We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We provide all services using an equity- and trauma-informed approach:

• Clinical ethics consults
  We help patients, families and care teams work through ethical issues related to individual care
  
• Organizational ethics consults
  We support leaders and teams with system-level decisions, such as how to use resources use and reduce bias in health care
  
• Public health ethics consults
  We help public health partners develop ethical approaches to complex community health issues
  
• Policy development and review
  We work with teams to create and review policies for clinical care, public health, and operations
  
• Ethics education
  We build ethics skills across PHSA by offering tools, training and learning opportunities, both in person and online
  
• Moral distress support
  We help individuals and teams prevent and manage moral distress
  

Ethics consults: what to expect

During an ethics consult, we can:

• Lead respectful, inclusive discussions about ethical concerns
  
• Help you identify and share your values with your care team
  
• Support decisions that feel right for you and your loved ones
• Keep your information confidential
• Involve the right people, communities and partners
• Support open and fair decision-making
  
• Help ensure the ​process is fair for everyone
  

Other contacts

• For concerns about the quality of care, contact the Patient Care Quality Office.
• For research ethics, visit Research Ethics Approval
  

• ​PHSA Ethic​al Practice Guide​ (PDF)
• Moral Distress: A strategy-building guide (PDF) - for PHSA staff
  
• Patient and Family Decision Support Tool (PDF)
• Decision-making Tool for Patients and Families Facing Difficult Health Care Decisions (PDF)
• PHSA Ethics Service info sheet (PDF)
• Pediatric Serious Illness Partnership Guide (PDF)
• Indigenous Health (PHSA)
• Patient Care Quality Office (PHSA)
• Provincial Language Services (PHSA)
• Professional Conduct (PHSA)​