National Health Ethics Week 2019
Difficult Conversations…Let’s Talk
Plain Language Definitions – Ethics Health Care Terms
Straightforward Definitions of Terms in Health Ethics
Talking about values and principles in health care ethics can be confusing, especially if some of the words are unfamiliar. NSHEN created a plain language definitions document which have short definitions to help make it clearer what some of the words that we use in ethics work mean.
Advance Care Planning Day is April 16, 2019
On Advance Care Planning day we highlight our short Fireside Chat video on Advance Care Planning and writing personal directives with 10 FAQs asked and answered.
Fireside Chat
Capacity for Preference – Respecting Patients with Compromised Decision-Making
Capacity for Preference – Article Summary
Newsletter
February-March 2019 Newsletter on Trust in Healthcare
Ethics After Hours
Check out our new Ethics After Hours review!
Fireside Chat
Living Professional Ethical Commitments in Practice
with Aruna Dhara, MD, Family Physician
Newsletter
January 2019 – Cannabis Conference Recap and updates on new activities
Bioethics Book Club
New review available
What happens when ideas presented as science lead us in the wrong direction?
Read More
Case Database Website
We recently updated our Case Database with new cases on a variety of topics.
Check out the case website here
NSHEN Health Ethics Case Database
Ethics NSHA Ethics Support website now available!
Requesting Ethics Support across Nova Scotia Health Authority Zones is now available….
NSHEN has a library of new release fiction and non-fiction books and audiobooks available for reserving.
We have a variety of subjects and authors to choose from.
You can view our complete listing here
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