International Journal of Nursing Practice

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Biography

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R E G I O N A L E D I T O R B I O G R A P H Y

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International Journal of Nursing Practice Regional Editor for Canada

Ms Doris Grinspun is the new Regional Editor forCanada. She has been Executive Director of the Regis-tered Nurses Association of Ontario in Ontario, Toronto,Canada, since 1996. This organization is the professionalassociation representing registered nurses in the provinceof Ontario. From 1990 to 1996, Ms Grinspun wasProgram Director of Nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital,Toronto. A native of Chile, Ms Grinspun has a diploma inNursing from Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem,

Israel, a Baccalaureate in nursing from Tel-Aviv Univer-sity, Israel and a Masters in nursing from Ann Arbor Uni-versity in Michigan, United States of America. She is inthe final stage of her PhD in sociology and herdissertation centres on the social construction of caringby nurses. Other research interests include the nurse/patient relationship, health services restructuring, profes-sional practice and rehabilitation. Ms Grinspun hasreceived numerous professional and scholarly awards.