Publications
Publications
Murphy NB; Shemie SD; Capron A; Truog R; Nakagawa T; Healey A; Gofton T; Bernat JL; Fenton K; Khush K; Schwartz B; Wall SP. Advancing the scientific basis for determining death in controlled organ donation after circulatory determination of death. Transplantation. 2024. In press.
Gofton T, Dhanani S, Meade M, Boyd JG, Chamberlain E, Chandler J, Chassé M, Scales NB, Choi YH, D'Aragon F, Debicki D, English S, Fantaneanu TA, Kramer AH, Kromm J, Murphy N, Norton L, Singh J, Smith MJ, Weijer C, Shemie S, Bentall TC, Campbell E, Slessarev M. Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) study: study protocol of a multicentre, prospective, observational, pilot feasibility study of neurophysiology after withdrawal of life-sustaining measures. BMJ Open. 2023 Apr 27;13(4):e073643. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073643.
Murphy NB, Hartwick M, Wilson LC, Simpson C, Shemie SD, Torrance S, Chandler JA. Rationale for revisions to the definition of death and criteria for its determination in Canada. Can J Anaesth. 2023 May 2. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02407-4. Epub ahead of print.
Murphy NB, Weijer C, Slessarev M, Chandler JA, Gofton T. Implications of the updated Canadian Death Determination Guidelines for organ donation interventions that restore circulation after determination of death by circulatory criteria. Can J Anaesth. 2023 May 2. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02413-6. Epub ahead of print.
Chandler, J.A., Pope, T.M. Legal considerations for the definition of death in the 2023 Canadian Brain-Based Definition of Death Clinical Practice Guideline. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth (2023). https://doi-org.proxy1.lib.uwo.ca/10.1007/s12630-023-02410-9
Gofton, T. E., Norton, L., Laforge, G., Gibson, R., Debicki, D., Althenayan, E., Scales, N., Van Beinum, A., Hornby, L., Shemie, S., Dhanani, S., & Slessarev, M. (2022). Cerebral cortical activity after withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in critically ill patients. American Journal of Transplantation, 22(12), 3120–3129.
van Beinum A, Murphy N, Weijer C, Gruben V, Sarti A, Hornby L, Dhanani S, Chandler J. Family experiences with non-therapeutic research on dying patients in the intensive care unit. Journal of Medical Ethics 2022; 48(11): 845-851.
Murphy N, Weijer C. Research bystanders, justice, and the state: Reframing the debate on third-party protections in health research. Bioethics 2022; 36(8): 865-873.
Murphy N, Weijer C, Debicki D, Laforge G, Norton L, Gofton T, Slessarev M. Ethics of non-therapeutic research on imminently dying patients in the intensive care unit. Journal of Medical Ethics 2022: doi: 10.1136/medethics-2021-107953
Murphy N, Weijer C, Ganesan L, Gofton T, Slessarev M. Nontherapeutic research with imminently dying and recently deceased study populations: addressing practical and ethical challenges. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2023: in press.
Slessarev M, Gofton T, Shemie SD. Ensuring the permanent cessation of brain function during normothermic regional perfusion. Transplantation 2022; 106(9): 1726-1727.
Murphy N, Lingard L, Blackstock L, Ott M, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Brahmania M, Healey A, Shemie S, Skaro A, Wilson L, Weijer C. Protocol for a qualitative pilot study to explore ethical issues and stakeholder trust in the use of normothermic regional perfusion in organ donation in Canada. BMJ Open 2022; 12(9): e067515.
Murphy N, Weijer C, Chandler J, D'Aragon F, Healey A, Weiss MJ, Slessarev M. Best foot forward: now is the time for Canadian ethical guidance on prospective interventional trials of antemortem interventions in organ donation. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2022; 69(10): 1196-1202.
Murphy N, Allingham D, LeBlanc K, Slessarev M, Ward M, Weijer C. A pressing need for effective, clear, and consistent regulations to facilitate direct contact between donor families and organ-transplant recipients. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2022; 38(6): 703-704.
Murphy N, Weijer C. Grey matter: The problems of incidental findings in neuroimaging research. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2021; 49: 282-284.
Murphy N, Weijer C, Smith M, Chandler J, Chamberlain E, Gofton T, Slessarev M. Controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: A scoping review of ethical issues, key concepts, and arguments. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2021; 49(3): 418-440
Basmaji J, Weijer C, Skaro A, Healey A, Shemie SD, Slessarev M. Paving the road for the adoption of normothermic regional perfusion in Canada. Critical Care Explorations 2021; 3(11): e0553.
Murphy NB; Weijer C. Grey matter: The problems of incidental findings in neuroimaging research. The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 2021; 49:282-284.