Laurie N. Gottlieb, RN, PhD, is a Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where she holds the Flora Madeline Shaw Chair of Nursing. She is the recipient of prestigious awards, including the Centennial Award, the first and one-time only award from the Canadian Nurses Association recognizing the 100 most influential nurses in Canada; and, in 2009, the L'Insigne Du Merit, the highest recognition accorded to a nurse from the Order of Nurses of the Province of Quebec, and the Prix du Conseil Interprofessionnel du Quebec (CIQ). She is the Editor-in-Chief of CJNR ("Canadian...