Clinical Ethics - Ethical Consultations for Medical Decisions

Provided by Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

A free, confidential service that supports people seeking and accessing services, as well as their loved ones.
Provides ethical consultations for individuals making medical decisions. In an ethics consult they can:
  • facilitate respectful discussions about health care questions and concerns;
  • help people think through the values that are most important to them;
  • support people to reach decisions that are right for them and their loved ones;
  • keep information confidential;
  • support people in talking with their health care teams.


An ethics consult may be helpful for issues related to:
  • Uncertainty or differing opinions about care plans
  • Concerns about continuing, stopping or refusing treatment
  • Questions about who should make a health-care decision
  • Patient privacy/confidentiality
  • End-of-life decisions
  • Tensions related to values, religion or culture

604-875-2360

Toll Free: 1-888-300-3088 ext. 2360

Public email: ethics@phsa.ca

Website: http://www.phsa.ca/our-services...

Service is available in English.

Cost: No cost

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Availability

Service area: Province-wide

Ways to Access
  • Provided by phone

The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Email
  4. In which city/town do you work?
  5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
  6. Employer Name (for office staff)
  7. Office Phone

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