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Shirley Harvey Bush is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a Clinician Investigator affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Bruyère Research Institute. Her clinical practice focuses on academic inpatient palliative care at Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital.
- Education includes MBBS (University of London, 1987), MRCGP (General Practice, 1991), PgDip Pall Med (University of Wales, 1997), and FAChPM in Palliative Medicine (2000).
Research Interests: Dr. Bush specializes in delirium management and guidelines, exploring the experiential impact of delirium on patients and families. Her work intersects palliative care, cognitive dysfunction, aging, and health services quality. Recent studies focus on delirium risk factors in palliative care, transitions from hospital to home care, and interprofessional clinical practice guidelines.
Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches to delirium in long-term care, core outcome sets for interventional studies, and qualitative analyses of psychosocial support needs. Her research combines clinical epidemiology with patient-centered care frameworks.
Awards:
- Foundation Fellow, Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine (2000)
Affiliations:
- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Dec 2015–present)
- Bruyère Research Institute (Feb 2010–present)
