Ross E G Upshur

Biographic Data

ID229200
NAMERoss E G Upshur
GIVEN NAMESRoss E G
FAMILY NAMEUpshur
SIGNATUREUPSHUR R E G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS43
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The impact of Covid-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations

    Open AccessAlan Katz, Kris Aubrey-Bassler et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among equity-deserving populations was a challenge throughout the Canadian vaccination campaign. This necessitated the implementation of vaccine distribution strategies that targeted specific populations. As a result, different vaccine channels were introduced in each province. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on short-term vaccination rates amongst equity-des…

  • Chronic Pain and Opioid Prescribing

    Abhimanyu Sud, Daniel Z Buchman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2022References: 68

    Clinically focused interventions for people living with pain, such as health professional education, clinical decision support systems, prescription drug monitoring programs, and multidisciplinary care to support opioid tapering, have all been promoted as important solutions to the North American opioid crisis. Yet none have so far delivered substantive beneficial opioid-related population health outcomes. In fact, while total opioid prescribing …

  • Publication Ethics During Public Health Emergencies Such as the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Maxwell J Smith, Ross Upshur et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020Cited by: 1References: 3

    Published online ahead of print May 14, 2020: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305686)

  • Public Health as Social Justice? A Qualitative Study of Public Health Policy-Makers' Perspectives

    Open AccessMaxwell J Smith, Alison Thompson et al.ARTICLESocial Justice Research2019Cited by: 2References: 34

  • Is ‘health equity’ bad for our health? A qualitative empirical ethics study of public health policy-makers’ perspectives

    Open AccessMaxwell J Smith, Alison Thompson et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 2References: 22

  • We Need Both Evidence and Values to Navigate Uncertainty

    Open AccessRoss Upshur, Ross E G UpshurARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2014

    A commentary on “Ethics and Evidence in Medical Debates: The Case of Recombinant Activated Factor VII,” by Narcyz Ghinea, Wendy Lipworth, Ian Kerridge, Miles Little, and Richard O. Day, in the March‐April 2014 issue

  • Disadvantaging the Disadvantaged

    Open AccessDiego S Silva, Maxwell J Smith et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2013Cited by: 4References: 13

  • Restrictive Measures in an Influenza Pandemic

    Open AccessMaxwell J Smith, Cécile M Bensimon et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2012Cited by: 2References: 20

  • The duty to care in an influenza pandemic

    Open AccessCécile M Bensimon, Maxwell J Smith et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 1References: 25

  • Global Health Ethics for Students

    Open AccessAndrew D Pinto, Ross Upshur et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2009

    As a result of increased interest in global health, more and more medical students and trainees from the ‘developed world’ are working and studying in the ‘developing world’. However, while opportunities to do this important work increase, there has been insufficient development of ethical guidelines for students. It is often assumed that ethics training in developed world situations is applicable to health experiences globally. However, fundamen…

  • Reporting of Informed Consent, Standard of Care and Post‐trial Obligations in Global Randomized Intervention Trials

    Open AccessE Cohen, EMMA R M COHEN et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2009

    Objective: Ethical guidelines are designed to ensure benefits, protection and respect of participants in clinical research. Clinical trials must now be registered on open‐access databases and provide details on ethical considerations. This systematic survey aimed to determine the extent to which recently registered clinical trials report the use of standard of care and post‐trial obligations in trial registries, and whether trial characteristics …

  • Dual Loyalty of Physicians in the Military and in Civilian Life

    Solomon R Benatar, Ross Upshur et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2008Cited by: 2References: 25

    The concept of the dual loyalty physicians may have to both a patient and a third party is important in elucidating the obligations of physicians. The extent to which loyalty may be deflected from a patient to a third party (e.g., an insurance company or a prison commander) is greatly underestimated and has not attracted significant scholarly analysis. We examined dual loyalty in civilian and military contexts and used the principles of public he…

  • Grand Challenges in Global Health

    Open AccessPaulina O Tindana, Paulina Tindana et al.ARTICLEPLoS Medicine2007

    The authors argue that there have been few systematic attempts to determine the effectiveness of community engagement in research.

  • Evidence and Effectiveness in Decisionmaking for Quarantine

    Cécile M Bensimon, Ross Upshur et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2007Cited by: 5References: 13

    When public health decisionmakers turned to quarantine during the recent severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic, difficult questions were raised about the legitimacy and acceptability of restrictive measures to attain public health goals. SARS also brought to light how scientific uncertainty can permeate public health decisionmaking, leading us to think about the relationship between the adequacy of evidence of the effectiveness of an …

  • A qualitative study of the duty to care in communicable disease outbreaks

    Open AccessCécile M Bensimon, C Shawn Tracy et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Cited by: 2References: 35

  • Men on the margin

    Open AccessBarbara E Gibson, Nancy L Young et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Cited by: 20References: 19

  • The Seasonality of Total Hospitalizations in Ontario by Age and Gender

    Open AccessEric Crighton, Eric J Crighton et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2003Cited by: 1References: 18

  • Fall-Related Hospitalizations

    Open AccessMuhammad Mamdani, Muhammad M Mamdani et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2001Cited by: 1References: 4