Ethics Collaborations
Providing access to ethics expertise
The Department of Bioethics is involved in a number of long-standing ethics collaborations in order to contribute to better patient care. This is achieved in part by enhancing and supporting the ability of health care providers, leaders, government, and community members to engage with the complex ethics issues that arise in health care. The collaborations also help ensure policies and processes are developed to address these issues in a comprehensive, fair, and equitable manner.
The collaborations between the department and, respectively, Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health each provide access to ethics expertise and support for these health organizations.
The Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network has further increased the opportunities for networking and building ethics capacity across the province. The network is a partnership between the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, Nova Scotia Health, IWK Health, and the Department of Bioethics. Finally, an ongoing collaboration with the Bermuda Hospitals Board Ethics Committee further builds on this approach to ethics support.
Ethics collaborations team
The ethics collaborations team consists of Drs. Christy Simpson, Marika Warren, and Amanda Porter with Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen and Krista Mleczko-Skerry. Others with the Department may be involved depending on their availability and interests. Committed to building ethics capacity, the team provides leadership and ethics support for a broad range of activities related to these collaborations.