Refereed Publications
de Laat S. (2021). “The camera and the Red Cross: ‘Lamentable pictures’ and conflict photography bring into focus an international movement, 1855–1865”. International Review of the Red Cross. No. 913. March 2021. https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/camera-and-red-cross-lamentable-pictures-and-conflict-photography-913
de Laat, S., Wahoush, O., Jaber, R. Khater W, Musoni E, Abu Siam I, Schwartz L and the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group (2021) A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda. Confl Health 15, 2.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00333-6
Nouvet, E., Bezanson, K., Hunt, M., Kouyate, S. Schwartz, L., Binta Diallo, F., de Laat, S., Bah-Sow, OY., Ahmadou Diallo, A., Diallo, P. (2021). Dying in honour: experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. Int J Humanitarian Action6, 10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-021-00099-3 Open access link
Schuster-Wallace, C., Nouvet, E., Rigby, I., Krishnaraj, G., de Laat, S., Schwartz, L., & Hunt, M. (2021). Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture in palliative care literature. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S1478951521000894 at: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000894
Hunt, M., Nouvet, E., Chénier, A., Krishnaraj, G., Bernard, C., Bezanson, K., de Laat, S., Shcwartz, L. (2020). Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: a qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions. Confl Health 14, 70.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00314-9
de Laat S. (2019).“Pictures in Development: The Canadian International Development Agency’s Photo Library.” In A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Aid, Gregory Donaghy and David Webster, eds. Chapter 9. Calgary University Press. 978-1-77385-040-5
de Laat, S.(2018). Pictures of migration: The invisible shock of misery photographs. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 7(1): 15-36. DOI: 10.1386/ajms.7.1.15_1
Tijerina, S. and de Laat, S.(2018).Constructing Modernity and Progress: The Imperializing Lens of an American Engineer in the Early Twentieth Century. Ipersotria, No. XI, Spring/Summer, 24-39. http://www.iperstoria.it/joomla/images/PDF/Numero_11/monografica_11/Tijerina%20and%20de%20Laat.pdf
Hunt M, Chénier A, Bezanson K, Nouvet E, Bernard C, de Laat S, Krishnaraj G, L Schwartz L. Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis. Journal of International Humanitarian Action. 2018. 3: 12.
Nouvet, E., Sivaram, M., de Laat, S., Sanger, S., Banfield, L., Favila Escobio Rodriguez, P., and Schwartz, LJ. (2018). Palliative care in humanitarian crises: a review of the literature. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3:5, 1-14.
de Laat, S., Gorin, V. (2016). “Iconographies of Humanitarian Aid in Africa” IN, Learning from the past to shape the future: Lessons from the history of humanitarian action in Africa. Edited by Christina Bennett, Matthew Foley and Hanna B. Krebs Overseas Development Institute, Humanitarian Policy Group, https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/10952.pdf
de Laat, S. "Congo Free State, 1904: Humanitarian Photographs," 2016. Atlas on Humanitarianism and Human Rights, http://wiki.ieg-mainz.de/ghra/index.php?title=Online_Atlas_on_the_History_of_Humanitarianism_and_Human_Rights. The contribution was part of participation in the inaugural Global Humanitarianism Research Academy, July 2015.
Parker, Melissa J., de Laat, Sonya, Schwartz, Lisa. (2016). “Exploring the experiences of substitute decision makers with an exception to consent in a pediatric resuscitation randomized controlled trial: study protocol for a qualitative research study.” Sept. BMJ Open: 6:e012931 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012931 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/9/e012931.full.pdf+html.
Nouvet E., de Laat S, Wang C., Abu-Sada C, and Schwartz L. "Opportunities and challenges of perceptions studies for humanitarian contexts." Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Published online 17 March 2016 DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2015.1120659
de Laat, S. "Photographs of unrepresentable trauma in Rwandan transitional justice." In, In The Shadow Of Genocide. Stephanie Wolfe, Ed. (In Press). Intersentia Publishers, Antwerp, Belgium
Fraser V, Hunt MR, Schwartz L, de Laat S. 2015. “The development of a Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool.” Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 30(04): 412-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X1500480X
Schwartz L, Hunt M, Redwood-Campbell L, DeLaat S: Ethics and emergency disaster response: Normative approaches and training needs for humanitarian health care providers. Disaster Bioethics; Donal O’Mathuna ed. Springer 2012
Lisa Schwartz, Matthew Hunt, Chris Sinding, Laurie Elit, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Naomi Adelson, Sonya De Laat, Jennifer Ranford. (2012). Western clinical health ethics: How well do they travel to humanitarian contexts? In, Dilemmas, challenges and ethics of humanitarian action (Ed. Caroline Abu-Sada). McGill Queen’s University Press. http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2920
Schwartz, Lisa; Hunt, Matthew; Sinding, Christina; Elit, Laurie; Redwood-Campbell, Lynda; Adelson, Naomi; de Laat, Sonya; Ranford, Jennifer. La déontologie des activités cliniques occidentales est-elle applicable aux contextes humanitaires a l'étranger?. In: Abu-Sada C, ed. Jeux de miroir: Réflexions sur MSF et l'action humanitaire. Lausanne, Switzerland: Antipodes; 2013:77-92. [French version of Western clinical health ethics: How well do they travel to humanitarian contexts? In, Dilemmas, challenges and ethics of humanitarian action]
Lisa Schwartz; Matthew Hunt; Chris Sinding; Laurie Elit; Lynda Redwood-Campbell; Naomi Adelson; Sonya de Laat Models for Humanitarian Health Care Ethics. Public Health Ethics 2012 5: 81-90
Contributions: Data analysis, editing, and responding to reviewer comments.
P. H. Strachan, S. de Laat, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, and H.M. Arthur. “Readability and content of patient education material related to implantable cardioverter defibrillators.“ Journal of Cadiovascular Nursing. 16 Sep 2011. PMID: 21926915
- Contributions: secondary author, data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
S.L. Carroll, P.H. Strachan, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, and H.M. Arthur. "Patients’ Decision-Making to Accept or Decline an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death," Health Expectations. 7 Jun 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00703.x
- Contributions: third author, data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
P.H. Strachan, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, H.M. Arthur. 2011. “‘The worst that can happen is sudden death’: Patients' perspectives on end-of-life and implantable cardioverter defibrillators,” Journal of Palliative Care, 27(1): Spring.
Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
Schwartz, L.; Sinding, C.; Hunt, M.; Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.; Adelson, N.; Ranford, J.; De Laat, S.: Ethics in humanitarian aid work: Learning from the narratives of humanitarian health workers; AJOB Primary Research, 2150-7724, Volume 1, Issue 3, 01 July 2010, Pages 45 – 54 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a926409051&fulltext=713240928
-Contributions: assist with data analysis and editing drafts.
Fiona A. Miller, June C. Carroll, Brenda Wilson, Jessica Bytautas, Judith Allanson, Mario Cappelli, Sonya de Laat, and Fred Saibil. 2010 “The primary care physician role in cancer genetics: A qualitative study of patient experience”. Family Practice
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
Etchegary, H., Miller, F., de Laat, Sonya, Wilson, B., Carroll, J., & Cappelli, M. 2009 “Decision-making about inherited cancer risk: Exploring dimensions of genetic responsibility”. Journal of Genetic Counseling 18: 252-264.
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
Miller, Fiona A, Mita Giacomini, Catherine Ahern, Jason S Robert, & Sonya de Laat. 2008 “When research seems like clinical care: a qualitative study of the communication of individual cancer genetic research results”. BMC Medical Ethics Vol.9, No.4. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/9/4
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
de Laat, Sonya 2004 “Picture Perfect (?): Ethical Considerations in Visual Representation.” Nexus: The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology. Volume 17.
de Laat, Sonya 2003 “Multiplicity of Balinese Character”. Nexus: The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology. Volume 16.
de Laat, S., Wahoush, O., Jaber, R. Khater W, Musoni E, Abu Siam I, Schwartz L and the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group (2021) A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda. Confl Health 15, 2.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00333-6
Nouvet, E., Bezanson, K., Hunt, M., Kouyate, S. Schwartz, L., Binta Diallo, F., de Laat, S., Bah-Sow, OY., Ahmadou Diallo, A., Diallo, P. (2021). Dying in honour: experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. Int J Humanitarian Action6, 10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-021-00099-3 Open access link
Schuster-Wallace, C., Nouvet, E., Rigby, I., Krishnaraj, G., de Laat, S., Schwartz, L., & Hunt, M. (2021). Culturally sensitive palliative care in humanitarian action: Lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis of culture in palliative care literature. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S1478951521000894 at: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000894
Hunt, M., Nouvet, E., Chénier, A., Krishnaraj, G., Bernard, C., Bezanson, K., de Laat, S., Shcwartz, L. (2020). Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: a qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions. Confl Health 14, 70.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00314-9
de Laat S. (2019).“Pictures in Development: The Canadian International Development Agency’s Photo Library.” In A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Aid, Gregory Donaghy and David Webster, eds. Chapter 9. Calgary University Press. 978-1-77385-040-5
de Laat, S.(2018). Pictures of migration: The invisible shock of misery photographs. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 7(1): 15-36. DOI: 10.1386/ajms.7.1.15_1
Tijerina, S. and de Laat, S.(2018).Constructing Modernity and Progress: The Imperializing Lens of an American Engineer in the Early Twentieth Century. Ipersotria, No. XI, Spring/Summer, 24-39. http://www.iperstoria.it/joomla/images/PDF/Numero_11/monografica_11/Tijerina%20and%20de%20Laat.pdf
Hunt M, Chénier A, Bezanson K, Nouvet E, Bernard C, de Laat S, Krishnaraj G, L Schwartz L. Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis. Journal of International Humanitarian Action. 2018. 3: 12.
Nouvet, E., Sivaram, M., de Laat, S., Sanger, S., Banfield, L., Favila Escobio Rodriguez, P., and Schwartz, LJ. (2018). Palliative care in humanitarian crises: a review of the literature. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3:5, 1-14.
de Laat, S., Gorin, V. (2016). “Iconographies of Humanitarian Aid in Africa” IN, Learning from the past to shape the future: Lessons from the history of humanitarian action in Africa. Edited by Christina Bennett, Matthew Foley and Hanna B. Krebs Overseas Development Institute, Humanitarian Policy Group, https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/10952.pdf
de Laat, S. "Congo Free State, 1904: Humanitarian Photographs," 2016. Atlas on Humanitarianism and Human Rights, http://wiki.ieg-mainz.de/ghra/index.php?title=Online_Atlas_on_the_History_of_Humanitarianism_and_Human_Rights. The contribution was part of participation in the inaugural Global Humanitarianism Research Academy, July 2015.
Parker, Melissa J., de Laat, Sonya, Schwartz, Lisa. (2016). “Exploring the experiences of substitute decision makers with an exception to consent in a pediatric resuscitation randomized controlled trial: study protocol for a qualitative research study.” Sept. BMJ Open: 6:e012931 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012931 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/9/e012931.full.pdf+html.
Nouvet E., de Laat S, Wang C., Abu-Sada C, and Schwartz L. "Opportunities and challenges of perceptions studies for humanitarian contexts." Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Published online 17 March 2016 DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2015.1120659
de Laat, S. "Photographs of unrepresentable trauma in Rwandan transitional justice." In, In The Shadow Of Genocide. Stephanie Wolfe, Ed. (In Press). Intersentia Publishers, Antwerp, Belgium
Fraser V, Hunt MR, Schwartz L, de Laat S. 2015. “The development of a Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool.” Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 30(04): 412-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X1500480X
Schwartz L, Hunt M, Redwood-Campbell L, DeLaat S: Ethics and emergency disaster response: Normative approaches and training needs for humanitarian health care providers. Disaster Bioethics; Donal O’Mathuna ed. Springer 2012
Lisa Schwartz, Matthew Hunt, Chris Sinding, Laurie Elit, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Naomi Adelson, Sonya De Laat, Jennifer Ranford. (2012). Western clinical health ethics: How well do they travel to humanitarian contexts? In, Dilemmas, challenges and ethics of humanitarian action (Ed. Caroline Abu-Sada). McGill Queen’s University Press. http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2920
Schwartz, Lisa; Hunt, Matthew; Sinding, Christina; Elit, Laurie; Redwood-Campbell, Lynda; Adelson, Naomi; de Laat, Sonya; Ranford, Jennifer. La déontologie des activités cliniques occidentales est-elle applicable aux contextes humanitaires a l'étranger?. In: Abu-Sada C, ed. Jeux de miroir: Réflexions sur MSF et l'action humanitaire. Lausanne, Switzerland: Antipodes; 2013:77-92. [French version of Western clinical health ethics: How well do they travel to humanitarian contexts? In, Dilemmas, challenges and ethics of humanitarian action]
Lisa Schwartz; Matthew Hunt; Chris Sinding; Laurie Elit; Lynda Redwood-Campbell; Naomi Adelson; Sonya de Laat Models for Humanitarian Health Care Ethics. Public Health Ethics 2012 5: 81-90
Contributions: Data analysis, editing, and responding to reviewer comments.
P. H. Strachan, S. de Laat, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, and H.M. Arthur. “Readability and content of patient education material related to implantable cardioverter defibrillators.“ Journal of Cadiovascular Nursing. 16 Sep 2011. PMID: 21926915
- Contributions: secondary author, data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
S.L. Carroll, P.H. Strachan, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, and H.M. Arthur. "Patients’ Decision-Making to Accept or Decline an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death," Health Expectations. 7 Jun 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00703.x
- Contributions: third author, data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
P.H. Strachan, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, H.M. Arthur. 2011. “‘The worst that can happen is sudden death’: Patients' perspectives on end-of-life and implantable cardioverter defibrillators,” Journal of Palliative Care, 27(1): Spring.
Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, data analysis, literature review, wrote methods and findings sections, assisted extensively with editing of final drafts.
Schwartz, L.; Sinding, C.; Hunt, M.; Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.; Adelson, N.; Ranford, J.; De Laat, S.: Ethics in humanitarian aid work: Learning from the narratives of humanitarian health workers; AJOB Primary Research, 2150-7724, Volume 1, Issue 3, 01 July 2010, Pages 45 – 54 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a926409051&fulltext=713240928
-Contributions: assist with data analysis and editing drafts.
Fiona A. Miller, June C. Carroll, Brenda Wilson, Jessica Bytautas, Judith Allanson, Mario Cappelli, Sonya de Laat, and Fred Saibil. 2010 “The primary care physician role in cancer genetics: A qualitative study of patient experience”. Family Practice
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
Etchegary, H., Miller, F., de Laat, Sonya, Wilson, B., Carroll, J., & Cappelli, M. 2009 “Decision-making about inherited cancer risk: Exploring dimensions of genetic responsibility”. Journal of Genetic Counseling 18: 252-264.
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
Miller, Fiona A, Mita Giacomini, Catherine Ahern, Jason S Robert, & Sonya de Laat. 2008 “When research seems like clinical care: a qualitative study of the communication of individual cancer genetic research results”. BMC Medical Ethics Vol.9, No.4. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/9/4
-Contributions: data collection (interviews) including REB approvals at local sites, preliminary data analysis, literature review, assist with editing drafts.
de Laat, Sonya 2004 “Picture Perfect (?): Ethical Considerations in Visual Representation.” Nexus: The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology. Volume 17.
de Laat, Sonya 2003 “Multiplicity of Balinese Character”. Nexus: The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology. Volume 16.