Search Results - "Canadian Journal of Bioethics"

Ce compte rendu critique comprend un résumé de la pièce de théâtre « Une vie intelligente », lequel est suivi d’un commentaire critique. Ce faisant, une perspective critique sur la forme et le contenu de la pièce est articulée.

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are intended to respect patient autonomy and prevent unnecessary suffering when resuscitative efforts are unlikely to provide meaningful benefit. While their use is well established in end-of-life care, their application becomes ethically and procedurally complex whe...

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Suicide prevention initiatives and strategies commonly focus on a curative and rehabilitative approach, which often causes harm to the suicidal subject and negates their lived experience and feelings. In Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide, Alexandre Ba...

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Autonomy is a primary guiding healthcare ethics principle in Western liberal societies. Generally speaking, the principle means that we ought to respect individuals’ decisions in relation to themselves, even when such decisions are risky from some perspectives. The principle of autonomy may be of p...

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In this review of The Ethics of Animal Shelters, I explore the book’s practical and philosophical approach to ethical dilemmas in animal shelters, such as euthanasia and triage. I highlight the book’s relevance to bioethics, despite the limited explicit engagement with the field, and critique its j...

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Le film de Coralie Fargeat La substance (2024) met en scène les affres reliés au refus du vieillissement, surtout pour les femmes, dans un contexte social rempli d’injonction à demeurer jeune à tout prix. En plus de poser plusieurs questions existentielles, ce film présente une critique du monde so...

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Réflexion sur le film En bonne compagnie / Las Buenas companias réalisé par Silvia Munt. L’intrigue, inspirée de faits réels, se déroule en 1977 à San Sebastian, au Pays basque, et raconte le mouvement féministe en faveur de l’avortement.  Nous assistons à un conflit entre les valeurs traditionnell...

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The Canadian healthcare system has a rich history of using public funds for medically necessary hospital and physician services, legislated by the Canada Health Act (CHA). Overlapping with this history is the fight for reproductive rights which culminated in the decriminalization of abortion in 1988...

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Dominant initiatives focusing on research integrity are changing the research landscape by leading to the development and application of rules, guidelines and standards that researchers across borders have to abide by. There is an increasing attention within these initiatives to the importance of r...

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This essay concerns a theoretical issue that has the potential to arise in the provision of late(r) term abortion in particularly liberal or highly permissive jurisdictions, meaning those that do not require criteria to be met if the procedure is to be lawful. By not establishing criteria that rest...

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This article examines whether human extinction brought about by a “value-misaligned” artificial superintelligence (ASI) would be bad, and for what reasons. The question, I contend, is deceptively complex. I proceed by outlining the three main positions within Existential Ethics, i.e., the study of t...

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Background: Goals of care (GOC) planning involves healthcare providers (HCPs) discussing patients’ health preferences, including code status options ranging from “full code” (cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] and intubation) to “do not resuscitate (DNR)”. In 2008, Ontario introduced the Do Not Re...

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Les tests génétiques en libre accès sont interdits en France. Le cadre légal prévoit en effet que les analyses des caractéristiques génétiques (ACG) à des fins médicales soient prescrites par un médecin et que les patients bénéficient d’un accompagnement avant et après l’analyse, garantissant une i...

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ost of the Canadian population lives in urban settings where amenities, including rapid access to major hospitals and tertiary care, are readily available. However, a significant yet often overlooked segment of the population resides in remote areas, where daily life is markedly different, and acce...

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Background: The education of medical students necessitates teaching not only the science of medicine but also the skills needed for ethical reflection and moral reasoning as well as professionalism. At the Université de Montréal, starting in 2004, third-year medical students were initiated to ethic...

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In her essay “A path forward – and outward: repositioning bioethics to face future challenges”, Vardit Ravitsky presents a vision for repositioning of bioethics in order to better face current and future challenges. While her essay has several strengths, especially the attention to inclusion, it al...

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The definition of suffering is difficult to pinpoint, particularly when addressing suffering within cases of child abuse. Dividing humanity into the categories of “perpetrators” and “victims” is too rudimentary. This dichotomy depreciates the human cost of the “perpetrator” while simultaneously fai...

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Health is usually seen as an important prerequisite for the realization of life goals and therefore has a great meaning in society. Many authors and their perspectives also make it clear that health can be seen as a moral value that is ethically relevant and must be promoted. In recent years, numer...

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