Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest papers
Correspondence on 'The limits of shared decision making' by Elwyn et al: We call for a more nuanced approach.
BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2023 · first author
A cross-sectional workforce survey of three traditional and complementary medicine professions in Ontario, Canada.
PloS one · 2021 · first author
A Survey of Acupuncture-Providing Registered Massage Therapists in Ontario, Canada: Motivation, Training, and Practice Characteristics.
International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2020 · first author
Latest funding
- $455,175
Integrative Medicine in North America: Paradigm Shift or New Physician Specialty?
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $279,224
Statutory Regulation and Emerging Traditional/Complementary Health Care Professions
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
11 publications.
Correspondence on 'The limits of shared decision making' by Elwyn et al: We call for a more nuanced approach.
Ijaz N, Wieland LS, Gallego-Pérez DF
A cross-sectional workforce survey of three traditional and complementary medicine professions in Ontario, Canada.
Ijaz N, Welsh S, Zhang Q, Brule D, Boon H
A Survey of Acupuncture-Providing Registered Massage Therapists in Ontario, Canada: Motivation, Training, and Practice Characteristics.
Ijaz N, Welsh S, Boon H
Evaluating the international standards gap for the use of acupuncture needles by physiotherapists and chiropractors: A policy analysis.
Ijaz N, Boon H
Convergent Points for Conventional Medicine and Whole Systems Research: A User's Guide.
Elder C, Ijaz N, Weeks J, Rioux J, Ritenbaugh C
Paradigm-Specific Risk Conceptions, Patient Safety, and the Regulation of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practitioners: The Case of Homeopathy in Ontario, Canada.
Ijaz N
Whole Systems Research Methods in Health Care: A Scoping Review.
Ijaz N, Rioux J, Elder C, Weeks J
Statutory Regulation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Practices: The Need for Distinct Policy Making Guidelines.
Ijaz N, Boon H
Implementation of a reimbursed medication review program: Corporate and pharmacy level strategies.
MacKeigan LD, Ijaz N, Bojarski EA, Dolovich L
State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge: The case of acupuncture in Ontario, Canada.
Ijaz N, Boon H, Muzzin L, Welsh S
Integrative Medicine in North America: Paradigm Shift or New Physician Specialty?
Principal investigators: Boon, Heather S
Keywords: Complementary And Alternative Medicine; Health Professions; Integative Medicine; Medical Specialties; North America; Physicians; Sociology Of Professions
Statutory Regulation and Emerging Traditional/Complementary Health Care Professions
Principal investigators: Boon, Heather S; Welsh, Sandy G
Keywords: Complementary Medicine; Health Care Professions; Mixed Methods; Professionalization; Qualitative Methods; Regulation; Traditional Medicine
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
- Heather Boon and Sandy Welsh: 21 shared papers
- Heather Boon and Nadine Ijaz: 6 shared papers
- Sandy Welsh and Nadine Ijaz: 4 shared papers
- Heather Boon and Lisa Dolovich: 1 shared paper
- Lisa Dolovich and Nadine Ijaz: 1 shared paper
- Status
- Department of Sociology
- Other
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