Ethical Considerations Around Changes to the Law on MAiD with Mona Gupta, MD CM, FRCPC, PhD Psychiatrist, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal and Associate Clinical Professor, Département de Psychiatrie et d’Addictologie, Université de Montréal Chair of the Canadian Government’s Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness In this podcast episode, Marika Warren talks to Dr. Mona Gupta about the type of ethical questions and concerns that the Expert Panel on MAiD and mental illness encountered in its work.Read More →

with Dr. Allen Alvarez, PhD, Ethicist, Ethics Education & Research, Fraser Health Ethics & Diversity Services (FHEDS) In this episode Marika Warren talks with Allen Alvarez about moral wellness and the challenging situations that arise as dynamic experiences. Readings: Moral Distress and its Interconnection with Moral Sensitivity and Moral Resilience: Viewed from the Philosophy of Viktor E. Frankl by Kim Lützén & Béatrice Ewalds-Kvist The interconnection between moral distress, moral sensitivity, and moral resilience was explored by constructing two hypothetical scenarios based on a recent Swedish newspaper report. In the first scenario, a 77-year-old man, rational and awake, was coded as “do not resuscitate” (DNR) against his daughter’sRead More →

In this 3rd episode, Marika Warren and Amanda Porter discuss the documentary film, A Lion in the House, which looks at the lives of five children and their families as they fight and cope with childhood cancer over the course of six years.Read More →

In this episode Marika Warren and Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen discuss our recent Featured Article Summary release, Pandemic and Beyond: Considerations When Personal Risk and Professional Obligations Converge. by Daniel J. Benedetti, Mithya Lewis-Newby, Joan S. Roberts, and Douglas S. Diekema. Full reference for article: Pandemic and Beyond: Considerations When Personal Risk and Professional Obligations Converge. by Daniel J. Benedetti, Mithya Lewis-Newby, Joan S. Roberts, and Douglas S. Diekema. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2021, Vol 32(1): 20-34. NSHEN Featured Article SummaryRead More →