Resources
Please click on any of the links below for several other online resources for Health Care and Ethical issues relating to the health care industry.
PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE WEBSITE
www.providencehealthcare.ca
INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
Access granted to Providence Health Care Staff Only:
Ethics at Providence Health Care Brochure (2012 Version)
Our Commitment to Ethical Integrity Brochure
DNAR and Options for Care (Guidelines and Policies)
Ethical Decision Making Tool for Feeding Options (Parenteral/Enteral Feeding Guidelines)
WEB RESOURCES
Centre for Applied Ethics, UBC
www.ethics.ubc.ca
The Canadian Bioethics Companion
The Canadian Bioethics Society
www.bioethics.ca
Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute
www.ccbi-utoronto.ca
The Hastings Center
www.thehastingscenter.org
American Journal of Bioethics
www.bioethics.net
The American Society for Bioethics & Humanities
www.asbh.org
National Catholic Bioethics Center (USA)
www.ncbcenter.org
Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics
policybase.cma.ca/PolicyPDF/PD04-06.pdf
Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics
www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/Code_of_Ethics_2008_e.pdf
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics:
www.jointcentreforbioethics.ca/
Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network
www.nshen.ca
RESEARCH ETHICS LINKS
Providence Health Care Research Institute
The Tri-Council Policy Statement
This document, now in its second edition, (TCPS2) is the authoritative statement on policy in research ethics in Canada. Background on the Tri-Council and the document itself can be viewed or downloaded at: www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/policy-politique/initiatives/tcps2-eptc2/Default/.
The International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
The ICH (www.ich.org) is an international organization of regulatory authorities in the pharmaceutical industry and has evolved to become an authority on pharmaceutical related research.
The ICH guidelines are still a helpful resource for current research ethics.
Office of Research Services
Research at the PHC is conducted through UBC and the ORS (www.ors.ubc.ca/home) is a very helpful place for aid in answering research questions or navigating research policies.
USEFUL TEXTBOOKS JOURNALS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL
American Journal of Bioethics
www.bioethics.net
Health Care Ethics in Canada
Baylis F, Downie J, Hoffmaster CB, Sherwin S, eds. Health Care Ethics in Canada. 2 ed: Harcourt Brace Canada; 2004.
Principles of Biomedical Ethics
Beauchamp TL, Childress JF. Principles of biomedical ethics. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2009.
The Spirit Cathces You and You Fall Down
Fadiman A. The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 1997.
Doing Right
Hebert PC. Doing right : a practical guide to ethics for medical trainees and physicians. 2nd ed. Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press; 2009
Clinical Ethics
Jonsen AR, Siegler M, Winslade WJ. Clinical ethics : a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division; 2006.
The Canadian Bioethics Companion
Unger, DA. The Canadian bioethics companion. Online Textbook. canadianbioethicscompanion.ca