Xavier Symons
Harvard University Press(US)Australian Catholic University(AU)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Ethics in medical practice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare, Patient Dignity and Privacy, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Most-Cited Works
- → The Content, Teaching Methods and Effectiveness of Spiritual Care Training for Healthcare Professionals: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review(2021)139 cited
- → Persuasion, not coercion or incentivisation, is the best means of promoting COVID-19 vaccination(2021)65 cited
- → Spirituality As A Determinant Of Health: Emerging Policies, Practices, And Systems(2024)49 cited
- → Moral trauma, moral distress, moral injury, and moral injury disorder: definitions and assessments(2025)25 cited
- → Patients' and Caregivers' Contested Perspectives on Spiritual Care for Those Affected by Advanced Illnesses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study(2019)24 cited
- → An Ethical Defense of a Mandated Choice Consent Procedure for Deceased Organ Donation(2022)23 cited
- → Aristotelian Flourishing and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of Wellbeing(2024)16 cited
- → Why should HCWs receive priority access to vaccines in a pandemic?(2021)16 cited
- → Why Conscience Matters: A Theory of Conscience and Its Relevance to Conscientious Objection in Medicine(2022)15 cited
- → The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession.(2022)14 cited