2018 NSHEN Annual Conference
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Wait-list is available, check link below.
clearing the haze:
Addressing Health Ethics Questions Raised by Legalization of Cannabis
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2018 Fall Education Event! Ethics Consultation Workshops
Liverpool, September 18, 2018
Port Hawkesbury, October 2, 2018
NEW Newsletter!
September Newsletter – Drug Shortages: Avoiding Harm When Improvising Solutions
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Ethics After Hours…
Why U.K. Doctors are Doling out ‘Social Prescriptions’ to Treat Mental Health
The Current, CBC podcast
This episode of the Current focuses on the use of social prescribing in family medicine in the U.K. As an alternative to prescribing pharmaceuticals, family doctors in the U.K. are increasingly prescribing non-medical services
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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
Fireside Chat
Ethics in Genetic Counselling with Erika Aberg, Genetic Counsellor, Maritime Genetics Service, IWK Health Centre
Ethics After Hours…
Medical Scribes Podcast
Medical Scribes Podcast (Discussion Page)
Canadian doctors are starting to hire scribes to write up their medical charts By doing so they can focus on patients and improve their efficiency. We explore the introduction of medical scribes in Canada and how they will impact the way doctors work.
Fireside Chat
Ethical Issues in Medical Social Work with Sherry MacPherson, Professional Practice Coordinator, Social Work, NSHA &
Gail MacDougall, Social Worker, Coordinator of Organizational Ethics for Central Zone Ethics Support
National Health Ethics Week 2018
Check our our case database where each day of National Health Ethics Week 2018 we added a discussion case with follow-up questions, on:
Trust and Transparency: Conflict of Interest Throughout the Healthcare System
Check out our cases and discussion questions under News and Events or click HERE
Podcast review:
Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome: Ethical Issues with guest speaker Christine Lane, parent of a child with Down Syndrome.
Podcast – Parenting a Child with Down Syndrome: Ethical Issues
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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