It's Complicated: A Podcast about Healthcare Ethics in Practice
Episodes
Trust between Health Care Providers
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Host Marika Warren Guest Francis Bakewell DISCUSSION QUESTIONS How may trust or distrust manifest in the health care setting?In t...
Goals of Care Simulation
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Host Marika Warren, NSHEN Ethicist Guests David Henderson and Sarah Manley Simulated Patient Theofani Pitsiavas DISCUSSIO...
Ethics and Goals of Care
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Host Marika Warren, NSHEN Ethicist Guests Lisa Weatherbee, Professional Practice Lead, Palliative Care, NS Health and Sarah Manley, Ma...
Ethics and Psychedelics Research and Regulations
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Host, Andrea Frolic and special guest James Downar, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What surprised you about psychedelics...
Working with Patients and Substitute Decisions-Makers (SDMs)
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Education Guide for Nova Scotia Health Team Members with Marika Warren, NSHEN Ethicist and Amanda Porter, Ethics Collaboration Team ...
The Context of MAiD in Quebec and Ethical Issues Arising
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Host, Andrea Frolic And special guests Marie-Eve Bouthillier and Delphine Roigt DISCUSSION QUESTIONS In 2024, Quebec intr...
Ethics and Harm Reduction – Addiction Medicine and Case Discussion
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Host, Amanda Porter Special Guest, Dr. Thomas Brothers DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Dr. Brothers mentions that harm reduction approaches ...
Ethics and Harm Reduction – A providers perspective.
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Amanda Porter, Host and Dr. Tiffany O’Donnell, Family Physician, Wije’winen Health Centre DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Do you think ...
Harm Reduction and Front-Line Healthcare Workers
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Amanda Porter, Host and Alana Weatherbee, Program Manager Northern Healthy Connections Society This episode is the first in our Harm...
Ethics and the Ecology of Care
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Andrea Frolic, Kirsten Krull and Diana Tikasz DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Some of the signs and symptoms of occupational stress mentioned in ...
Infection Prevention Policies and Access to Care
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
with Host, Marika Warren and special guest, Dr. Mark Downing, Infectious Disease Specialist, Nova Scotia Health Discussion Questions: How d...
Ethics Issues Related to Access to Care in Rural Communities
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics Issues Related to Access to Care in Rural Communities with Host, Amanda Porter and special guest speakers: Tara Rutherford, Health S...
Rural Health and Access to Care
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How Living in Rural Locations can Affect Access to Care with Dr. Christy Simpson Ethics Collaboration Coordinator, Dept of Bioethics, Da...
Access to Care: Care Close to Home
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
with Dr. Fiona McDonald Associate Professor, School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia Adjunct Associate...
Infection Control Polices and Access to Care
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
with Dr. Mark Downing Infectious Disease Specialist, NS Health Masters Program, University of Toronto and Joint Centre for Bioethics In this episode t...
How to Prepare for a Clinical Ethics Consultation
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to Prepare for a Clinical Ethics Consultation with Melanie Goodday Therapeutic Classroom Teacher, IWK Health In this podcast episode Marika Warren...
How to Prepare for a Clinical Ethics Consultation
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How to Prepare for a Clinical Ethics Consultation with Melanie Goodday Therapeutic Classroom Teacher, IWK Health In this podcast episode, Ma...
Productive Conversations from a Patient Relations Perspective
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Productive Conversations from a Patient Relations Perspective with Theresa Hawkesworth, Director, External Relations and Special Projects with Nova ...
Productive Conversations from a Patient Relations Perspective
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Productive Conversations from a Patient Relations Perspective with Theresa Hawkesworth, Director, External Relations and Special Projects ...
Emotions in Ethics Consultations
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions in Ethics Consultations with Dr. Ange Cooper Psychologist, Assistant Dean Faculty Wellness Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Emotions in Ethics Consultations
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions in Ethics Consultations with Dr. Ange Cooper Psychologist, Assistant Dean Faculty Wellness Dalhousie University Facult...
Ethics and Grief Support
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics and Grief Support with Jocelyne Tranquilla Grief is a common experience in health care both for those who are receiving care and for those wh...
Ethics and Grief Support
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics and Grief Support with Jocelyne Tranquilla Grief is a common experience in health care both for those who are receiving care an...
Ethics During Crisis
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics During Crisis with Marika Warren Christy Simpson Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen In this episode Marika Warren, Christy Simpson and Lisbeth Witthoef...
Ethics During Crisis
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics During Crisis with Marika Warren Christy Simpson Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen In this episode Marika Warren, Christy Simpson ...
Ethics and Internet Access for Patients
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethics and Internet Access for Patients with Toni White-Goodridge IT Education Consultation and Trainer, IWK Health Member, IWK Health Clinical Ethics...
Case Discussion: A Small Town Heart
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Case Discussion: A Small Town Heart with Melanie Goodday Therapeutic Classroom Teacher IWK Health Co-Chair of IWK Clinical Ethics Committee Full refer...
Ethical Considerations Around Changes to the Law on MAiD
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ethical Considerations Around Changes to the Law on MAiD with Mona Gupta, MD CM, FRCPC, PhD Psychiatrist, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Mon...
Collaborating With Patients and Why It is Complicated and Worthwhile
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Collaborating With Patients and Why It is Complicated and Worthwhile with Randi Munroe, Rehabilitation and Supportive Care, Nova Scotia Health A discu...
Conversation on Moral Wellness in Healthcare Ethics
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
with Dr. Allen Alvarez, PhD, Ethicist, Ethics Education & Research, Fraser Health Ethics & Diversity Services (FHEDS) In this episode Marika...
A Lion in the House: Ethics After Hours with NSHEN
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this 3rd episode, Marika Warren and Amanda Porter discuss the documentary film, A Lion in the House, which looks at the lives of five children and ...
Risk and Professional Obligation: A Featured Article Discussion
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Marika Warren and Lisbeth Witthoefft Nielsen discuss our recent Featured Article Summary release, Pandemic and Beyond: Consideration...
It's Complicated: A Podcast About Healthcare Ethics in Practice
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the NSHEN Team Today’s episode is an opportunity to meet the various folks involved in NSHEN, and become familiar with some of the voices y...