How can we help you?

Our role is to support you to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues. Ethical concerns may include issues related to:

Our team

Clinical and organizational consultation

We can help by providing consultations with an individual Ethicist, an ethics committee or a small group of its members. This service is free, confidential and available to patients, clients, residents, substitute decision-makers, health care professionals and care providers.

Ethics consultations seek to:

• Bring clarity as a response to ethical questions. 
• Assist in understanding ethical terms and concepts. 
• Identify and help balance various, sometimes conflicting, interests in a particular case. 
• Assist in developing and evaluating a care plan. 
• Assist in identifying choices that will lead to the fulfillment of the organization's missions and values.

An ethics consult may be helpful for a range of issues, such as:

• Addressing discrepancies between clinical judgement and the wishes of patients or their surrogates. 
• Interpreting patient wishes or advance directives. 
• Discerning patient wishes or interests when there is no clear advance directive. 
• Clarifying who the decision-makers are. 
• Determining the extent of patient confidentiality. 
• Respecting patient confidentiality. 
• Resolving tensions related to religious beliefs or cultural backgrounds.