NSHEN

Currently, NSHEN is focused on providing ethics committee members around the province with education that meets their needs - as they are the primary ethics resource in each of the NSHA zones, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University. NSHEN has held annual conferences since 2008 and each year the audience base continues to grow which is very exciting as it identifies the need for ethics in the workplace... Much attention in health care ethics has been given to the patient-health care provider relationship and to issues that arise "at the bedside." Questions in practice, for example, include: who gets to make what decisions; when and on what basis treatments should be initiated, withdrawn, or withheld; what an informed choice requires; and what, when and with whom information should be shared. Clinical ethics consultation is one resource for persons who are struggling with or have questions about these types of issues - whether it is an individual, health care team, and/or patient..

Also known as: Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network