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    Clinical ethicists' perspectives on organisational ethics in healthcare organisations
    with D. S. Silva, R. Sibbald, E. Connolly, and P. A. Singer
    Journal of Medical Ethics 34 (5): 320-323. 2008.
    Background: Demand for organisational ethics capacity is growing in health organisations, particularly among managers. The role of clinical ethicists in, and perspective on, organisational ethics has not been well described or documented in the literature. Objective: To describe clinical ethicists’ perspectives on organisational ethics issues in their hospitals, their institutional role in relation to organisational ethics, and their perceived effectiveness in helping to address organisational e…Read more
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    Difficult healthcare transitions
    with Rosalind Abdool, Michael Szego, Daniel Buchman, Leah Justason, Sally Bean, Ann Heesters, Hannah Kaufman, Bob Parke, and Frank Wagner
    Nursing Ethics 23 (7): 770-783. 2016.
    Background:In Ontario, Canada, patients who lack decision-making capacity and have no family or friends to act as substitute decision-makers currently rely on the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee to consent to long-term care (nursing home) placement, but they have no legal representative for other placement decisions.Objectives:We highlight the current gap in legislation for difficult transition cases involving unrepresented patients and provide a novel framework for who ought to assist…Read more
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    Pandemic influenza preparedness: an ethical framework to guide decision-making (review)
    with Alison Thompson, Karen Faith, and Ross Upshur
    BMC Medical Ethics 7 (1): 1-11. 2006.
    Background Planning for the next pandemic influenza outbreak is underway in hospitals across the world. The global SARS experience has taught us that ethical frameworks to guide decision-making may help to reduce collateral damage and increase trust and solidarity within and between health care organisations. Good pandemic planning requires reflection on values because science alone cannot tell us how to prepare for a public health crisis. Discussion In this paper, we present an ethical framewor…Read more
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    Ethics and chronic disease: Where are the bioethicists?
    with Ross E. G. Upshur
    Bioethics 26 (5). 2012.