Associate Professor, Human Sciences Division
Lakehead University Campus
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5E1
Phone: 807-766-7204
Email: kkortesm@lakeheadu.ca
Education and Professional Roles
Associate Professor, Director Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health, Lakehead University
Research Interest
Palliative and end-of-life care
Selected Publications
Book:Kortes-Miller, K. (2018). Talking About Death Won’t Kill You. ECW Press, Toronto.
Journal Articles:Stinchcombe, A.,
Kortes-Miller, K., & Wilson, K. (2021). “We Are Resilient, We Made It to This Point”: A Study of the Lived Experiences of Older LGBTQ2S+ Canadians.
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0733464820984893.Durant, K. L.*, &
Kortes-Miller, K. (2020). Physician snapshot: the forming landscape of MAiD in northwestern Ontario.
Palliative Care and Social Practice,
14, 2632352420932927 *student
Kortes-Miller, K., & Durant, K.* (2020). Physician Experience with MAiD in Northwestern Ontario.
Canadian Family Physician. (accepted Jan 2020).Kortes-Miller, K., Wilson, K., & Stinchcombe, A. (2019). Care and LGBT Aging in Canada: A Focus Group Study on the Educational Gaps among Care Workers.
Clinical gerontologist,
42(2), 192-197.*awarded article of the month Jan 2019Boulé, J., Wilson, K.,
Kortes-Miller, K., & Stinchcombe, A. (2019). “We Live in a Wonderful Country, Canada, but…”: Perspectives From Older LGBTQ Ontarians on Visibility, Connection, and Power in Care and Community.
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 0091415019857060.Wilson, K., Stinchcombe, A., Ismail, M., &
Kortes-Miller, K. (2019). LGBTQ2+ aging in Canada: Building the evidence and informing action.
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality,
28(3), 257-260.
Kortes-Miller, K., Boulé, J., Wilson, K., & Stinchcombe, A. (2018). Dying in long-term care: Perspectives from sexual and gender minority older adults about their fears and hopes for end of life.
Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care, 1-16. *awarded article of the year by the journal.Stinchcombe, A., Wilson, K.,
Kortes-Miller, K., Chambers, L., & Weaver, B. (2018). Physical and mental health inequalities among aging lesbian, gay, and bisexual Canadians: cross-sectional results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
Canadian Journal of Public Health,
109(5-6), 833-844.Wilson, K.,
Kortes-Miller, K., & Stinchcombe, A. (2018). Staying Out of the Closet: LGBT Older Adults’ Hopes and Fears in Considering End-of-Life. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 1-10.Marshall, D., &
Kortes-Miller, K. (2018). Was the 5th International Public Health Palliative Care Conference 2017 Canada’s tipping point?—a meeting report. Annals of Palliative medicine, 7(2), S130-S134.Stinchcombe, A., Smallbone, J., Wilson, K., &
Kortes-Miller, K. (2017). Healthcare and End-of-Life Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults: A Scoping Review.
Geriatrics,
2(1), 13.
Selected Media Coverage
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/people-should-be-allowed-to-visit-say-goodbye-to-those-who-are-dying-during-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1UOUaKJoPoZqZy-S7IxHCuh8E4YpQosuWJIepy7QIlFUFLV5q5RHr1U2chttps://www.tbnewswatch.com/following-up/following-up-covid-showed-family-caregivers-crucial-in-ltc-says-lu-researcher-4981373https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/book-talking-about-death-wont-kill-you-aims-to-prompt-frank-conversations
Social Media and Websites
https://www.kathyk-m.com
