweeting about bioethics. Or about anything else, Read More …
