Christina Lamb, Athabasca University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Athabasca University profile.

Bioethics conscience in healthcare and the humanities science-engaged theology pediatric population health end-of-life ethics qualitative research and empirical ethics

Latest papers

Expanding the Use of Ethical Approaches in Paediatric Palliative Care.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026 · first author
Dying, dependency and death: Exploring palliative care access gaps for children.
Wellcome open research · 2024 · first author
Effectiveness of interventions on healthcare professionals' understanding and use of conscience: a systematic review protocol.
BMJ open · 2022 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the lived experience of death and dying for mature minors in Canada.
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI

All 1 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Expanding the Use of Ethical Approaches in Paediatric Palliative Care.

Lamb C, Bertaud S

Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/apa.70664 PMID: 42359454

02

Dying, dependency and death: Exploring palliative care access gaps for children.

Lamb C

Wellcome open research2024First author

DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20803.1 PMID: 38779151

03

Effectiveness of interventions on healthcare professionals' understanding and use of conscience: a systematic review protocol.

Lamb C, Kennedy M, Clark A, Pituskin E, Kirkwood K, Babenko-Mould Y

BMJ open2022First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053880 PMID: 35896293

04

Conscience and conscientious objection in nursing: A personalist bioethics approach.

Lamb C, Pesut B

Nursing ethics2021First author

DOI: 10.1177/0969733021996037 PMID: 33827336

05

Nurses' use of conscientious objection and the implications for conscience.

Lamb C, Evans M, Babenko-Mould Y, Wong C, Kirkwood K

Journal of advanced nursing2019First author

DOI: 10.1111/jan.13869 PMID: 30328136

Exploring the lived experience of death and dying for mature minors in Canada.

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: SickKids-CIHR-IHDCYH New Investigator Grants

Principal investigators: Lamb, Christina

Keywords: .

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

School of Nursing
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
Health Disciplines
School of Health Studies
Health, Medical Sociology

Co-authors at Athabasca University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Yolanda Babenko-Mould

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Ken Kirkwood

School of Health Studies

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Barbara Pesut

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Edith Pituskin

Health, Medical Sociology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Marilyn Evans

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Carol Wong

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioethics Dear Professor Lamb, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Expanding the Use of Ethical Approaches in Paediatric Palliative Care." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Exploring the lived experience of death and dying for mature minors in Canada." (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]