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Elizabeth Peter

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Elizabeth Peter

Professor

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Publications

283

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PhD
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BScN

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Research

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Bioethics (humans and animals)Ethics and management of personal data Ethics in technology (e.g., digital, artificial intelligence)Nursing Professional ethics

Latest papers

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.
Death studies · 2026
Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine · 2025
Compassionate nursing in challenging contexts: The importance of judgments.
Nursing ethics · 2025 · first author

All 73 publications

Latest funding

Trial by Fire: Storying the Moral Habitability of Nursing Work Environments for Novice Nurses
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,039
The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Unpaid Caregivers in Canada: Advancing Intersectionality for Health Equity in Priority Communities
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Moral distress in critical and primary care providers from the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-provincial mixed-methods case study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$248,373

All 9 grants and awards

73 publications.

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.

Joy K, Cadell S, Peter E, Kontos P

Death studies2026

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2454505 PMID: 39841579

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

Molinaro ML, Shah AQ, Elma A, Scholes A, Pinto N, Leslie M, Brown A, Cook D, Niven D, Fiest K

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine20254 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08850666251329828

Compassionate nursing in challenging contexts: The importance of judgments.

Peter E, Mohammed S, Variath C

Nursing ethics2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/09697330241272892 PMID: 39122245

Nurses' Advocacy in Intensive Care: What Insights Can Nurses' Experiences During the Pandemic Reveal?

Caram CDS, Peter E, Velloso IC, Rezende LC, Canever BP, Rabelo M, Vargas MAO

Nursing inquiry2025

DOI: 10.1111/nin.12683 PMID: 39513954

Advance Care Planning in Advanced Heart Failure: The Illusion of Individual Autonomy.

Killackey T, Peter E, Maciver J, Mohammed S

Qualitative health research2025

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251375276 PMID: 41027561

An Ethics of Care, Relational Suffering, and Contested Invisible Disability.

Christopoulos T, Peter E

Journal of bioethical inquiry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11673-024-10416-1 PMID: 39945976

Nurses and misinformation: A matter of trust.

Peter E

Nursing ethics2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/09697330251388932 PMID: 41127899

Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Following Noncardiac Surgery: International Cohort Study

McGillion MH, Borges FK, Conen D, Sessler DI, Coleman BL, Marcucci M, Ouellette C, Bird M, Whitmore C, Henry S

Annals of Surgery Open20244 citations

DOI: 10.1097/as9.0000000000000417

Surgical safety checklist compliance process as a moral hazard: An institutional ethnography.

Facey M, Baxter N, Hammond Mobilio M, Peter E, Moulton CA, Paradis E

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298224 PMID: 38408085

Digital Interventions for Stress Among Frontline Health Care Workers: Results From a Pilot Feasibility Cohort Trial.

Espinola CW, Nguyen B, Torres A, Sim W, Rueda A, Beavers L, Campbell DM, Jung H, Lou W, Kapralos B, Peter E, Dubrowski A, Krishnan S, Bhat V

JMIR serious games2024

DOI: 10.2196/42813 PMID: 38194247

Trial by Fire: Storying the Moral Habitability of Nursing Work Environments for Novice Nurses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Molinaro, Monica L.

Keywords: moral habitability; nursing; feminist ethics; narrative; rich pictures; work structuring

$70,039

The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Unpaid Caregivers in Canada: Advancing Intersectionality for Health Equity in Priority Communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Gr.- PA: Sex/Gender in Health Res.- Adv. Intersec. in sex/gender science

Principal investigators: Parry, Monica J; Peter, Elizabeth H

Keywords: Community Engagement; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Mixed Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Race And Ethnicity; Sex And Gender; Unpaid Caregivers; Wellbeing; Women

$100,000

Moral distress in critical and primary care providers from the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-provincial mixed-methods case study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Grierson, Lawrence; Molinaro, Monica L

Keywords: Burnout; Case Study; Covid-19; Critical Care; Family Medicine; Health Policy; Moral Distress; Primary Care; Qualitative Methods

$248,373

The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Unpaid Caregivers: An Intersectionality-Informed Mixed Methods Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Parry, Monica J; Beleno, Ron; Nissim, Rinat; Peter, Elizabeth H

Keywords: Intersectionality; Mixed Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Race And Ethnicity; Sex And Gender; Unpaid Caregivers; Wellbeing

$100,000

Family Carers and COVID-19: A Rapid Integrated Mixed Methods Systematic Review

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Parry, Monica J; Bjoernnes, Ann K

Keywords: Communicable Disease; Covid-19; Family Caregivers; Family Carers; Mental Health; Mixed Methods Synthesis; Substance Use

$49,999

SMILE: Optimising SMarter Inclusive Living Environments for ageing people within their circles of care.

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Canada-EU Smart Living Environments - Transitions in Care

Principal investigators: McGillion, Michael H; Scott, Donald E; Devereaux, Philip J; Doyle, Thomas E; Peter, Elizabeth H

Keywords: Aging; Bleeding; Chronic Health Conditions; Health Outcomes; Machine Learning; Myocardial Injury After Non-Cardiac Surgery (Mins); Non-Cardiac Surgery; Remote Automated Monitoring; Sepsis; Transition In Care (Tic)

$960,000

THE SMArT VIEW, CoVeRed: TecHnology Enabled monitoring and Self-MAnagemenT- VIsion for patient EmpoWerment following Cardiac and VasculaR surgery

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Oper Grant:eHealth Innov Partnership Program(eHIPP)-Seniors w Complex Care Needs

Principal investigators: McGillion, Michael H; Bender, Duane; Cooper, Lynn K; Harriman, Mary Elizabeth; Krull, Kirsten; Carroll, Sandra L; Devereaux, Philip J; Peter, Elizabeth H; Ritvo, Paul G; Turner, Andrew; Yost, Jennifer

Keywords: Cardiac And Vascular Surgery; Randomized Controlled Trial; Remote Automated External Monitoring; Technology-Enabled Self-Management; Usability Testing

$749,876

Exploring Ethical Practice in Palliative Home Care Using Appreciative Inquiry

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Edwards, Marie P; Mcclement, Susan E

Keywords: Appreciative Inquiry; Ethics; Palliative Home Care

$66,462

Home care ethics: idenification & analysis of issues

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Peter, Elizabeth H.

Keywords: bioethics; ethics; home care; identification; conceptual analysis; practical analysis

$108,707

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Elizabeth Peter

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"The living need care": Experiences of bereaved workers in precarious employment.

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

Compassionate nursing in challenging contexts: The importance of judgments.

Nurses' Advocacy in Intensive Care: What Insights Can Nurses' Experiences During the Pandemic Reveal?

Advance Care Planning in Advanced Heart Failure: The Illusion of Individual Autonomy.

An Ethics of Care, Relational Suffering, and Contested Invisible Disability.

Nurses and misinformation: A matter of trust.

Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission Following Noncardiac Surgery: International Cohort Study

Surgical safety checklist compliance process as a moral hazard: An institutional ethnography.

Digital Interventions for Stress Among Frontline Health Care Workers: Results From a Pilot Feasibility Cohort Trial.

Trial by Fire: Storying the Moral Habitability of Nursing Work Environments for Novice Nurses

The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Unpaid Caregivers in Canada: Advancing Intersectionality for Health Equity in Priority Communities

Moral distress in critical and primary care providers from the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-provincial mixed-methods case study

The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Unpaid Caregivers: An Intersectionality-Informed Mixed Methods Study

Family Carers and COVID-19: A Rapid Integrated Mixed Methods Systematic Review

SMILE: Optimising SMarter Inclusive Living Environments for ageing people within their circles of care.

THE SMArT VIEW, CoVeRed: TecHnology Enabled monitoring and Self-MAnagemenT- VIsion for patient EmpoWerment following Cardiac and VasculaR surgery

Exploring Ethical Practice in Palliative Home Care Using Appreciative Inquiry

Home care ethics: idenification & analysis of issues

Frequent collaborators

Shan Mohammed

Philip Devereaux

Michael McGillion

Tieghan Killackey

Maura Marcucci

Andre Lamy

Sandra Carroll

Jane Maciver

Denise Gastaldo

Jennifer Lounsbury

Ameen Patel

Flavia Kessler Borges

Doris Howell

David Conen

Bill Kapralos

Dianne Godkin

Wendy Lou

Sridhar Krishnan

Adam Dubrowski

Lisa Cranley

Marko Simunovic

Richard Whitlock

Shaunattonie Henry

Venkat Bhat

John Harlock

Emilie Belley-Cote

Sandra Ofori

Samantha Halman

Neil Parry

Mahesh Nagappa

Marko Mrkobrada

Husein Moloo

Homer Yang

Michael Jacka

Allison Brown

Katherine Allan

Priscilla Boakye

Susan Cadell

Winnie Sun