September 22, 2009
We seem to be stuck in a bit of a rut discussing pandemic planning issues at the moment, but the issues are pressing and they warrant […]
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September 22, 2009
Flu season is imminent and fears of a possible H1N1 flu pandemic are rife. Recent reports from Vancouver Island suggest that there may be the beginnings […]
September 8, 2009
It is back-to-school time – and back-to-school heralds the beginning of the flu season and triggers worries about the return of the H1N1 virus. Most of […]
June 30, 2009
Pay it forward and kidney donation chains Altruism is, of course, a good thing, but altruism tends to have its limits. For instance, some transplant programmes […]
June 4, 2009
A story that illustrates a discussion about futility This story concerns a patient, a youngish man who has a diagnosis of ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease.) […]
June 3, 2009
Euthanasia is in the news again. On May14th Margaret Somerville, the ethicist from Montreal ran an op-ed piece in the Ottawa citizen. Her anti active-euthanasia (or […]