Ethics Resources
CMAJ Bioethics for Clinicians – assorted health care ethics topics
Difficult Conversations Let's Talk - video from Ethics Education, National Health Ethics Week Event (additional event resources are found here)
Subject Guides and Pamphlets
Making Health Care Decisions for Someone Else: Acting as a Substitute Decision Maker (SDM)
Goals of Care - LibGuides at Nova Scotia Health
Informed Choice - LibGuides at Nova Scotia Health
Personal Directives
- Ethics NSHA Educational Booklet on Personal Directives with sample, tear-off PD form
- Mental Health Program Educational Booklet on Personal Directives with sample, tear-off form
- NS Department of Health and Wellness Website on Personal Directives in Nova Scotia
Personal Health Information
Decision Making Frameworks and Tools
- Ethics Tool - Ethics Nova Scotia Health: An approach to working through ethical questions
- Patient and Family Ethics Tool: Help with Ethical Issues: English French Arabic Chinese
- Sample targeted decision making frameworks:
- Disclosure of Significant Patient Safety Events Decision Making Framework
Ethics-informed Health Policy Development and Review
IWK Ethics Tool: A staff guide for addressing ethical issues
Orientation Manual for Ethics Committee members
Brief Description of the Canadian Health Care System
Description of Health Care Ethics
NSHEN Fireside Chats (on a variety of health ethics topics)
Framework for Ethics Nova Scotia Health
Medical Assistance in Dying