with Dr. Mark Downing Infectious Disease Specialist, NS Health Masters Program, University of Toronto and Joint Centre for Bioethics In this episode the discussion is going to explore how policies designed to address the need for infection prevention control within healthcare facilities can sometimes affect access to care.

How to Prepare for a Clinical Ethics Consultation with Melanie Goodday Therapeutic Classroom Teacher, IWK Health In this podcast episode Marika Warren and Melanie Goodday talk about how they prepare for a clinical ethics consultation. the discussion is based on a case about involuntary COVID-19 vaccination of a minor receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment. The case was published in the Journal of Clinical Ethics in the fall 2022. A full reference to the case is included here: Kious, B.M., Hesse, T., Baese, P.L. (2022) Moral Distress and Involuntary COVID-19 Vaccination of a Mature Minor Receiving Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment. Case Report.  Journal […]

with Dr. Allen Alvarez, PhD, Ethicist, Ethics Education & Research, Fraser Health Ethics & Diversity Services (FHEDS) In this episode Marika Warren talks with Allen Alvarez about moral wellness and the challenging situations that arise as dynamic experiences. Readings: Moral Distress and its Interconnection with Moral Sensitivity and Moral Resilience: Viewed from the Philosophy of Viktor E. […]

In this 3rd episode, Marika Warren and Amanda Porter discuss the documentary film, A Lion in the House, which looks at the lives of five children and their families as they fight and cope with childhood cancer over the course of six years.Read More →

In this episode Marika Warren and Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen discuss our recent Featured Article Summary release, Pandemic and Beyond: Considerations When Personal Risk and Professional Obligations Converge. by Daniel J. Benedetti, Mithya Lewis-Newby, Joan S. Roberts, and Douglas S. Diekema.

Full reference for article: Pandemic and Beyond: Considerations When Personal Risk and Professional Obligations Converge. by Daniel J. Benedetti, Mithya Lewis-Newby, Joan S. Roberts, and Douglas S. Diekema. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 2021, Vol 32(1): 20-34.

NSHEN Featured Article Summary

Meet the NSHEN Team

Today’s episode is an opportunity to meet the various folks involved in NSHEN, and become familiar with some of the voices you might hear in upcoming episodes.

Productive Conversations from a Patient Relations Perspective with Theresa Hawkesworth,  Director, External Relations and Special Projects with Nova Scotia Health

Emotions in Ethics Consultations with Dr. Ange Cooper   Psychologist, Assistant Dean Faculty Wellness  Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

Ethics and Grief Support with Jocelyne Tranquilla Grief is a common experience in health care both for those who are receiving care and for those who are providing care. We hope our discussion today will provide an opportunity to explore grief and grief support through an ethics lens. Resources https://www.nshealth.ca/bereavement https://www.mygrief.ca/ https://www.refugeingrief.com/ https://whatsyourgrief.com/ https://www.centerforloss.com/ https://grief.com/

Ethics During Crisis with Marika Warren Christy Simpson Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen In this episode Marika Warren, Christy Simpson and Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen discuss the TV series ‘Five Days at Memorial’ and how ethics can help in a crisis.

Ethics and Internet Access for Patients with Toni White-Goodridge IT Education Consultation and Trainer, IWK Health Member, IWK Health Clinical Ethics Consultation Committee

Case Discussion: A Small Town Heart with Melanie Goodday Therapeutic Classroom Teacher IWK Health Co-Chair of IWK Clinical Ethics Committee Full reference to case : A Small‐Town Heart – Lahey – 2020 – Hastings Center Report – Wiley Online Library

Ethical Considerations Around Changes to the Law on MAiD with Mona Gupta, MD CM, FRCPC, PhD Psychiatrist, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal and Associate Clinical Professor, Département de Psychiatrie et d’Addictologie, Université de Montréal Chair of the Canadian Government’s Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness In this podcast episode, Marika Warren talks to […]

Collaborating With Patients and Why It is Complicated and Worthwhile with Randi Munroe, Rehabilitation and Supportive Care, Nova Scotia Health A discussion on developing a care strategy for patients with Long-Covid and how patient partners were involved.