Anita Ho, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
Anita Ho (PhD, MPH) is a bioethicist and health services researcher with a unique combined academic training and experience in philosophy, clinical/organizational ethics, public health, and business.
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(She is also a classically trained pianist, with a Master degree in piano performance, trying to decide what she will do when she grows up!) Anita is currently an Associate Professor at the UCSF Bioethics Program and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia. She is also the Vice President of Ethics (Northern California Division) for CommonSpirit Health. Between 2014 and 2017, Anita was Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Ethics Education at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the National University of Singapore School of Medicine.
An international scholar and author of more than 90 publications, Anita is an elected fellow of The Hastings Center. Her current research focuses on ethical dimensions of utilizing innovative and artificial intelligence technologies in health care, research and trial design ethics, supportive decision making, and end-of-life care decisions. She is particularly interested in systemic and social justice issues arising in health care. Her broader research areas include trust and decision making in clinical and research medicine, family-centered care, health-care resource allocation and disparity, organizational and system ethics in health care, cross-cultural and global health ethics, professional-patient relationship, ethics education for health professionals, disability and pain experiences, and various concepts of autonomy. Her book, Live Like Nobody is Watching: Relational Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring, was published by Oxford University Press in May 2023.
Education & Training
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- MA Philosophy Dalhousie University
- BComm Marketing Saint Mary's University
- BA Philosophy Saint Mary's University
- PhD Philosophy University of Alberta
- MMus Piano Performance University of Alberta
- MPH Health Policy/Management University of California, Berkeley
Interests
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- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Bioethics
- Data Ethics
- End-of-Life Care
- Clinical Ethics
- Research Ethics
- Palliative Care
- Health Services Research
- Cross-Cultural Care
Websites
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Grants and Projects
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- Clinical Providers' Perspectives on Ethical Implications of Utilizing Mortality Prediction Algorithms in End-of-Life Care, St. Paul Foundation, 2024-2026
- Confidential Automatic Monitoring, Examination, and Recognition of disease Activity (CAMERA): Application to Parkinson and Alzheimer Diseases, Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2019-2023
- Navigating End-of-Life Care After MAiD: Palliative and Hospice Care Providers' Experience, St. Paul's Foundation, 2018-2022
- Promoting Ethical Design and Data Integrity for Cluster Trials, BC SUPPORT UNIT, 2019-2022
- Data Science and Health: Mapping an Educational Trajectory and Building a Collaborative Framework, University of British Columbia, 2021
- Reasonable Trust: Fostering Humanities Methods in Public Engagement with Science and Technology, University of British Columbia, 2019-2020
- Virtual Innovative health Strategies through Interdisciplinary co-Operative Network (VISION), Health Research BC, 2019-2020
- An Ethical Approach to Routine Tragic Choices: Radiotherapy Allocation in Rwanda, Greenwall Foundation, 2018-2020
- The Ethics of Pain Research, Management, and Policy, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2018-2019
- Supportive Decision Making for Diverse Populations, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2012-2017
- Relational Autonomy and Decision Making: Improving Clinical Trial Enrolment in Cancer Care, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2011-2013
- Trust, Trustworthiness, and Relational Autonomy in Medicine, Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2008-2012
- Harnessing Indivenous Botanical Knowledge for Pest Control and Improved Nutrition on Smallholder Farms in Rwanda, Canadian International Development Agency, 2011
Publications (59)
Top publication keywords:
Terminal CarePersonal AutonomyHospice CareSocial ResponsibilityHuman Rights AbusesMoralsLeadershipRefugeesSuicide, AssistedFamilyInformed ConsentDecision MakingEthics, MedicalBioethicsHospices
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Digital Companions to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation: Ethics Concerns and Policy Recommendations
Hastings Center Report. 2024 Jecker N, Sparrow R, Lederman Z, Ho A. -
Ethical dilemmas in prioritizing patients for scarce radiotherapy resources.
BMC medical ethics 2024 DeBoer RJ, Ho A, Mutoniwase E, Nguyen C, Umutesi G, Bigirimana JB, Nsabimana N, Van Loon K, Shulman LN, Triedman SA, Cubaka VK, Shyirambere C -
Ethical Concerns Around Privacy and Data Security in AI Health Monitoring for Parkinson’s Disease: Insights from Patients, Family Members, and Healthcare Professionals
AI & Society 2024 10. Bavli I, Ho A, Mahal R, McKeown. -
Navigating Informed Consent Requirements and Expectations in Cluster Randomized Trials: Perspectives of Research Ethics Board Members and Researcher
Ethics & Human Research 2023 Ho A, Joolaee S, McDonald M, Grant D, White M, Longstaff H, Palsson E. -
Multi-Level Ethical Considerations of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring for People Living with Parkinson’s Disease. . 2023
AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2023 Ho A, Bavli I, Mahal R, McKeown, MJ.
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Palliative care providers' roles in medical assistance in dying decision-making triads with patients and families: A qualitative analysis.
Palliative & supportive care 2023 Serota K, Hubert M, Joolaee S, Ho A -
What We Owe Those Who Chat Woe: A Relational Lens for Mental Health Apps.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2023 Ho A, Perry J -
Moral uncertainty and distress about voluntary assisted dying prior to legalisation and the implications for post-legalisation practice: a qualitative study of palliative and hospice care providers in Queensland, Australia.
BMJ open 2023 Kirchhoffer DG, Lui CW, Ho A -
Live Like Nobody is Watching: Relational Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring
Live Like Nobody is Watching: Relational Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Health Monitoring 2023 Ho, Anita -
Can Public Health Investment and Oversight save Digital Mental Health?
AJOB neuroscience 2022 Ho A -
Unmasking the Ethics of Public Health Messaging in a Pandemic.
Journal of bioethical inquiry 2021 Ho A, Huang V -
How does Medical Assistance in Dying affect end-of-life care planning discussions? Experiences of Canadian multidisciplinary palliative care providers.
Palliative care and social practice 2021 Ho A, Norman JS, Joolaee S, Serota K, Twells L, William L -
Medical assistance in dying legislation: Hospice palliative care providers' perspectives.
Nursing ethics 2021 Joolaee S, Ho A, Serota K, Hubert M, Buchman DZ -
Procedural fairness for radiotherapy priority setting in a low resource context.
Bioethics 2021 DeBoer RJ, Nguyen C, Mutoniwase E, Ho A, Umutesi G, Bigirimana JB, Triedman SA, Shyirambere C -
Moral Distress and Resilience Associated with Cancer Care Priority Setting in a Resource-Limited Context.
The oncologist 2021 DeBoer RJ, Mutoniwase E, Nguyen C, Ho A, Umutesi G, Nkusi E, Sebahungu F, Van Loon K, Shulman LN, Shyirambere C -
Towards Equitable AI Interventions for People Who Use Drugs: Key Areas That Require Ethical Investment.
Journal of addiction medicine 2021 Ti L, Ho A, Knight R -
Relational solidarity and COVID-19: an ethical approach to disrupt the global health disparity pathway.
Global bioethics = Problemi di bioetica 2021 Ho A, Dascalu I -
The Surprise Question and Serious Illness Conversations: A pilot study.
Nursing ethics 2021 Le K, Lee J, Desai S, Ho A, van Heukelom H -
Are we ready for artificial intelligence health monitoring in elder care?
BMC geriatrics 2020 Ho A -
The Seismic Shift in End-of-Life Care: Palliative Care Challenges in the Era of Medical Assistance in Dying.
Journal of palliative medicine 2020 Ho A, Joolaee S, Jameson K, Ng C -
Taking Family-Centered Care Seriously.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2020 Ho A -
Global Disparity and Solidarity in a Pandemic.
The Hastings Center report 2020 Ho A, Dascalu I -
Gatekeeping in cancer clinical trials in Canada: The ethics of recruiting the "ideal" patient.
Cancer medicine 2020 Bell JAH, Kelly MT, Gelmon K, Chi K, Ho A, Rodney P, Balneaves LG -
Social Determinants of Mental Health and Physician Aid-in-Dying: The Real Moral Crisis.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2019 Ho A, Norman JS -
Deep Ethical Learning: Taking the Interplay of Human and Artificial Intelligence Seriously.
The Hastings Center report 2019 Ho A -
Facilitating co-learning of medical ethical issues using Facebook.
Medical education 2018 Ho A, Hee N, Teo R -
Leaving patients to their own devices? Smart technology, safety and therapeutic relationships.
BMC medical ethics 2018 Ho A, Quick O -
ISPOR Code of Ethics 2017 (4th Edition).
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2017 Santos J, Palumbo F, Molsen-David E, Willke RJ, Binder L, Drummond M, Ho A, Marder WD, Parmenter L, Sandhu G, Shafie AA, Thompson D -
Sowing the SEED for Patient Empowerment.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2017 Ho A, Jameson K, Eiser A -
Reconciling Patient Safety and Epistemic Humility: An Ethical Use of Opioid Treatment Plans.
The Hastings Center report 2017 Ho A -
Investigating Trust, Expertise, and Epistemic Injustice in Chronic Pain.
Journal of bioethical inquiry 2016 Buchman DZ, Ho A, Goldberg DS -
Assessment of Capacity to Consent by Nurses Who Deliver Health Care to Patients Who Misuse Substances.
Global qualitative nursing research 2016 Taylor D, Ho A, Mâsse LC, Van Borek N, Li N, Patterson M, Ogilvie G, Buxton JA -
An exploratory study of interprofessional collaboration in end-of-life decision-making beyond palliative care settings.
Journal of interprofessional care 2016 Ho A, Jameson K, Pavlish C -
Making good death more accessible: end-of-life care in the intensive care unit.
Intensive care medicine 2016 Ho A, Tsai DF -
Preventive Ethics Through Expanding Education.
HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues 2016 Ho A, MacDonald LM, Unger D -
You Present like a Drug Addict: Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Trust and Trustworthiness in Chronic Pain Management.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2016 Buchman DZ, Ho A, Illes J -
Racism and Bioethics: Are We Part of the Problem?
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2016 Ho A -
The Puck Stops Here: Taking Organizational Accountability Seriously.
Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) 2016 Pinney S, Ho A -
[Redéfinir le leadership éthique dans le système de santé du XXIe siècle].
Healthcare management forum 2016 Ho A, Pinney S -
Redefining ethical leadership in a 21st-century healthcare system.
Healthcare management forum 2015 Ho A, Pinney S -
When Frail Individuals or Their Families Request Nonindicated Interventions: Usefulness of the Four-Box Ethical Approach.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Ho A, Spencer M, McGuire M -
Ethical concerns in caring for elderly patients with cognitive limitations: a capacity-adjusted shared decision-making approach.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2015 Ho A, Pinney SJ, Bozic K -
Power hierarchy and epistemic injustice in clinical ethics consultation.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2015 Ho A, Unger D -
What's trust got to do with it? Revisiting opioid contracts.
Journal of medical ethics 2013 Buchman DZ, Ho A -
A brief tool to assess capacity to consent for medical care among homeless individuals with problematic substance use: study protocol.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique 2013 Taylor D, Masse L, Ho A, Rekart ML, Tyndall M, Henry B, Clifton J, Peters L, Ogilvie G, Buxton J -
Genetic counseling and the ethical issues around direct to consumer genetic testing.
Journal of genetic counseling 2012 Hawkins AK, Ho A -
Health and human rights advocacy: perspectives from a Rwandan refugee camp.
Nursing ethics 2012 Pavlish C, Ho A, Rounkle AM -
Behavioral and psychological symptoms in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease: a palliative care approach emphasizing recognition of personhood and preservation of dignity.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2012 Passmore MJ, Ho A, Gallagher R -
Lessons from predictive testing for Huntington disease: 25 years on.
Journal of medical genetics 2011 Hawkins AK, Ho A, Hayden MR -
The physician as health advocate: translating the quest for social responsibility into medical education and practice.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2011 Dharamsi S, Ho A, Spadafora SM, Woollard R -
Oncologists' view of informed consent and shared decision making in paediatric radiation oncology.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 2011 Olson RA, Bobinski MA, Ho A, Goddard KJ -
Authenticity as a necessary condition for voluntary choice: a case study in cancer clinical trial participation.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2011 Bell J, Ho A -
Comments and response on the USPSTF recommendation on screening for breast cancer.
Annals of internal medicine 2010 Ho A -
Pathway to social justice: research on human rights and gender-based violence in a Rwandan refugee cAMP.
ANS. Advances in nursing science 2009 Pavlish C, Ho A -
Human rights barriers for displaced persons in southern Sudan.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2009 Pavlish C, Ho A -
Correcting social ills through mandatory research participation.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2008 Ho A -
Relational autonomy or undue pressure? Family's role in medical decision-making.
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences 2008 Ho A -
Using family members as interpreters in the clinical setting.
The Journal of clinical ethics 2008 Ho A -
Family and informed consent in multicultural setting.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2006 Ho A