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Isabelle Marcoux
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Latest papers
Factors Associated With Evolution of the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
JMIR research protocols · 2026 · first author
Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Taboo, safe spaces, and death sociability: A comparative ethnography of two compassionate communities.
Palliative care and social practice · 2026
Latest funding
- $10,000
Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Pan-Canadian Knowledge Translation Initiative to Improve Practice Guidelines and Plan A Research Agenda
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $317,267
National study on medical end-of-life practices with Canadian physicians
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
- $20,000
Healthcare provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators in accessing palliative care and medical assistance in dying in Canada
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
13 publications.
Factors Associated With Evolution of the Use of Medical Assistance in Dying: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
Marcoux I, Lavoie D, Bergeron A, Beaudin A, Lemyre S, Bourgeois-Guérin V, Bravo G, Hébert M, Simard C, Ummel D, Perron C, Bouthillier ME
Understanding the Factors Explaining the Growing Use of Medical Assistance in Dying in Québec: Protocol for an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods and Multimethods Study.
Bouthillier MÈ, Marcoux I, Perron C, Gagnon B, Lussier D, Rouly G, Moreau M, Dorval M, Lessard S, Girard D, Bravo G, Hébert M, Giroux M, Lemyre S, Beaudin A, Bourque CJ, Soulières M, Lévesque M, Gupta M, Bourgeois-Guérin V, Lavoie D, Lavoie B, Plaisance A, Bernier L, Dupuis J
Taboo, safe spaces, and death sociability: A comparative ethnography of two compassionate communities.
Lessard É, Marcoux I, Daneault S, Jean L, Lapointe C, Weil D, Rouly G, Sallnow L, Kellehear A, Boivin A
Demographic and clinical characteristics, practices, and outcomes of continuous palliative sedation: A multi-setting, province-wide retrospective cohort study.
Gagnon B, Downar J, Nguyen O, Marcoux I, Guay D, Marquis MA, Tshibangu RM, Boivin J, Labeau-Caouette M, Savin A, Parsons HA
Community engagement in public health palliative care: A comparative ethnographic study of two culturally distinct compassionate communities in Canada.
Lessard É, Marcoux I, Daneault S, Jean L, Lapointe C, Weil D, Rouly G, Sallnow L, Kellehear A, Boivin A
Continuous palliative sedation until death: a qualitative study of palliative care clinicians' experiences.
Guité-Verret A, Boivin J, Hanna AMR, Downar J, Bush SH, Marcoux I, Guay D, Tapp D, Lapenskie J, Gagnon B
How does community engagement evolve in different compassionate community contexts? A longitudinal comparative ethnographic research protocol.
Lessard É, Marcoux I, Daneault S, Panaite AC, Jean L, Talbot M, Weil D, Rouly G, Sallnow L, Kellehear A, Boivin A
How compassionate communities are implemented and evaluated in practice: a scoping review.
Dumont K, Marcoux I, Warren É, Alem F, Alvar B, Ballu G, Bostock A, Cohen SR, Daneault S, Dubé V, Houle J, Minyaoui A, Rouly G, Weil D, Kellehear A, Boivin A
A systematic review of older adults' request for or attitude toward euthanasia or assisted-suicide.
Castelli Dransart DA, Lapierre S, Erlangsen A, Canetto SS, Heisel M, Draper B, Lindner R, Richard-Devantoy S, Cheung G, Scocco P, Gusmão R, De Leo D, Inoue K, De Techterman V, Fiske A, Hong JP, Landry M, Lepage AA, Marcoux I, Na PJ, Neufeld E, Ummel D, Winslov JH, Wong C, Wu J, Wyart M
Advance Care Planning for Mechanical Ventilation: A Qualitative Study on Health-Care Providers' Approaches to Cross-Cultural Care.
Nayfeh A, Marcoux I, Jutai J
Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Pan-Canadian Knowledge Translation Initiative to Improve Practice Guidelines and Plan A Research Agenda
Principal investigators: Henry, Melissa
Keywords: Clinical Practice; Distress; Evaluation; Intervention; Knowledge Dissemination; Medical Assistance In Dying; Mental Health; Palliative Care; Quality Of Life; Research Priorities
National study on medical end-of-life practices with Canadian physicians
Principal investigators: Marcoux, Isabelle
Keywords: Decision-Making Process; End-Of-Life; Ethics; Medical Practices; National Study
Healthcare provider perspectives on barriers and facilitators in accessing palliative care and medical assistance in dying in Canada
Principal investigators: Marcoux, Isabelle; Baxter, Sharon
Keywords: Access To Care; Cancer; Healthcare Providers; Knowledge Translation; Medical Assistance In Dying; National Study; Palliative Care; Perceptions; Systematic Review
Étude pilote sur les pratiques médicales de fin de vie au Canada
Principal investigators: Marcoux, Isabelle
Keywords: Enquête; Fin De Vie; Pratiques Médicales; Processus Décisionnel; Éthique
Effects of public policies on medical end-of-life practices: a systematic review
Principal investigators: Boivin, Antoine; Blackmer, Jeffrey; Marcoux, Isabelle
Keywords: Assisted Suicide; Ethics; Euthanasia; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Systematic Review
Public safety of euthanasia and assisted suicide legalization : making sense of international evidence for the canadian policy context
Principal investigators: Boivin, Antoine
Keywords: Assisted Suicide; End-Of-Life-Care; Euthanasia; Health Law; Health Services Research; Healthcare Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Medical Ethics; Systematic Review
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
- Pascale Lehoux and Antoine Boivin: 6 shared papers
- Bruno Gagnon and Michel Dorval: 5 shared papers
- Antoine Boivin and Ghislaine Rouly: 4 shared papers
- Isabelle Marcoux and Antoine Boivin: 3 shared papers
- Isabelle Marcoux and Bruno Gagnon: 3 shared papers
- Antoine Boivin and Michel Dorval: 3 shared papers
- Isabelle Marcoux and James Downar: 2 shared papers
- Antoine Boivin and Yi-Sheng Chao: 2 shared papers
- Diane Tapp and James Downar: 2 shared papers
- Diane Tapp and Michel Dorval: 2 shared papers
- Bruno Gagnon and James Downar: 2 shared papers
- Janie Houle and Isabelle Marcoux: 1 shared paper
- Janie Houle and Antoine Boivin: 1 shared paper
- Janie Houle and Ghislaine Rouly: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Marnin Heisel: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Pascale Lehoux: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Yi-Sheng Chao: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Diane Tapp: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Ghislaine Rouly: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Michel Dorval: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Deborah Ummel: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Marcoux and Bertrand Lavoie: 1 shared paper
- Marnin Heisel and Deborah Ummel: 1 shared paper
- Pascale Lehoux and Yi-Sheng Chao: 1 shared paper
- Bruno Gagnon and Bertrand Lavoie: 1 shared paper
- Michel Dorval and Bertrand Lavoie: 1 shared paper
- Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
- Médecine de famille
- Department of Medicine
- Health Law
- Children, Family
- Département de psychologie
- Psychiatry
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Bruno Gagnon
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Antoine Boivin
Médecine de famille
3 shared papers, latest 2022
James Downar
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Yi-Sheng Chao
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Ghislaine Rouly
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Pascale Lehoux
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Michel Dorval
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Bertrand Lavoie
Health Law
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Deborah Ummel
Children, Family
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Diane Tapp
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Marnin Heisel
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Janie Houle
Département de psychologie
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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