Paul Kingsbury, Simon Fraser University

Research

paranormal cultures cultural geography psychoanalytic theory Jacques Lacan organizations conferences cryptozoology ufology

Latest papers

Beyond sun, sand, and stitches: assigning responsibility for the harms of medical tourism.
Bioethics · 2013 · senior author
The 'patient's physician one-step removed': the evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators.
Journal of medical ethics · 2011
An industry perspective on Canadian patients' involvement in medical tourism: implications for public health.
BMC public health · 2011 · senior author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Situating the growth of paranormal investigation cultures: a critical study of the lived spaces of organizations and conferences
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$183,137
Disseminating Research on the Ethical Dimensions of Canadians' Decision-Making in Medical Tourism
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$20,984
Risks, Roles, and Responsibilities: Understanding the experiences of Canadian medical tourists' caregiver-companions
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$211,935

All 9 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Beyond sun, sand, and stitches: assigning responsibility for the harms of medical tourism.

Snyder J, Crooks V, Johnston R, Kingsbury P

Bioethics2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2011.01942.x PMID: 23814800

02

The 'patient's physician one-step removed': the evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators.

Snyder J, Crooks VA, Adams K, Kingsbury P, Johnston R

Journal of medical ethics2011

DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.042374 PMID: 21478420

03

An industry perspective on Canadian patients' involvement in medical tourism: implications for public health.

Johnston R, Crooks VA, Adams K, Snyder J, Kingsbury P

BMC public health2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-416 PMID: 21627830

04

Promoting medical tourism to India: messages, images, and the marketing of international patient travel.

Crooks VA, Turner L, Snyder J, Johnston R, Kingsbury P

Social science & medicine (1982)2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.022 PMID: 21310519

05

What do we know about Canadian involvement in medical tourism?: a scoping review.

Snyder J, Crooks VA, Johnston R, Kingsbury P

Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-266 PMID: 22046228

06

What is known about the effects of medical tourism in destination and departure countries? A scoping review.

Johnston R, Crooks VA, Snyder J, Kingsbury P

International journal for equity in health2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-24 PMID: 21047433

07

What is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A scoping review.

Crooks VA, Kingsbury P, Snyder J, Johnston R

BMC health services research2010

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-266 PMID: 20825667

Situating the growth of paranormal investigation cultures: a critical study of the lived spaces of organizations and conferences

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kingsbury, Paul T.

Keywords: paranormal cultures; cultural geography; psychoanalytic theory; Jacques Lacan; organizations; conferences; cryptozoology; ufology; qualitative methods; British Columbia; Canada; North America

$183,137

Disseminating Research on the Ethical Dimensions of Canadians' Decision-Making in Medical Tourism

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Crooks, Valorie A

Keywords: Dissemination; Ethics; Medical Tourism

$20,984

Risks, Roles, and Responsibilities: Understanding the experiences of Canadian medical tourists' caregiver-companions

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Crooks, Valorie A; Snyder, Jeremy C

Keywords: Canada; Caregiving; Ethics Of Care; Medical Tourism; Qualitative

$211,935

Minimizing Canadian Patients' Health & Safety Risks in Medical Tourism

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: PHSI

Principal investigators: Crooks, Valorie A; Bristeir, Janet; Snyder, Jeremy C

Keywords: British Columbia; Medical Tourism; Patient Health And Safety; Risk

$11,669

Medical Tourism in a Developing Market: Toward a Canada-Barbados Research Agenda

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: International Research Collaborations

Principal investigators: Snyder, Jeremy C; Crooks, Valorie A

Keywords: Barbados; Medical Tourism

$23,600

Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Snyder, Jeremy C; Crooks, Valorie A

Keywords: Ethics; Health Services Research; Health Tourism; Medical Tourism; Reproductive Tourism

$14,975

Enjoying ethnic diversity: multicultural consumption, cultural politics, and emotional geographies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kingsbury, Paul T.

Keywords: multiculturalism; consumption; cultural politics; emotional geographies

$74,292

Medical Tourism: Developing a Canada-India Collaboration

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: International Research Collaborations

Principal investigators: Crooks, Valorie A; Snyder, Jeremy C

Keywords: Canada; Health Services; India; Medical Tourism; Patients

$17,485

An Ethics Approach to Canadians' Decision-Making in Medical Tourism

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Crooks, Valorie A

Keywords: Canada; Decision-Making; Ethics; Medical Tourism; Qualitative; Surgery

$88,131

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

Ethics
OVPRI - Simon Fraser University
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Jeremy Snyder

Ethics

7 shared papers, latest 2013

Valorie Crooks

OVPRI - Simon Fraser University

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: paranormal cultures Dear Professor Kingsbury, 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 "Beyond sun, sand, and stitches: assigning responsibility for the harms of medical tourism." (2013), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]