Department of Bioethics

Research output

Research output per year 1998 2007 2012 2017 2020 2021 2022

• 755 Citations
• 13 h-index
• 42 Article
• 11 Review article
• 4 Comment/debate
• 3 Chapter
• 3 More
  • 2 Letter
  • 1 Short survey

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Convergence and Divergence in Canadian Ethics Support Services

  Warren, M., Simpson, C., Godkin, D., Alvarez, A. & Porter, A., Sept 1 2022, In: Journal of Clinical Ethics. 33, 3, p. 225-235 11 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethics Consultation 100%
  • Clinical Ethics 92%
  • Ethics 61%
  • Ethicists 45%
  • Delivery of Health Care 36%
• 2021

  A Program of Research to Evaluate the Impact of Deceased Organ Donation Legislative Reform in Nova Scotia: The LEADDR Program

  Weiss, M. J., Krmpotic, K., Cyr, T., Dhanani, S., Dieudé, M., Dirk, J. S., Hartell, D., Isenor, C., James, L., Lucas, A., Patriquin, C., Simpson, C., Sullivan, V. L., Tennankore, K. K., Thurlow, J., Urquhart, R., Vorster, H. & Beed, S. D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Transplantation Direct. e641.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nova Scotia 100%
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement 83%
  • Canada 61%
  • Legislation 24%
  • North America 24%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Don et transplantation cardiaques après un décès circulatoire: évaluation d’experts issus d’un processus canadien d’établissement de consensus

  Translated title of the contribution: Heart donation and transplantation after circulatory determination of death: expert guidance from a Canadian consensus building processShemie, S. D., Torrance, S., Wilson, L., Hornby, L., MacLean, J., Mohr, J., Gillrie, C., Badiwala, M. V., Baker, A., Freed, D. H., Simpson, C., Teitelbaum, J., Brodrecht, D. & Healey, A., May 2021, In: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 68, 5, p. 661-671 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • dicarboxydine 100%
  • Heart Transplantation 98%
  • Perfusion 70%
  • Heart 43%
  • Transplants 15%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Overdiagnosis: one concept, three perspectives, and a model

  Hofmann, B., Reid, L., Carter, S. & Rogers, W., Apr 2021, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 36, 4, p. 361-366 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Medical Overuse 100%
  • Population 25%
  • Psychological Stress 16%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The COVID-19 pandemic and organ donation and transplantation: ethical issues

  Ibrahim, B., Dawson, R., Chandler, J. A., Goldberg, A., Hartell, D., Hornby, L., Simpson, C., Weiss, M. J., Wilson, L. C., Wilson, T. M. & Fortin, M. C., Dec 2021, In: BMC Medical Ethics. 22, 1, 142.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • organ donation 100%
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement 91%
  • Organ Transplantation 80%
  • Pandemics 79%
  • Ethics 76%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Urban ideals and rural realities: Physiotherapists navigating paradox in overlapping roles

  Gingerich, A., Van Volkenburg, K., Maurice, S., Simpson, C. & Roots, R., Oct 2021, In: Medical Education. 55, 10, p. 1183-1193 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • physiotherapist 100%
  • Clinical experience 45%
  • educational activities 41%
  • Patient confidentiality 30%
  • personal relationship 22%
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Ethical aspects in the use of radiation in medicine: update from ICRP Task Group 109

  Bochud, F., Cantone, M. C., Applegate, K., Coffey, M., Damilakis, J., del Rosario Perez, M., Fahey, F., Jesudasan, M., Kurihara-Saio, C., Le Guen, B., Malone, J., Murphy, M., Reid, L. & Zölzer, F., Dec 2020, In: Annals of the ICRP. 49, 1_suppl, p. 143-153 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Radiation 100%
  • Medicine 97%
  • medicine 96%
  • Biomedical Ethics 69%
  • Ethics 67%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Half a Century of Wilson & Jungner: Reflections on the Governance of Population Screening

  Sturdy, S., Miller, F., Hogarth, S., Armstrong, N., Chakraborty, P., Cressman, C., Dobrow, M., Flitcroft, K., Grossman, D., Harris, R., Hoebee, B., Holloway, K., Kinsinger, L., Krag, M., Löblová, O., Löwy, I., Mackie, A., Marshall, J., O'Hallahan, J., Rabeneck, L., & 9 othersRaffle, A., Reid, L., Shortland, G., Steele, R., Tarini, B., Taylor-Phillips, S., Towler, B., van der Veen, N. & Zappa, M., 2020, In: Wellcome Open Research. 5, 158.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Organizations 100%
  • Reflection 94%
  • Population 46%
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration 21%
  • Psychological Practice 17%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Maintaining the permanence principle for death during in situ normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death organ recovery: A United Kingdom and Canadian proposal

  Manara, A., Shemie, S. D., Large, S., Healey, A., Baker, A., Badiwala, M., Berman, M., Butler, A. J., Chaudhury, P., Dark, J., Forsythe, J., Freed, D. H., Gardiner, D., Harvey, D., Hornby, L., MacLean, J., Messer, S., Oniscu, G. C., Simpson, C., Teitelbaum, J., & 3 othersTorrance, S., Wilson, L. C. & Watson, C. J. E., Aug 1 2020, In: American Journal of Transplantation. 20, 8, p. 2017-2025 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Perfusion 100%
  • Thoracic Aorta 82%
  • Brain 64%
  • Atmosphere 38%
  • Collateral Circulation 21%
  132 Citations (Scopus)

• Triage of critical care resources in COVID-19: A stronger role for justice

  Reid, L., Aug 1 2020, In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 46, 8, p. 526-530 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Resource Allocation 100%
  • Social Justice 91%
  • Triage 81%
  • Justice 73%
  • Critical Care 64%
  33 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Ethical and Legal Implications of Frailty Screening

  Canadian Frailty Network, Oct 2018, In: The Journal of frailty & aging. 7, 4, p. 224-232 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Frailty 100%
  • Frail Elderly 75%
  • Medicalization 22%
  • Stereotyping 18%
  • Healthy Aging 18%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Is an indistinct picture “exactly what we need”? Objectivity, accuracy, and harm in imaging for cancer

  Reid, L., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 24, 5, p. 1055-1064 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • objectivity 100%
  • Early Detection of Cancer 89%
  • cancer 86%
  • Diagnostic Imaging 65%
  • Medical Overuse 38%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Scientism in Medical Education and the Improvement of Medical Care: Opioids, Competencies, and Social Accountability

  Reid, L., Jun 1 2018, In: Health Care Analysis. 26, 2, p. 155-170 16 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Medical Education 93%
  • medical care 85%
  • Opioid Analgesics 75%
  • Medicine 62%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Concierge, Wellness, and Block Fee Models of Primary Care: Ethical and Regulatory Concerns at the Public–Private Boundary

  Reid, L., Jun 1 2017, In: Health Care Analysis. 25, 2, p. 151-167 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fees and Charges 100%
  • ethical concerns 93%
  • fee 77%
  • Primary Health Care 63%
  • Health Policy 54%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Ethical issues in health philanthropy

  Reid, L., Nov 1 2017, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 30, 6, p. 298-301 4 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • philanthropy 100%
  • Ethics 81%
  • Ethical Issues 75%
  • Psychology Recognition 70%
  • fiduciary responsibilities 66%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction to the Special Issue: Precarious Solidarity—Preferential Access in Canadian Health Care

  Reid, L., Jun 1 2017, In: Health Care Analysis. 25, 2, p. 107-113 7 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • health care 100%
  • Universal Health Insurance 94%
  • Alberta 88%
  • Delivery of Health Care 84%
  • Health 68%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Les questions éthiques dans la philanthropie en santé

  Reid, L., Nov 1 2017, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 30, 6, p. 302-305 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Canada 100%
  • obligation 87%
  • leader 69%
  • cause 64%

• Medical Need: Evaluating a Conceptual Critique of Universal Health Coverage

  Reid, L., Jun 1 2017, In: Health Care Analysis. 25, 2, p. 114-137 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Universal Health Insurance 100%
  • health coverage 97%
  • Evaluation Studies 66%
  • Risk sharing systems 40%
  • Universal Health Care 36%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Practices and Attitudes of Canadian Cardiologists Caring for Patients With Trisomy 18

  Young, A. A., Simpson, C. & Warren, A. E., Apr 1 2017, In: Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 33, 4, p. 548-551 4 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Trisomy 18 Syndrome 100%
  • Patient Comfort 88%
  • Cardiologists 81%
  • Pediatrics 37%
  • Shared Decision Making 36%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Truth or spin? Disease definition in cancer screening

  Reid, L., Aug 1 2017, In: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 42, 4, p. 385-404 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cancer 100%
  • Screening 82%
  • Early Detection of Cancer 80%
  • cancer 77%
  • objectivity 35%
  17 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Answering the Empirical Challenge to Arguments for Universal Health Coverage Based in Health Equity

  Reid, L., Nov 1 2016, In: Public Health Ethics. 9, 3, p. 231-243 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health Equity 100%
  • Universal Health Insurance 96%
  • health coverage 94%
  • equity 57%
  • Health 34%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  L’effet et l’influence de l’espoir et de la surmédiatisation sur la prise de décision en matière de technologies de la santé

  Translated title of the contribution: The impact and influence of hope and hype in decision-making about health technologiesSimpson, C., Sept 2015, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 28, 5, p. 221-223 3 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The impact and influence of hope and hype in decision-making about health technologies

  Simpson, C., Sept 2015, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 28, 5, p. 218-220 3 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biomedical Technology 100%
  • Decision Making 64%
  • decision making 49%
  • health 35%
  • commercialization 20%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Piloting an outpatient policy for funding drugs and their administration in rheumatology.

  Chevalier, B., Simpson, C., Hemming, H., Hiltz, A., Monroe, R. & Sullivan, V., 2013, In: Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.). 16, 3, p. 42-47 6 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Rheumatology 100%
  • Pharmaceutical Services Insurance 76%
  • Outpatients 69%
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations 38%
  • Rituximab 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The speakers' bureau system: A form of peer selling

  Reid, L. & Herder, M., 2013, In: Open Medicine. 7, 2, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Physicians 100%
  • Codes of Ethics 58%
  • Medicine 57%
  • Fees and Charges 49%
  • Contracts 46%
  7 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Deliberative curriculum inquiry for integration in an MD curriculum: Dalhousie University's curriculum renewal process

  Reid, L., Macleod, A., Byers, D., Delva, D., Fedak, T., Mann, K., Marrie, T., Merritt, B. & Simpson, C., 2012, In: Medical Teacher. 34, 12, p. e785-e793

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • curriculum 100%
  • twenty-first century 33%
  • best practice 29%
  • physician 28%
  • medicine 26%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Deliberative engagement: An inclusive methodology for exploring professionalization

  Kirby, J. & Simpson, C., Sept 2012, In: HEC Forum. 24, 3, p. 187-201 15 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethicists 100%
  • professionalization 70%
  • Delivery of Health Care 40%
  • Healthcare 38%
  • Democracy 36%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Grassroots origins, National engagement: Exploring the professionalization of practicing healthcare ethicists in Canada

  Frolic, A., Cline, C., D'Agincourt-Canning, L., Goldsand, G., Heesters, A., Kirby, J., Reel, K., Roigt, D., Secker, B. & Simpson, C., Sept 2012, In: HEC Forum. 24, 3, p. 153-164 12 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethicists 100%
  • professionalization 70%
  • Canada 60%
  • Healthcare 51%
  • Delivery of Health Care 40%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Léthique de la divulgation des incidents touchant la sécurité des patients

  Translated title of the contribution: The ethics of disclosure of patient safety incidentsSimpson, C., Aubin, D. & Fillatre, T., 2012, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 25, 2, p. 120-122 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Mapping our practice? Some conceptual "bumps" for us to consider

  Simpson, C., Sept 2012, In: HEC Forum. 24, 3, p. 219-226 8 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethical Theory 100%
  • Conflict of Interest 77%
  • Ethics 61%
  • Delivery of Health Care 36%
  • moral philosophy 29%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Paediatric physician-researchers: coping with tensions in dual accountability

  Boydell, K., Shaul, R. Z. L., D'Agincourt-Canning, L., Da Silva, M., Simpson, C., Czoli, C. D., Rashkovan, N., Kim, C. C., Levin, A. V. & Schneider, R., Dec 1 2012, In: Narrative inquiry in bioethics. 2, 3, p. 213-221 9 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Responsibility 100%
  • Research Personnel 59%
  • Pediatrics 54%
  • Physicians 53%
  • Bioethics 19%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  'Any body is better than nobody?' Ethical questions around recruiting and/or retaining health professionals in rural areas

  Simpson, C. & McDonald, F., 2011, In: Rural and Remote Health. 11, 4, 1867.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • health professionals 100%
  • rural area 89%
  • Ethics 73%
  • Community Health Planning 54%
  • Health 52%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Medical Professionalism and the Social Contract

  Reid, L., 2011, In: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 54, 4, p. 455-469 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Metaphor 100%
  • Professionalism 94%
  • social contract 86%
  • Social Contract 85%
  • Contracts 83%
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Networking genetics, populations, and race

  Reid, L., 2009, In: American Journal of Bioethics. 9, 6-7, p. 50-52 3 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  The public funding of expensive cancer therapies: synthesizing the "3Es"--evidence, economics, and ethics.

  Kirby, J., Somers, E., Simpson, C. & McPhee, J., 2008, In: Organizational ethics : healthcare, business, and policy : OE. 4, 2, p. 97-108 12 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethics 100%
  • Economics 76%
  • Nova Scotia 72%
  • Delivery of Health Care 44%
  • Decision Making 40%
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Minimal risk in the Tri-Council Policy Statement.

  Reid, L. & Krahn, T., 2007, In: Health law journal. 15, p. 469-513 45 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The harm-benefit tradeoff in "bad deal" trials

  Nycum, G. & Reid, L., Dec 2007, In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 17, 4, p. 321-350 30 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Harm 100%
  • social benefits 90%
  • exploitation 73%
  • Altruism 63%
  • altruism 62%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Validity and consequence of informed consent in pediatric bone marrow transplantation: The parental experience

  Benedict, J. M., Simpson, C. & Fernandez, C. V., Nov 2007, In: Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 49, 6, p. 846-851 6 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation 100%
  • Informed Consent 95%
  • Parents 73%
  • Pediatrics 62%
  • Interviews 24%
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Building a Culture of Ethics: The Capital Health Ethics Support Model

  Simpson, C., Kirby, J. & Davies, M., 2004, In: Healthcare Management Forum. 17, 3, p. 14-17 4 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health ethics 100%
  • Ethics 66%
  • Economics 50%
  • moral philosophy 48%
  • Health 31%
• 2003

  Children and research participation: who makes what decisions.

  Simpson, C., 2003, In: Health law review. 11, 2, p. 20-29 10 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Hope and Feminist Care Ethics: What is the Connection?

  Simpson, C., Sept 2002, In: Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 34, 2, p. 81-94 14 p.

  Medicine

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Feminism 100%
  • Hope 63%
  • Health Personnel 36%
  • Moral Obligations 22%
  • Nursing Research 18%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 1998

  Wittgenstein's ladder: The tractatus and nonsense

  Reid, L., 1998, In: Philosophical Investigations. 21, 2, p. 97-151 55 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  34 Citations (Scopus)