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2010

Ford N, Upshur REG, Zachariah R, Mills E.  Defining the limits of emergency humanitarian action:  Where, and how, to draw the line?  Public Health Ethics 2010: 3(1):  68-71.

Iracleous P, Nie JX, Tracy CS, Moineddin R, Ismail Z, Shulman KI, Upshur REG.  Primary care physicians’ attitudes towards cognitive screening:  findings from a national postal survey.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2010; 25:  23-9.

Loughlin M, Upshur REG, Goldenberg MJ, Bluhm R, Borgerson K.  Philosophy, ethics, medicine and health care:  the urgent need for critical practice.  Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2010; 16(2):  249-59.

Nie JX, Wang L, Tracy CS, Moineddin R, Upshur R.  A population-based cohort study of ambulatory care service utilization among older adults.  Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2010.

Ritvo P, Wilson K, Gibson JL, Guglietti C, Tracy CS, Nie JX, Jadad AR, Upshur REG, on behalf of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group.  Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparation.  BioMedCentral Public Health 2010; 10:  125.

Silva DS, Nie JX, Rossiter K, Sahni, S, Upshur REG, on behalf of the Canadian Program of Research on Ethics in a Pandemic.  Contextualizing ethics:  ventilators, H1N1 and marginalized populations.  Healthcare Quarterly 2010; 13(1):  32-6.

Sutton EJ, Upshur REG.  Are there different spheres of conscience?  Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2010; 16(2):  338-43.

Tierney, M.C., Lermer, M.A. Computerized cognitive assessment in primary care to identify patients with suspected cognitive impairment.  Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2010; 20(3): 823-32.

Upshur REG.  Can family physicians practise good medicine without following clinical practice guidelines?  YES.  Canadian Family Physician 2010; 56(6): 518-520.

2009

Buetow S, McAllum C, Upshur R.  Using Philosophy to Help Manage the Fear of Death.  Journal of Palliative Care 2009; 25(2):  111-6.

Cohen ERM, O’Neill JM, Joffres M, Upshur REG, Mills E.  Reporting of Informed Consent, Standard of Care and Post-Trial Obligations in Global Randomized Intervention Trials:  A Systematic Survey of Registered Trials.  Developing World Bioethics 2009; 9(2):  74-80.

Ford N, Mills EJ, Zachariah R, Upshur R.  Ethics of conducting research in conflict settings.  BioMedCentral Conflict and Health 2009; 3:  7.

Kwong JC, Maaten S, Upshur REG, Patrick DM, Marra F.  The effect of Universal Influenza Immunization on Antibiotic Prescriptions:  An Ecological Study.  Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 49 (1 September):  750-6.

Schopper D, Upshur R, Matthys F, Singh JA, Bandewar SS, Ahmad A, van Dongen E.  Research Ethics Review in Humanitarian Contexts:  The Experience of the Independent Ethics Review Board of Médecins Sans Frontières.  PLoS Medicine 2009; 6(7):  e1000115.

Tracy CS, Rea E, Upshur REG.  Public perceptions of quarantine:  community-based telephone survey following an infectious disease outbreak.  BioMedCentral Public Health 2009; 9: 470.

Upshur REG, Singh J, Ford N.  Apocalypse or redemption:  responding to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.  Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2009; 87:  481-3.

Vegda K, Nie JX, Wang L, Tracy CS, Moineddin R, Upshur REG.  Trends in health services utilization, medication use, and health conditions among older adults:  a 2-year retrospective chart review in a primary care practice.  BioMedCentral Health Services Research 2009; 9:  217.

Viens AM, Bensimon C, Upshur REG.  Your Liberty or Your Life:  Reciprocity in the Use of Restrictive Measures in Contexts of Contagion.  Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2009; 6:  207-17.

 

Selected publications 2006-2008

  1. Ashford, J., Borsons, S., O’Hara, R., Dash, P., Frank, L., Robert, P., Shankle, W., Tierney, M.C., Brodaty, H., Schmitt, F., Kraemer, H., Buschke, H., Fillet, H. Should older adults be screened for dementia? It is important to screen for evidence of dementia! Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2007; 3: 75-80.
  2. Bensimon CM, Tracy CS, Bernstein M, Zlotnik Shaul R, Upshur REG. A qualitative study of the duty to care in communicable disease outbreaks. Social Science & Medicine, Aug. 30, 2007 (Epub ahead of print).
  3. Bensimon CM, Upshur REG. Evidence and effectiveness in decision-making for quarantine. American Journal of Public Health 2007; 97: S44-8.
  4. Berndtson K, Daid T, Tracy CS, Bhan A, Cohen ERM, Upshur REG, Singh JA, Daar AS, Lavery JV, Singer PA. Grand Challenges in Global Health: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Issues Based on Key Informant Perspectives. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(9): e268.
  5. Bhan A, Singh JA, Upshur REG, Singer PA, Daar AS. Grand Challenges in Global Health: Engaging Civil Society Organizations in Biomedical Research in Developing Countries. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(9): e272.
  6. Buetow S, Upshur R, Miles A, Loughlin M. Taking stock of evidence-based medicine: opportunities for its continuing evolution. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2006; 12: 399-404.
    Carpenter DO, El-Qaderi S, Fayzieva D, Gilani AH, Hambartsumyan A, Herz K, Isobaev M, Kasymov O, Kudyakov R, Majitova Z, Mamadov E, Nemer L, Revich B, Stege P, Suk W, Upshur R, Yilmax B, Zaineh K. Children’s environmental health in Central Asia and the Middle east. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 2006; 12: 362-8.
  7. Chan AW, Upshur R, Singh JA, Ghersi D, Chapuis F, Altman DG. Waiving confidentiality for the greater good. British Medical Journal 2006; 443: 1086-9.
  8. Charles J, Gordon M, Gore B: Enteral Feeding in End-Stage Dementia: A comparison of Religious, Ethnic and National Differences in Canada and Israel. The Journals of Gerontology, Medical Sciences 2006; 61(A) (6): 621-627.
  9. Clarfield, M A, Monette J, Bergman H, Monette M, Ben-Israel Y, Cain Y, Charles J, Gordon M, Gore B: Enteral Feeding in End-Stage Dementia: A comparison of Religious, Ethnic and National Differences in Canada and Israel. The Journals of Gerontology, Medical Sciences 2006; 61(A) (6): 621-627.
  10. Crighton EJ, Elliott SJ, Moineddin R, Kanaroglou P, Upshur R. A spatial analysis of the determinants of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in Ontario (1992-2001). Social Science and Medicine 2007; 64: 1636-50.
  11. Crighton EJ, Elliott SJ, Moineddin R, Kanaroglou P, Upshur RE. An exploratory spatial analysis of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in Ontario by age and gender. Epidemiology and Infection 2007; 135: 253-61.
  12. Gauthier, S., Reisberg, B., Zaudig, M., Petersen, R.C., Ritchie, K., Broich, K., Belleville, S., Brodaty, H., Bennett, D., Chertkow, H., Cummings, J.L., de Leon, M., Feldman, H., Ganguli, M., Hampel, H., Scheltens, P., Tierney, M.C., Whitehouse, P., Winblad, B., on behalf of the participants of the IPA Expert Conference on MCI. Mild Cognitive Impairment. Lancet, 2006; 367: 1262-1270.
  13. Gibson BE, Upshur REG, Young NL, McKeever P. Disability, technology and place: Social and ethical implications of long-term dependency on medical devices. Ethics, Place & Environment 2007; 10(1): 7-28.
  14. Gibson BE, Young NL, Upshur REG, McKeever P. Men on the margin: A Bourdieusian examination of living into adulthood with muscular dystrophy. Social Science & Medicine 2007; 65: 505-17.
  15. Hébert P. Review of “A Death Retold” Journal American Medical Association. 2007, in press.
  16. Jaglal SB, Cameron C, Hawker G, Carroll J, Jaakkimainen L, Cadarette SM, Bogoch E, Kreder H, Davis D. Development of an integrated-care delivery model for post-fracture care in Ontario. Osteoporosis Int 2006; 9:1337-1345. Epub 2006 July 4.
  17. Juurlink D, Stukel TA, Kwong J, Kopp A, McGeer A, Upshur R, Manuel D, Moineddin R, Wilson K. Guillain-Barré syndrome following adult influenza vaccination: A population-based study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006; 166: 2217-21.
  18. Leahy N, Sheps J, Tracy CS, Nie J, Upshur REG. Family physicians’ attitudes toward residency research education: Findings from a national postal survey. Canadian Family Physician 2008; 54: 413-4.e1-5.
  19. Leong AM, Crighton EJ, Moineddin R, Mamdani M, Upshur RE. Time series analysis of age related cataract hospitalizations and phacoemulsification. BioMedCentral Ophthalmology 2006; 6: 2.
  20. Lewis J, Nickell L, Thompson LU, Szalai JP, Kiss A, Hilditch J A. Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Dietary Soy and Flaxseed Muffins on Quality of Life and Hot Flashes during Menopause. Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society; 2006; 13, No.4: 631-642: McDowell, I., Xi, G., Lindsay, J., Tierney, M.C. Mapping the connections between education and dementia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 2007; 29:2, 127-141.
  21. Mills E, Cohen E, O’Neill JM, Upshur REG. Informed Consent, Standard of Care, and Post-Trial Obligations in Global Randomized Intervention Trials: A Systematic Survey of Registered Trials. Developing World Bioethics, in press.
  22. Nie JX, Wang L, Tracy CS, Moineddin R, Upshur REG. Health care service utilization in the late life course: a population based study. Journal of Clinical Evaluative Practice, in press.
  23. Nie JX, Wang L, Upshur REG. Mortality of elderly patients in Ontario after hospital admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Canadian Respiratory Journal 2007, 14(8): 485-9.
  24. Pinto AD, Upshur REG. Global Health Ethics for Students. Developing World Bioethics. [OnlineEarly Article posted 26 July 2007]
  25. Rea E, Lafleche J, Stalker S, Guarda BK, Shapiro H, Johnson I, Bondy SJ, Upshur R, Russell ML, Eliasziw M. Duration and distance of exposure are important predictors of transmission among community contacts of Ontario SARS cases. Epidemiology and Infection 2007; 135: 914-21.
  26. Rhodes A, Jaakkimainen L, Bondy S, Fung K. Depression and mental health visits to physicians – a prospective records-based study. Social Science and Medicine 2006 ;62(4):828-834.
    Ruderman C, Tracy CS, Bensimon CM, Bernstein M, Hawryluck L, Zlotnik Shaul R, Upshur REG. On pandemics and the duty to care: whose duty? Who cares? BioMedCentral Medical Ethics 2006; 7: 5.
  27. Singer PA, Taylor AD, Daar AS, Upshur REG, Singh JA, Lavery JV. Grand Challenges in Global Health: The Ethical, Social and Cultural Program. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(9): e265.
  28. Singh JA, Upshur R, Padayatchi N. XDR-TB in South Africa: No Time for Denial Of Complacency. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4: e50.
  29. Thompson AK, Faith K, Gibson JL, Upshur RE. Pandemic influenza preparedness: an ethical framework to guide decision-making. BioMedCentral Medical Ethics 2006; 7: 12.
  30. Tierney, M.C., Snow, W.G., Charles, J., Moineddin, R., Kiss, A. Neuropsychological predictors of self-neglect in cognitively impaired older people who live alone. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Tindana PO, Singh JA, Tracy CS, Upshur REG, Daar AS, Singer PA, Frohlich J, Lavery JV. Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(9): e273.
  31. Tindana PO, Singh JA, Tracy CS, Upshur REG, Daar AS, Singer PA, Frohlich J, Lavery JV. Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(9): e273.