Appointments: Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Affiliate Member, Biomedical Ethics Unit, and Associate Member, Division of Experimental Medicine - all at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Chair of the clinical ethics committee, Shriners Hospital for Children (Montreal). Training: 2008-11 CIHR Post-doctoral fellows at the Centre de recherche en éthique, University of Montreal and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics of McMaster University. 2009 PhD in Experimental Medicine, McGill. 2006 MSc in Experimental Medicine (Specialization in Bioethics), McGill. 1997 BSc in Physical Therapy, McGill. Current research: My research focuses on two areas of inquiry: 1. Global health ethics and 2. Ethics of rehabilitation care and professions. 1. Global health ethics: a) Ethics and humanitarian healthcare policy and practice: fhs.mcmaster.ca/ethics/ethics_in_humanitarian_health_care.html b) Military Medical Ethics: EMMRG.ca c) Ethics and global health research: http://www.medsp.umontreal.ca/vesa%2Dtc/ d) Health equity in disaster response: Montreal Health Equity Research Collaboration 2. Ethics of rehabilitation care and institutions: a) Access to care, prioritization and wait lists. b) Risk and choice in rehabilitation.
Global health ethics
Combat Hospital’s deployment of ethics and entertainment. (with Sonya de Laat, Lisa Schwartz, Bryn Williams-Jones, Christiane Rochon, and Ali Okhowat), Canadian Medical Association Journal (2012)
Editorial: Introduction to symposium on humanitarian health work and ethics. (with Lisa Schwartz), Public Health Ethics (2012)
Ethics support and training for health professionals in international aid work. (with Lisa Schwartz and Laurie Elit), Public Health Ethics (2012)
Health care professionals who travel from their home countries to participate in humanitarian assistance or...
Models for humanitarian health care ethics. (with Lisa Schwartz, Christina Sinding, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Naomi Adelson, and Sonya DeLaat), Public Health Ethics (2012)
Humanitarian health care practitioners working outside familiar settings, and without familiar supports, encounter ethical challenges...
Establishing moral bearings: ethics and expatriate health care professionals in humanitarian work, Disasters (2011)
Expatriate health care professionals frequently participate in the international response to natural disasters and humanitarian...
Rehabilitation and ethics; clinical ethics
Promoting shared decision-making in rehabilitation: Development of a framework for situations when dysphagic patients refuse diet modification recommended by the treating team (with Franceen Kaizer and Anne-Marie Spiridigliozzi), Dysphagia (2012)
To address the risks of aspiration pneumonia, patients with dysphagia may be prescribed a modified...
Moral Experience: A framework for Bioethics Research (with Frank Carnevale), Journal of Medical Ethics (2011)
Theoretical and empirical research in bioethics frequently focuses on ethical dilemmas or problems. In this...
Relational Autonomy as an Essential Component of Patient-Centered Care (with Carolyn Ells and Jane Chambers Evans), International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2011)
Despite enthusiasm for patient-centered care, the practice of patient-centered care is proving challenging. Further, it...
Partners Towards Autonomy: Risky choices and relational autonomy in rehabilitation care (with Carolyn Ells), Disability and Rehabilitation (2010)
Purpose: A common source of ethical challenge for health care providers in rehabilitation is situations...
Patient-centered care and cultural practices: Process and criteria for evaluating adaptations of norms and standards in health care institutions, HEC Forum (2009)
In this paper, I examine situations when patients wish to perform cultural practices that require...
Empirical bioethics; Qualitative research methods and methodology
Moral Experience: A framework for Bioethics Research (with Frank Carnevale), Journal of Medical Ethics (2011)
Theoretical and empirical research in bioethics frequently focuses on ethical dilemmas or problems. In this...
Staging ethics: the possibilities and perils of research-based performance. (with Christina Sinding and Lisa Schwartz), Canadian Theatre Review (2011)
1st paragraph in lieu of abstract For the past three years we have been involved...
Transitioning from clinical to qualitative research interviewing. (with Lisa Chan and Anita Mehta), International Journal of Qualitative Methods (2011)
In this paper one aspect of the transition that must be made by experienced clinicians...
Active waiting: habits and the practice of conducting qualitative research, International Journal of Qualitative Methods (2010)
Learning to conduct good qualitative research passes beyond the acquisition of research knowledge and technical...