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S J McPhee

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1 Do house officers learn from their mistakes? JAMA 1991 6.28
2 To tell the truth: ethical and practical issues in disclosing medical mistakes to patients. J Gen Intern Med 1997 4.46
3 Primary care physicians and AIDS. Attitudinal and structural barriers to care. JAMA 1991 3.67
4 Misconceptions about cancer among Latinos and Anglos. JAMA 1992 3.60
5 Does quality influence choice of hospital? JAMA 1990 3.33
6 Performance of cancer screening in a university general internal medicine practice: comparison with the 1980 American Cancer Society Guidelines. J Gen Intern Med 1986 3.19
7 Impact of automated calls with nurse follow-up on diabetes treatment outcomes in a Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care 2001 3.09
8 Of principles and pens: attitudes and practices of medicine housestaff toward pharmaceutical industry promotions. Am J Med 2001 3.00
9 To redeem them from death. Reactions of family members to autopsy. Am J Med 1986 2.84
10 Do automated calls with nurse follow-up improve self-care and glycemic control among vulnerable patients with diabetes? Am J Med 2000 2.76
11 The role of specialized clinical services in competition among hospitals. Inquiry 1986 2.47
12 The effect of automated calls with telephone nurse follow-up on patient-centered outcomes of diabetes care: a randomized, controlled trial. Med Care 2000 2.42
13 Agreement between self-reported early cancer detection practices and medical audits among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white health plan members in northern California. Prev Med 1995 2.35
14 Effect of a media-led education campaign on breast and cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese-American women. Prev Med 1999 2.28
15 A systems model of clinical preventive care: an analysis of factors influencing patient and physician. Health Educ Q 1992 2.21
16 How good is communication between primary care physicians and subspecialty consultants? Arch Intern Med 1984 2.21
17 Accuracy of racial classification of Vietnamese patients in a population-based cancer registry. Ethn Dis 1998 2.14
18 Self-reported use of cancer screening tests among Latinos and Anglos in a prepaid health plan. Arch Intern Med 1994 2.12
19 Opening pathways to cancer screening for Vietnamese-American women: lay health workers hold a key. Prev Med 1999 1.98
20 The failure of physician education as a cost containment strategy. Report of a prospective controlled trial at a university hospital. JAMA 1984 1.90
21 Cancer screening by primary care physicians. Can we explain the differences? J Fam Pract 1991 1.73
22 Cancer risks and prevention practices among Vietnamese refugees. West J Med 1990 1.68
23 The effectiveness of a media-led intervention to reduce smoking among Vietnamese-American men. Am J Public Health 1997 1.62
24 The sensitivity of conditional choice models for hospital care to estimation technique. J Health Econ 1989 1.57
25 The ravelled sleeve of care. Managing the stresses of residency training. JAMA 1989 1.55
26 Exercise counseling by primary care physicians in the era of managed care. Am J Prev Med 1999 1.51
27 Tobacco use in Vietnam. Prevalence, predictors, and the role of the transnational tobacco corporations. JAMA 1997 1.48
28 The costs and risks of medical care: an annotated bibliography for clinicians and educators. West J Med 1982 1.41
29 Cigarette smoking among Vietnamese immigrants in California. Am J Health Promot 1995 1.39
30 Letter from the Abbey. West J Med 2001 1.39
31 The impact of clinical pharmacists' consultations on physicians' geriatric drug prescribing. A randomized controlled trial. Med Care 1992 1.36
32 Choice of hospital for delivery: a comparison of high-risk and low-risk women. Health Serv Res 1993 1.36
33 Health care access and preventive care among Vietnamese immigrants: do traditional beliefs and practices pose barriers? Soc Sci Med 1996 1.35
34 Secondary syphilis with pulmonary involvement. West J Med 1983 1.31
35 The Cancer Prevention Reminder System. MD Comput 1991 1.29
36 Hospital volume and patient outcomes. The case of hip fracture patients. Med Care 1988 1.28
37 Hepatitis B immunization coverage among Vietnamese-American children 3 to 18 years old. Pediatrics 2000 1.27
38 End-of-life care content in 50 textbooks from multiple specialties. JAMA 2000 1.26
39 Improving primary care residents' proficiency in the diagnosis of skin cancer. J Gen Intern Med 1998 1.26
40 Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of breast and cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese women. J Cancer Educ 1992 1.22
41 Autopsy: moribund art or vital science? Am J Med 1985 1.21
42 Use of automated telephone disease management calls in an ethnically diverse sample of low-income patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999 1.21
43 How house officers cope with their mistakes. West J Med 1993 1.20
44 Training in a primary care internal medicine residency program. The first ten years. JAMA 1987 1.18
45 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with abnormal collagen fibrils, sinus of Valsalva aneurysms, myocardial infarction, panacinar emphysema and cerebral heterotopias. Am J Med 1981 1.15
46 Surgeon volume vs hospital volume: which matters more? JAMA 1989 1.14
47 Doctoring to Heal: fostering well-being among physicians through personal reflection. West J Med 2001 1.13
48 Do house officers learn from their mistakes? Qual Saf Health Care 2003 1.09
49 Beyond breaking bad news: how to help patients who suffer. West J Med 1999 1.07
50 Primary care physicians as gatekeepers in managed care. Primary care physicians' and dermatologists' skills at secondary prevention of skin cancer. Arch Dermatol 1996 1.06
51 Promoting early detection of breast cancer among Vietnamese-American women. Results of a controlled trial. Cancer 2001 1.05
52 Smoking prevalence and factors associated with smoking status among Vietnamese in California. Nicotine Tob Res 2010 1.02
53 Applying the quit & win contest model in the Vietnamese community in Santa Clara county. Tob Control 2000 1.00
54 Knowledge of and compliance with drug regimens in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1982 0.97
55 Changes in patient characteristics and surgical outcomes for coronary artery bypass surgery 1972-82. Am J Public Health 1987 0.96
56 Hospital behavior in a local market context. Med Care Rev 1986 0.94
57 Secondary syphilis: uncommon manifestations of a common disease. West J Med 1984 0.93
58 Three strategies to promote cancer screening. How feasible is wide-scale implementation? Med Care 1990 0.92
59 Market and regulatory influences on the availability of coronary angioplasty and bypass surgery in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med 1987 0.92
60 Training internists in ambulatory settings. Four problems to resolve. Arch Intern Med 1986 0.91
61 Activating patients to practice skin cancer prevention: response to mailed materials from physicians versus HMOs. Am J Prev Med 1997 0.88
62 Promoting cancer prevention activities among Vietnamese physicians in California. J Cancer Educ 2000 0.88
63 Imaging the heart: cardiac scintigraphy and echocardiography in U.S. hospitals (1983). J Nucl Med 1986 0.86
64 Global CNS gene transfer for a childhood neurogenetic enzyme deficiency: Canavan disease. Curr Opin Mol Ther 1999 0.84
65 Psittacosis. West J Med 1987 0.83
66 Hospital competition and surgical length of stay. JAMA 1988 0.82
67 Promoting preventive care: changing reimbursement is not enough. Am J Public Health 1987 0.82
68 Lessons for teaching cost containment. J Med Educ 1984 0.82
69 Preventive care among HIV-positive patients in a general medicine practice. Am J Prev Med 1994 0.81
70 Psychological considerations, growth, and transcendence at the end of life: the art of the possible. JAMA 2001 0.81
71 Cost containment confronts physicians. Ann Intern Med 1984 0.80
72 Aging and its relationship to health knowledge and medication compliance. Gerontologist 1982 0.79
73 The evaluation of anemia. West J Med 1982 0.79
74 An evaluation of the end-of-life care content in leading neurology textbooks. Neurology 2000 0.79
75 Assessing the appropriateness of physician prescribing for geriatric outpatients. Development and testing of an instrument. J Pharm Technol 1993 0.79
76 Hospital competition, cost, and medical practice. J Med Pract Manage 1988 0.78
77 End-of-life literature. Chest 2001 0.78
78 Finding our way--perspectives on care at the close of life. JAMA 2000 0.78
79 End-of-life care content in textbooks. Am J Psychiatry 2001 0.78
80 Modeling the effect of hospital charges and quality on choice. J Health Care Mark 1991 0.77
81 Influence of a "discharge interview" on patient knowledge, compliance, and functional status after hospitalization. Med Care 1983 0.76
82 Marketing tobacco. Public Health Rep 1998 0.75
83 Promoting end-of-life content in cardiology and other textbooks. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 0.75
84 Which hospital services are most overused? Results from a medical audit. West J Med 1985 0.75
85 Computer-assisted preventive care. Time to 'byte' the bullet? Arch Fam Med 1994 0.75
86 Desperately seeking primary prevention. West J Med 1991 0.75
87 Health-care professionals' use of cancer-related patient education materials: a pilot study. J Cancer Educ 1993 0.75
88 End-of-life care. Pediatrics 2001 0.75
89 Hemostatic disorders. Compr Ther 1981 0.75
90 Clinical conferences at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prostatic carcinoma. Johns Hopkins Med J 1978 0.75
91 Community models for cancer prevention and detection. Cancer 1988 0.75
92 Patients' needs at the end of life. J Clin Oncol 2001 0.75
93 Improving end-of-life care information in cardiology and other medical textbooks. Cardiology 2001 0.75
94 Developing workplace health promotion programs through university and corporate collaboration. A review of the Corporate Health Promotion Research Program. Am J Health Promot 1988 0.75
95 Pancreatectomy and autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis. Johns Hopkins Med J 1979 0.75
96 End-of-life care. AIDS 2001 0.75
97 A failing grade for end-of-life content in textbooks: what is to be done? J Palliat Med 1999 0.75
98 Better books: end-of-life care content in best-selling oncology textbooks. Oncology 2001 0.75