Ariel Ducey, University of Calgary

Research

Clinical Decision-Making Commercialization And Medicine Empirical Ethics Health Care Resources Morality And Medicine Pelvic Floor Medicine Qualitative Research Surgery And Innovation

Latest papers

The (commercialised) experience of operating: Embodied preferences, ambiguous variations and explaining widespread patient harm.
Sociology of health & illness · 2023 · first author
Factors affecting women's decision between uterine-preserving versus hysterectomy-based surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.
Women's health (London, England) · 2023
A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada.
Health & social care in the community · 2022

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Intergenerational Continuity of Child Maltreatment: Co-Construction of Knowledge in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$96,019
GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000
Data, Touch, Technology and Medical Care
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$269,745

All 7 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

The (commercialised) experience of operating: Embodied preferences, ambiguous variations and explaining widespread patient harm.

Ducey A, Donoso C, Ross S, Robert M

Sociology of health & illness2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13579 PMID: 36382531

02

Factors affecting women's decision between uterine-preserving versus hysterectomy-based surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.

Ramage K, Ducey A, Scime NV, Knox E, Brennand EA

Women's health (London, England)2023

DOI: 10.1177/17455057231181015 PMID: 37387264

03

A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada.

Knox E, Ramage K, Scime N, Ducey A, Brennand E

Health & social care in the community2022

DOI: 10.1111/hsc.14020 PMID: 36073957

04

"Broken"-How Identities as Women, Mothers and Partners Are Intertwined with the Experience of Living with and Seeking Treatment for Pelvic Organ Prolapse.

Ramage K, Ducey A, Scime NV, Knox E, Brennand EA

International journal of environmental research and public health2022

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095179 PMID: 35564573

05

From anatomy to patient experience in pelvic floor surgery: Mindlines, evidence, responsibility, and transvaginal mesh.

Ducey A, Donoso C, Ross S, Robert M

Social science & medicine (1982)2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113151 PMID: 32738706

06

Towards 'smart cities' as 'healthy cities': health equity in a digital age.

Mouton M, Ducey A, Green J, Hardcastle L, Hoffman S, Leslie M, Rock M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2019

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-019-00177-5 PMID: 30701413

07

Formats of responsibility: elective surgery in the era of evidence-based medicine.

Ducey A, Nikoo S

Sociology of health & illness2018First author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12659 PMID: 29314096

08

Factors influencing the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk implantable devices.

Gagliardi AR, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Turgeon T, Ross S, Trbovich P, Easty A, Bell C, Urbach D

BMJ quality & safety2018

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006481 PMID: 28768712

09

Multiple constraints compromise decision-making about implantable medical devices for individual patients: qualitative interviews with physicians.

Gagliardi AR, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Turgeon T, Kolbunik J, Ross S, Trbovich P, Easty A, Bell C, Urbach DR

BMC medical informatics and decision making2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-017-0577-3 PMID: 29273040

10

Factors constraining patient engagement in implantable medical device discussions and decisions: interviews with physicians.

Gagliardi AR, Lehoux P, Ducey A, Easty A, Ross S, Bell CM, Trbovich P, Takata J, Urbach DR

International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care2017

DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx013 PMID: 28453827

Intergenerational Continuity of Child Maltreatment: Co-Construction of Knowledge in a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Langevin, Rachel

Keywords: child maltreatment; intergenerational continuity; culture

$96,019

GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Metcalfe, Amy L; Brennand, Erin A; Gordon, Jennifer L; Van Lieshout, Ryan J

Keywords: Career Development; Gender; Girls; Health; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; National; Training Program; Wellbeing; Women

$2,400,000

Data, Touch, Technology and Medical Care

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Ducey, Ariel

Keywords: Medical work and knowledge; Touch and Embodiment; Data and Evidence in Medicine; Medical Technology; Sociology of the Body; Medical Sociology

$269,745

Balancing innovation and safety: national multi-sector meeting on post-market surveillance of medical devices

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Gagliardi, Anna R; Urbach, David R

Keywords: Consensus Meeting; Decision-Making; Industry; Integrated Knoweldge Translation; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning Systems; Medical Devices; Patient Safety; Policy; Post-Market Surveillance

$10,000

Moral Economies, Ethics, and Improving Health Care: A Qualitative Study of the Adoption of Devices and Procedures in Pelvic Floor Surgery

Nominated PICIHR2014Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Ducey, Ariel

Keywords: Clinical Decision-Making; Commercialization And Medicine; Empirical Ethics; Health Care Resources; Morality And Medicine; Pelvic Floor Medicine; Qualitative Research; Surgery And Innovation

$98,883

Safety of medical devices licensed for use in Canada: A mixed methods study to inform policy for effective post-market surveillance

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Gagliardi, Anna R; Urbach, David R

Keywords: Equipment Safety; Informed Decision Making; Medical Devices; Patient Safety; Post-Market Surveillance; Qualitative Research; Registries; Surgical Devices

$301,055

Prioritizing research on interventions to prevent and reduce surgical device-based adverse events

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Integrated Knowledge Translation

Principal investigators: Gagliardi, Anna R

Keywords: Adverse Events; Health Services Research Priorities; Knowledge Translation; Patient Centred Care; Surgical Devices

$24,628

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

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sociology
Administration de la santé
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Surgery
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
General Surgery
Other

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

Patricia Trbovich

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

5 shared papers, latest 2018

Pascale Lehoux

Administration de la santé

5 shared papers, latest 2018

Natalie Scime

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Erin Brennand

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Amiram Jacob Gafni

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Melanie Rock

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2019

David Urbach

General Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Ariel Ducey

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The (commercialised) experience of operating: Embodied preferences, ambiguous variations and explaining widespread patient harm.

Factors affecting women's decision between uterine-preserving versus hysterectomy-based surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.

A qualitative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women seeking pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Alberta, Canada.

"Broken"-How Identities as Women, Mothers and Partners Are Intertwined with the Experience of Living with and Seeking Treatment for Pelvic Organ Prolapse.

From anatomy to patient experience in pelvic floor surgery: Mindlines, evidence, responsibility, and transvaginal mesh.

Towards 'smart cities' as 'healthy cities': health equity in a digital age.

Formats of responsibility: elective surgery in the era of evidence-based medicine.

Factors influencing the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk implantable devices.

Multiple constraints compromise decision-making about implantable medical devices for individual patients: qualitative interviews with physicians.

Factors constraining patient engagement in implantable medical device discussions and decisions: interviews with physicians.

Intergenerational Continuity of Child Maltreatment: Co-Construction of Knowledge in a Cross-Cultural Perspective

GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)

Data, Touch, Technology and Medical Care

Balancing innovation and safety: national multi-sector meeting on post-market surveillance of medical devices

Moral Economies, Ethics, and Improving Health Care: A Qualitative Study of the Adoption of Devices and Procedures in Pelvic Floor Surgery

Safety of medical devices licensed for use in Canada: A mixed methods study to inform policy for effective post-market surveillance

Prioritizing research on interventions to prevent and reduce surgical device-based adverse events

Frequent collaborators

Patricia Trbovich

Pascale Lehoux

Chaim Bell

Thomas Turgeon

Myles Leslie

Steven Hoffman

Erin Brennand

Natalie Scime

Erin Brennand

Amiram Jacob Gafni

Melanie Rock

David Urbach