Shauna Nast

Publications (2)38.89 Total impact

• Article: Ethical issues related to cardiac report cards.

  Shauna Nast, Shawn A Richard, Douglas K Martin
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  ABSTRACT: Health care report cards are gaining a high profile among policy makers, clinicians and the public, and are most well developed in the context of cardiac care. Although there are important ethical issues relevant to developing and implementing cardiac report cards, there currently is no explicit examination of these issues. As a consequence, outcomes researchers lack ethical guidance while designing and implementing cardiac report cards. This paper will examine four key ethical issues related to cardiac report cards: quality, informed consent, equity and legitimacy. Cardiac report cards may help improve the quality of cardiac care, help cardiac patients make informed decisions and guide interventions to enhance regional equity in cardiac care. To achieve these important goals, different types of report cards may be required. However, to achieve these goals, cardiac report cards must be legitimate. To push forward the report card initiative, a close relationship among stakeholders is encouraged, ie, among those developing cardiac report cards, those whom report cards evaluate and the intended audiences of report cards.
  The Canadian journal of cardiology 04/2004; 20(3):325-8. · 3.36 Impact Factor
• Article: Top ten biotechnologies for improving health in developing countries.

  Abdallah S Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K Martin, Alyna C Smith, Shauna Nast, Peter A Singer
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  ABSTRACT: Most research into genomics and other related biotechnologies is concerned with the priorities of industrialized nations, and yet a limited number of projects have shown that these technologies could help improve health in developing countries. To encourage the successful application of biotechnology to global health, we carried out a study in which we asked an international group of eminent scientists with expertise in global health issues to identify the top ten biotechnologies for improving health in developing countries. The results offer concrete guidance to those in a position to influence the direction of research and development, and challenge common assumptions about the relevance and affordability of biotechnology for developing countries.
  Nature Genetics 11/2002; 32(2):229-32. · 35.53 Impact Factor