By Dr Linda Sheahan

Book Chapters

Sheahan L; Da Silva M; Czoli C; Shaul RZ, 2014, 'A Canadian Perspective on a Child's Consent to Research Within a Context of Family-Centred Care: From Incompatibility to Synergy', in Shaul RZ (ed.), PAEDIATRIC PATIENT AND FAMILY-CENTRED CARE: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES, SPRINGER, pp. 19 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0323-8_2

Sheahan L; Wein S, 2011, 'Denial and communication', in Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199238361.003.0013

Journal articles

Hamer PT; Haysom G; Sheahan L; George D, 2026, 'The Geography of Guardianship: A Rural Psychiatry Perspective on Decision-Making for Older Adults With Cognitive Decline', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70239

Alamyar S; George D; Sheahan L, 2026, 'Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) for people with mental illness', Australasian Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562261462844

McErlean G; Bowdler S; Cordina J; Hui H; Light E; Lipworth W; Maitland S; Merrick E; Montgomery A; Preisz A; Sheahan L; Sheppard-Law S; Skowronski G; Stewart C; Teus JK; Watts M; Zanotti S; Kerridge I, 2025, 'Correction: Ethics, orthodoxies and defensive practice: a cross-sectional survey of nurse’s decision-making surrounding CPR in deceased inpatients without Do Not Resuscitate orders(BMC Med Ethics, (2025), 26, 65, 10.1186/s12910-025-01224-2)', BMC Medical Ethics, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01281-7

McErlean G; Bowdler S; Cordina J; Hui H; Light E; Lipworth W; Maitland S; Merrick E; Montgomery A; Preisz A; Sheahan L; Sheppard-Law S; Skowronski G; Stewart C; Teus JK; Watts M; Zanotti S; Kerridge I, 2025, 'Ethics, orthodoxies and defensive practice: a cross-sectional survey of nurse’s decision-making surrounding CPR in deceased inpatients without Do Not Resuscitate orders', BMC Medical Ethics, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01224-2

Hui HHY; Cordina J; Teus JK; Maitland S; Watts M; Zanotti S; Sheppard-Law S; Merrick E; Skowronski G; Bowdler S; Light E; Montgomery A; Preisz A; Sheahan L; Stewart C; Kerridge I; McErlean G, 2025, 'Critical care nurses’ responses to clinical scenarios involving cardiopulmonary resuscitation for deceased inpatients without a Do Not Resuscitate order: A cross-sectional study', Australian Critical Care, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101254

Swan L; Kochovska S; Ries N; Gilmore I; Parker D; Sinclair C; Sheehan C; Collier A; Lobb E; Sheahan L; Brown L; Chapman M; Lee W; Amgarth-Duff I; To T; Agar MR; Hosie A, 2025, 'Strategies to Improve Research Participation By Older People With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review', Gerontologist, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae188

Abasseri M; Hoque S; Caldwell K; Sheahan L; Kochovska S; Agar M; Zekry A, 2025, 'Exploring Misconceptions of Palliative Care Among Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Pilot Study', American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 42, pp. 467 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10499091241268423

Gofton C; Bartolomeo AD; Wijekulasuriya S; Cai S; Boutros R; Stafford-Bell F; Caldwell K; McCaughan G; Zekry A; Strasser SI; Levy M; Sheehan C; Goodall S; Davis JM; Sheahan L; Liu K; Greenaway S; Davison S; Huynh TD; Quadri Z; Zurynski YA; Agar M; George J, 2025, 'Palliative and supportive care in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a qualitative study on attitudes and perceptions of health professionals', Supportive Care in Cancer, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-09403-y

Skerritt L; Gooney M; Sheahan L, 2025, 'The provision of wound care and management in a community healthcare setting: An exploratory study', Journal of Wound Care, 34, pp. 74 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2024.0108

Gofton C; Di Bartolomeo A; Boutros R; Zurynski YA; Stafford-Bell F; Caldwell K; McCaughan G; Zekry A; Strasser SI; Levy M; Sheehan C; Goodall S; Davis JM; Sheahan L; Liu K; Greenaway S; Davison S; Du Huynh T; Quadri Z; Agar M; George J, 2024, 'Implementing palliative care in hepatocellular carcinoma ambulatory clinics—study protocol for Accelerated translational research in PRImary liver CAncer (APRICA) randomised controlled palliative care trial', Trials, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08603-x

Light E; Kerridge I; Skowronski G; Venkatesha V; Krishnamurthy A; Kuper S; Noonan K; Hoyle P; Arnold M; Manley S; Stedman W; Sheahan L, 2024, 'Clinician perspectives on voluntary assisted dying and willingness to be involved: a multisite, cross-sectional survey during implementation in New South Wales, Australia', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 724 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16305

Kerridge I; Stewart C; Scully JL; Chiarella M; Hamblin J; Johnson A; Ryan C; Sheahan L; Skowronski G, 2023, 'Conscientious Objection and Institutional Objection to Voluntary Assistance in Dying: An Ethico-legal Critique', Journal of Law and Medicine, 30, pp. 806 - 821

Abasseri M; Hoque S; Slavica Kochovska BA; Caldwell K; Sheahan L; Zekry A, 2023, 'Barriers to palliative care in hepatocellular carcinoma: A review of the literature', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 38, pp. 1047 - 1055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.16107

Sheahan L; Campbell L, 2023, 'On Wilkinson: Unpacking Parfit, paternalism and the primacy of autonomy in contemporary bioethics', Journal of Medical Ethics, 49, pp. 415 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109122

Skowronski G; Kerridge I; Light E; McErlean G; Stewart C; Preisz A; Sheahan L, 2022, 'Raising the Dead? Limits of CPR and Harms of Defensive Practices', Hastings Center Report, 52, pp. 8 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hast.1442

O'Leary MJ; Skowronski G; Critchley C; O'Reilly L; Forlini C; Sheahan L; Stewart C; Kerridge I, 2022, 'Death determination, organ donation and the importance of the Dead Donor Rule following withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: a survey of community opinions', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 238 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15221

Ghinea N; Sheahan L; Kerridge I, 2022, 'Ethics Consultation Services as a Resource and its Implications for Evaluation Activities', American Journal of Bioethics, 22, pp. 59 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2044553

O’Leary M; Skowronski GA; Critchley C; O’Reilly L; Forlini C; Sheahan L; Stewart C; Kerridge I, 2022, '341.9: An Australian Survey on Public Opinion Regarding Death And Organ Donation: Relationship of Demographic Factors To Opinions', Transplantation, 106, pp. S318 - S318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0000887104.98613.cc

Skowronski G; Ramnani A; Walton-Sonda D; Forlini C; O’Leary MJ; O’Reilly L; Sheahan L; Stewart C; Kerridge I, 2021, 'A scoping review of the perceptions of death in the context of organ donation and transplantation', BMC Medical Ethics, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-021-00734-z

Dawson A; Isaacs D; Jansen M; Jordens C; Kerridge I; Kihlbom U; Kilham H; Preisz A; Sheahan L; Skowronski G, 2020, 'An Ethics Framework for Making Resource Allocation Decisions Within Clinical Care: Responding to COVID-19', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17, pp. 749 - 755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10007-w

Stewart C; Kerridge I; O'Reilly L; Sheahan L; Tomossy G; Skowronski G, 2020, 'Brain Death and Pregnancy: On the Legalities of Post-mortem Gestation', Journal of Law and Medicine, 28, pp. 75 - 89

Sheahan L; Lamont S, 2020, 'Understanding Ethical and Legal Obligations in a Pandemic: A Taxonomy of “Duty” for Health Practitioners', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17, pp. 697 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10003-0

Sheahan L; Brennan F, 2020, 'What Matters? Palliative Care, Ethics, and the COVID-19 Pandemic', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17, pp. 793 - 796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-020-10046-3

Skowronski G; O'Leary MJ; Critchley C; O'Reilly L; Forlini C; Ghinea N; Sheahan L; Stewart C; Kerridge I, 2020, 'Death, dying and donation: community perceptions of brain death and their relationship to decisions regarding withdrawal of vital organ support and organ donation', Internal Medicine Journal, 50, pp. 1192 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15028

Ouliaris C; Sheahan L; George D, 2020, 'Preventing prejudice by preserving the spirit of mental health legislation during the COVID-19 national emergency', Australasian Psychiatry, 28, pp. 500 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856220928865

Sanderson C; Sheahan L; Kochovska S; Luckett T; Parker D; Butow P; Agar M, 2019, 'Re-defining moral distress: A systematic review and critical re-appraisal of the argument-based bioethics literature', Clinical Ethics, 14, pp. 195 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477750919886088

Peisah C; Sheahan L; White BP, 2019, 'Biggest decision of them all – death and assisted dying: capacity assessments and undue influence screening', Internal Medicine Journal, 49, pp. 792 - 796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14238

Breathnach M; Sheahan L, 2017, 'Evidence for high flow nasal cannula as non-invasive respiratory support in premature infants: A literature review', Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 23, pp. 193 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2017.03.003

Jennings HJ; Gooney M; O'Beirne J; Sheahan L, 2017, 'Exploring the experiences of parents caring for infants with developmental dysplasia of the hip attending a dedicated clinic', International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 25, pp. 48 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2016.10.004

Sheahan L, 2016, 'Exploring the interface between 'physician-assisted death' and palliative care: Cross-sectional data from Australasian palliative care specialists', Internal Medicine Journal, 46, pp. 443 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13009

Sheahan L; While A; Bloomfield J, 2015, 'An exploratory trial exploring the use of a multiple intelligences teaching approach (MITA) for teaching clinical skills to first year undergraduate nursing students', Nurse Education Today, 35, pp. 1148 - 1154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.05.002

Preprints

Peisah C; Sheahan L; White B, 2019, The Biggest Decision of Them All - Death and Assisted Dying: Capacity Assessments and Undue Influence Screening, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3343942

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