Ethics Tools

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.

Click on the link below to download the file.

NSHEN Plain Language Definitions -Ethics Health Care Terms

Ethics Committee Orientation Manual

(this document will be updated during summer 2019)

NSHEN has developed an Ethics Committee Orientation manual to assist ethics committee members in the performance of their ethics-related roles in ethics education, and clinical and organizational ethics consultation.

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NSHEN Orientation Manual for Ethics Committee Members PDF

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Ethics and Health Policy

NSHEN is pleased to announce the release of our guide to health policy development and review. Click on the link below to download the guide.

Ethics and Health Policy: The Nuts and Bolts 2020

Sample Template for the Ethics Review of Health Policies PDF

Duty to Provide Care and a Safe Work Environment

In response to the identified tensions that many health care providers, teams and organizations are experiencing with respect to balancing the duty to provide care and the duty to provide a safe work environment, NSHEN has developed a discussion guide to work through these issues. To view this resource, please click the link below:

Ethics Discussion Guide

Informed Choice

The former Capital Health Ethics Support (CHES) team in Central Zone developed a video around Informed Choice. Please click the link below to view the video.

http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/media-centre/video/informed-choice

Personal Directive

The former Capital Health Ethics Support (CHES) team in Central Zone developed a video about Personal Directives. Please click the link below to view the video.