Christy Simpson, Dalhousie University

Research

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

Paediatric ethics Role of hope in health care Professional boundaries Organizational ethics

Latest papers

"They leave crying": An exploration of moral distress in nurses facing workplace violence.
Nursing ethics · 2026 · senior author
Reflections on Ethical Leadership: Organizational Ethics and Moral Injury.
Healthcare management forum · 2026 · first author
Canadian Stakeholders' Perspectives on Voucher Donation in Kidney Transplantation.
Kidney international reports · 2025

All 27 publications

Latest funding

Genomics and blood donation: a qualitative exploration of the social and ethical dimensions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$47,750
A mixed methods study of stakeholders' perspectives on ethical and logistical issues related to advanced living donation in kidney transplantation in Canada, and a proposal for guidelines in a Canadian context.
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Organizational ethics in health care: a national survey of Canadian health care executives, managers, and ethicists
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$98,709

All 3 grants and awards

27 publications.

01

"They leave crying": An exploration of moral distress in nurses facing workplace violence.

Dunsford J, Simpson C

Nursing ethics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/09697330261465861 PMID: 42423191

02

Reflections on Ethical Leadership: Organizational Ethics and Moral Injury.

Simpson C

Healthcare management forum2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704261434320 PMID: 41861085

03

Canadian Stakeholders' Perspectives on Voucher Donation in Kidney Transplantation.

Affdal A, Malo MF, Ballesteros F, Cochran-Mavrikakis SL, Sancho C, Achille M, Sandal S, Simpson C, Fortin MC

Kidney international reports20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.06.055 PMID: 41141534

04

A brain-based definition of death and criteria for its determination after arrest of circulation or neurologic function in Canada: a 2023 clinical practice guideline

Shemie SD, Wilson LC, Hornby L, Basmaji J, Baker AJ, Bensimon CM, Chandler JA, Chassé M, Dawson R, Dhanani S

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2023140 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02431-4 PMID: W4367692342

05

Rationale for revisions to the definition of death and criteria for its determination in Canada

Nicholas B. Murphy, Michael Hartwick, Lindsay C. Wilson, Christy Simpson, Sam D. Shemie, Sylvia Torrance, Jennifer A. Chandler

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie202316 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02407-4 PMID: 37131021

06

Baseline Ethical Principles and a Framework for Evaluation of Policies: Recommendations From an International Consensus Forum

Dale D Gardiner, Andrew John McGee, Christy Simpson, Curie Ahn, Aviva M. Goldberg, Austin Kinsella, Sanjay S. Nagral, Matthew John Weiss

Transplantation Direct202313 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001471 PMID: 37138553

07

Balancing values: implications of a brain-based definition of death for pluralism in Canada

Nicholas B. Murphy, Jennifer A. Chandler, Michael Hartwick, Aly Kanji, Christy Simpson, Lindsay C. Wilson, Randi Zlotnik Shaul

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie202311 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02408-3 PMID: 37147514

08

Navigating disagreement and conflict in the context of a brain-based definition of death

Simpson C, Lee-Ameduri K, Hartwick M, Shaul RZ, Kanji A, Healey A, Murphy NB, Pope TM

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia202310 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02417-2 PMID: W4367693893

09

“Juggle the different hats we wear”: enacted strategies for negotiating boundaries in overlapping relationships

Andrea Gingerich, Christy Simpson, Robin Roots, Sean B Maurice

Advances in Health Sciences Education20233 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10282-3 PMID: 37676566

10

"Head of the Class": equity discourses related to department head appointments at one Canadian medical school.

Cameron P, LeBlanc C, Mahalik A, O'Hearn S, Simpson C

Canadian medical education journal20232 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.76208 PMID: 37719409

Genomics and blood donation: a qualitative exploration of the social and ethical dimensions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Haw, Jennie

Keywords: genomics; social science of donation; bioethics; science and technology studies; lay knowledge; informed consent; return of findings; qualitative methodology

$47,750

A mixed methods study of stakeholders' perspectives on ethical and logistical issues related to advanced living donation in kidney transplantation in Canada, and a proposal for guidelines in a Canadian context.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Fortin, Marie-Chantal

Keywords: Ethics; Kidney Paired Donation; Living Kidney Transplantation; Voucher Donation

$100,000

Organizational ethics in health care: a national survey of Canadian health care executives, managers, and ethicists

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Gibson, Jennifer

Keywords: Canada; Ethicists; Health Managers; Health Organizations; Organizational Ethics; Survey Research

$98,709

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Jeff Singh and Jeffrey Singh: 132 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Matthew Weiss: 33 shared papers
Andrew Healey and Sonny Dhanani: 17 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Jennifer Chandler: 14 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Sonny Dhanani: 13 shared papers
Jennifer Chandler and Matthew Weiss: 13 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Matthew Weiss: 12 shared papers
Andrew Healey and Jeff Singh: 10 shared papers
Andrew Healey and Jeffrey Singh: 10 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Jeff Singh: 9 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Jeffrey Singh: 9 shared papers
Karthik Tennankore and Matthew Weiss: 9 shared papers
Andrew Baker and Sonny Dhanani: 8 shared papers
Andrew Baker and Jeff Singh: 7 shared papers
Andrew Baker and Jeffrey Singh: 7 shared papers
Matthew Weiss and Kristina Krmpotic: 7 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and David Zorko: 6 shared papers
Robin Urquhart and Matthew Weiss: 6 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Joann Kawchuk: 6 shared papers
Karthik Tennankore and Kristina Krmpotic: 6 shared papers
Andrew Healey and Jennifer Chandler: 5 shared papers
Jennifer Chandler and Joann Kawchuk: 5 shared papers
Matthew Weiss and Christy Simpson: 5 shared papers
Matthew Weiss and Joann Kawchuk: 5 shared papers
Andrew Healey and Christy Simpson: 4 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Christy Simpson: 4 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Kristina Krmpotic: 4 shared papers
Jennifer Chandler and Christy Simpson: 4 shared papers
Andrew Healey and George Isac: 3 shared papers
David Zorko and Sonny Dhanani: 3 shared papers
David Zorko and Matthew Weiss: 3 shared papers
Sean Maurice and Andrea Gingerich: 3 shared papers
Sean Maurice and Robin Roots: 3 shared papers
Andrew Baker and Christy Simpson: 3 shared papers
Robin Urquhart and Karthik Tennankore: 3 shared papers
Marie-Chantal Fortin and Jennifer Chandler: 3 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and George Isac: 3 shared papers
Sean Maurice and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Andrew Baker and George Isac: 2 shared papers
Robin Urquhart and Sonny Dhanani: 2 shared papers
Robin Urquhart and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Marie-Chantal Fortin and Matthew Weiss: 2 shared papers
Marie-Chantal Fortin and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Julie Kromm: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Chandler and Julie Kromm: 2 shared papers
Karthik Tennankore and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Jeff Singh and Julie Kromm: 2 shared papers
Andrea Gingerich and Robin Roots: 2 shared papers
Andrea Gingerich and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Robin Roots and Christy Simpson: 2 shared papers
Christy Simpson and Kristina Krmpotic: 2 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
David Zorko and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Dianne Godkin and Allen Alvarez: 1 shared paper
Dianne Godkin and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Dianne Godkin and Amanda Porter: 1 shared paper
George Isac and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Jeff Singh and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Allen Alvarez and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Allen Alvarez and Amanda Porter: 1 shared paper
Anna MacLeod and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Julie Kromm and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Dunsford and Christy Simpson: 1 shared paper
Christy Simpson and Amanda Porter: 1 shared paper
Christy Simpson and Jeffrey Singh: 1 shared paper
Christy Simpson and Joann Kawchuk: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Division of Medical Sciences
Department of Bioethics
Médecine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Internal Medicine
Department of Critical Care
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Paediatric ethics Dear Professor Simpson, 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 ""They leave crying": An exploration of moral distress in nurses facing workplace violence." (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.] 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]