Donald J. Willison

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Willison is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Willison has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 27 papers in General Health Professions and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Willison's work include Ethics in Clinical Research (29 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (12 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers). Donald J. Willison is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Clinical Research (29 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (12 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (10 papers). Donald J. Willison collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Donald J. Willison's co-authors include Paul Grootendorst, Adrian R. Levy, Connie Sellors, Bernie J. OʼBrien, Lehana Thabane, Moira K. Kapral, Jiming Fang, Janice A. Richards, Frank L. Silver and Jerry H. Gurwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Donald J. Willison

53 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Artificial intelligence for good health: a scoping review of the ethics literature

2021 220 citations Kathleen Murphy, Erica Di Ruggiero et al. BMC Medical Ethics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald J. Willison Canada	21	958	920	425	342	310	56	2.7k
Christine A’Court United Kingdom	15	723 0.8×	967 1.1×	170 0.4×	280 0.8×	195 0.6×	27	3.2k
Dhruv Khullar United States	28	609 0.6×	938 1.0×	635 1.5×	165 0.5×	163 0.5×	83	2.9k
Joe Kai United Kingdom	35	888 0.9×	978 1.1×	327 0.8×	521 1.5×	426 1.4×	147	4.5k
Sherri Rose United States	30	512 0.5×	733 0.8×	753 1.8×	307 0.9×	111 0.4×	92	3.4k
Roxanne E. Jensen United States	27	667 0.7×	718 0.8×	374 0.9×	209 0.6×	107 0.3×	71	2.9k
Mary P. Tully United Kingdom	32	909 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	492 1.2×	211 0.6×	170 0.5×	139	4.4k
William B. Lober United States	34	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	188 0.4×	606 1.8×	165 0.5×	136	3.7k
Nadeem Qureshi United Kingdom	33	809 0.8×	859 0.9×	563 1.3×	563 1.6×	640 2.1×	161	4.8k
Marc B. Rosenman United States	26	315 0.3×	638 0.7×	191 0.4×	469 1.4×	176 0.6×	126	2.7k
Karen B. Farris United States	38	629 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	813 1.9×	310 0.9×	542 1.7×	199	4.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Willison, Donald J., Danielle M. Nash, Sarah E. Bota, et al.. (2024). Public and patient perspectives on the use of clinical and administrative health data to identify and contact people at risk of future illness—The case of chronic kidney disease. PLoS ONE. 19(3). e0298382–e0298382.

Ndjaboué, Ruth, Michelle Greiver, Selma Chipenda Dansokho, et al.. (2023). The Influence of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status on Glycemic Control Among People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Canada: Patient-Led Longitudinal Retrospective Cross-sectional Study With Multiple Time Points of Measurement. JMIR Diabetes. 8. e35682–e35682. 6 indexed citations

Lajkosz, Katherine, Anne Phillips, Rebecca Wong, et al.. (2022). Patient consent preferences on sharing personal health information during the COVID-19 pandemic: “the more informed we are, the more likely we are to help”. BMC Medical Ethics. 23(1). 53–53. 15 indexed citations

Murphy, Kathleen, Erica Di Ruggiero, Ross Upshur, et al.. (2021). Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature. Research Square.

Lajkosz, Katherine, Flavio Habal, Patricia A. Murphy, et al.. (2021). The use of personal health information outside the circle of care: consent preferences of patients from an academic health care institution. BMC Medical Ethics. 22(1). 29–29. 18 indexed citations

Murphy, Kathleen, Erica Di Ruggiero, Ross Upshur, et al.. (2020). Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature. Research Square. 3 indexed citations

Murphy, Kathleen, Erica Di Ruggiero, Ross Upshur, et al.. (2020). Artificial Intelligence for Good Health: A Scoping Review of the Ethics Literature. Research Square. 7 indexed citations

Willison, Donald J., et al.. (2019). Participatory governance over research in an academic research network: the case of Diabetes Action Canada. BMJ Open. 9(4). e026828–e026828. 14 indexed citations

Laurie, Karen, Patricia Huston, Steven Riley, et al.. (2012). Influenza serological studies to inform public health action: best practices to optimise timing, quality and reporting. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(2). 211–224. 38 indexed citations

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Anderson, James A., Michael McDonald, Daryl Pullman, et al.. (2011). Research Ethics Broadly Writ: Beyond REB Review. 19(3). 12. 10 indexed citations

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Kwong, Jeffrey C., Sherman Quan, Christine Heidebrecht, et al.. (2010). ICES Reports: Canada's Response to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza: The Collection of Individual-Level Data at the Point of Vaccination. Healthcare Quarterly. 13(2). 18–20. 2 indexed citations

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Kho, Michelle E., Mark Duffett, Donald J. Willison, DJ Cook, & Melissa Brouwers. (2009). Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review. BMJ. 338(mar12 2). b866–b866. 187 indexed citations

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Owen, Michael, Claudia Emerson, Heather Sampson, et al.. (2009). Informing Governance through Evidence-Based Research on REBs: Challenges and Opportunities. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 17. 40. 1 indexed citations

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Morgan, Steven G. & Donald J. Willison. (2004). Post-Romanow Pharmacare: Last-Dollar First … First-Dollar Lost?. A Nudge Too Far? A Nudge at All? On Paying People to Be Healthy. 4(3). 10–20. 11 indexed citations

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Willison, Donald J., et al.. (2003). Patients' consent preferences for research uses of information in electronic medical records: interview and survey data. BMJ. 326(7385). 373.1–373.1. 103 indexed citations

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Willison, Donald J.. (2002). More of the Same Is Not Enough. A Nudge Too Far? A Nudge at All? On Paying People to Be Healthy. 3(1). 47–55. 2 indexed citations

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Willison, Donald J., Stephen B. Soumerai, & R. Heather Palmer. (2000). Association of Physician and Hospital Volume With Use of Aspirin and Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care. 38(11). 1092–1102. 18 indexed citations

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Soumerai, Stephen B., Thomas McLaughlin, Jerry H. Gurwitz, et al.. (1999). Effect of Local Medical Opinion Leaders on Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Survey of Anesthesiology. 43(5). 256–257. 36 indexed citations

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Willison, Donald J., et al.. (1999). The role of research evidence in pharmaceutical policy making: evidence when necessary but not necessarily evidence. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 5(2). 243–249. 14 indexed citations

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Grima, Daniel, George W. Torrance, Cathy J. Bradley, et al.. (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Multi-Therapy Treatment Strategies in the Prevention of Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis. PharmacoEconomics. 14(5). 559–573. 28 indexed citations

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