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There is debate about whether a health-care worker can ethically participate in both palliative care and the MAID program. (Shutterstock)

May 17, 2023

MAID’s evolving ethical tensions: Does it make dying with dignity easier than living with dignity?

Alessandro Manduca-Barone, University of Lethbridge; Julia Brassolotto, University of Lethbridge, and Monique Sedgwick, University of Lethbridge

Bill C-7 has created ethical tensions between MAID providers and palliative care, between transparency and patient privacy, and between offering a dignified death rather than a dignified life.

In the absence of guidelines or training regarding sexual expression in long-term care homes, most staff are ‘just winging it’ on potentially sensitive issues. (Shutterstock)

May 9, 2021

Seniors have a right to express their sexuality in long‑term care homes, but staff need guidance

Alessandro Manduca-Barone, University of Lethbridge; Julia Brassolotto, University of Lethbridge, and Lisa Howard, University of Lethbridge

In the absence of guidelines or training regarding sexual expression in long-term care homes, most staff are ‘just winging it’ on potentially sensitive issues.

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