Our Services
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Ethics Nova Scotia Health offers the following four types of ethics consultation / support.
There is an Ethics Nova Scotia Health administrative support person within each zone who assists individuals in making requests for ethics consultation/support. The identity and contact information of the relevant administrative support person is indicated at the top of the request forms.
Clinical Ethics Consultation Request for assistance in answering an ethics-related question(s) or addressing a health care ethics matter(s) that relates directly to the current or recent treatment of a specific patient.
Ethics Education Request for assistance in the preparation and/or delivery of an educational session where the topic/subject-area has a health care ethics element(s).
Policy Development and Review Request for assistance in the development or review of a health policy that has a health care ethics element(s).
Organizational Ethics Consultation Request for assistance in answering an ethics-related question(s) or addressing an ethics-related organizational matter(s) that pertains to the whole health authority or one of its zones/programs.
If you are looking for research ethics information, info about the Research Ethics Board (REB) and/or support, please contact NSHA Research Ethics