Published in J Palliat Med on February 01, 2006
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Events Leading to Hospital-Related Disenrollment of Home Hospice Patients: A Study of Primary Caregivers' Perspectives. J Palliat Med (2016) 0.75
Hospice agencies' hospital contract status and differing levels of hospice care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2014) 0.75
Caregiver involvement in hospice interdisciplinary team meetings: a case study. J Palliat Care (2008) 0.75
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Efficacy of communication skills training for giving bad news and discussing transitions to palliative care. Arch Intern Med (2007) 5.23
Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2009) 3.77
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Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2010) 3.07
Discordance between patient-predicted and model-predicted life expectancy among ambulatory patients with heart failure. JAMA (2008) 3.01
Approaching difficult communication tasks in oncology. CA Cancer J Clin (2005) 2.80
Communication strategies and cultural issues in the delivery of bad news. J Palliat Med (2007) 2.40
Beyond autonomy: diversifying end-of-life decision-making approaches to serve patients and families. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 2.23
Code status discussions between attending hospitalist physicians and medical patients at hospital admission. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 2.23
Teaching communication skills to medical oncology fellows. J Clin Oncol (2003) 2.22
What explains racial differences in the use of advance directives and attitudes toward hospice care? J Am Geriatr Soc (2008) 2.11
Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research. Palliat Med (2006) 2.11
Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians. JAMA (2002) 2.11
The influence of spiritual beliefs and practices on the treatment preferences of African Americans: a review of the literature. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 2.07
What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program? Soc Sci Med (2007) 2.04
Discussions of the kidney disease trajectory by elderly patients and nephrologists: a qualitative study. Am J Kidney Dis (2012) 1.92
A controlled trial of a short course to improve residents' communication with patients at the end of life. Acad Med (2006) 1.88
Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for surrogates of patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.76
Physician communication techniques and weight loss in adults: Project CHAT. Am J Prev Med (2010) 1.70
Provider-patient communication about antidepressants among veterans with mental health conditions. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother (2007) 1.65
Racial differences in self-reported exposure to information about hospice care. J Palliat Med (2009) 1.62
Racial differences in hospice revocation to pursue aggressive care. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.57
Association of hospice patients' income and care level with place of death. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.57
Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their families. J Palliat Med (2003) 1.56
Reflective teaching practices: an approach to teaching communication skills in a small-group setting. Acad Med (2006) 1.55
Do the five A's work when physicians counsel about weight loss? Fam Med (2011) 1.46
"Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of life. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.45
Recommendations for the ethical conduct of quality improvement. J Clin Ethics (2005) 1.45
Race and residence: intercounty variation in black-white differences in hospice use. J Pain Symptom Manage (2013) 1.44
Faculty development to change the paradigm of communication skills teaching in oncology. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.40
Studying communication in oncologist-patient encounters: the SCOPE Trial. Palliat Med (2006) 1.37
Disparities in pain management between cognitively intact and cognitively impaired nursing home residents. J Pain Symptom Manage (2008) 1.33
Do unmet expectations for specific tests, referrals, and new medications reduce patients' satisfaction? J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.32
Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition: results of a multi-institutional U.S. survey. Fertil Steril (2008) 1.30
Patient-oncologist communication in advanced cancer: predictors of patient perception of prognosis. Support Care Cancer (2008) 1.27
Do preparation and life completion discussions improve functioning and quality of life in seriously ill patients? Pilot randomized control trial. J Palliat Med (2008) 1.26
Effects of counseling techniques on patients' weight-related attitudes and behaviors in a primary care clinic. Patient Educ Couns (2011) 1.24
Communication skills training for dialysis decision-making and end-of-life care in nephrology. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2012) 1.20
Ethnic differences in the place of death of elderly hospice enrollees. J Am Geriatr Soc (2005) 1.19
Empathic responses in clinical practice: intuition or tuition? CMAJ (2011) 1.16
Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000. Am J Hosp Palliat Care (2008) 1.15
Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.15
Resident approaches to advance care planning on the day of hospital admission. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.13
Objectives for advance care planning. J Palliat Med (2002) 1.12
Physician empathy and listening: associations with patient satisfaction and autonomy. J Am Board Fam Med (2011) 1.11
Timing of end-of-life care discussion with performance on end-of-life quality indicators in ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol (2013) 1.07
Factors that affect infertility patients' decisions about disposition of frozen embryos. Fertil Steril (2006) 1.07
Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life. J Palliat Med (2002) 1.06
Teen CHAT: Development and utilization of a web-based intervention to improve physician communication with adolescents about healthy weight. Patient Educ Couns (2013) 1.05
Advance care planning by proxy for residents of long-term care facilities who lack decision-making capacity. J Am Geriatr Soc (2002) 1.04
Interprofessional communication skills training for serious illness: evaluation of a small-group, simulated patient intervention. J Palliat Med (2013) 1.03
Measuring quality of life at the end of life: validation of the QUAL-E. Palliat Support Care (2004) 1.02
Negative emotions in cancer care: do oncologists' responses depend on severity and type of emotion? Patient Educ Couns (2008) 1.01
Behind closed doors: management of patient expectations in primary care practices. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.01
Evolution in measuring the quality of dying. J Palliat Med (2002) 1.00
Communication at times of transitions: how to help patients cope with loss and re-define hope. Cancer J (2006) 0.99
How oncologists and their patients with advanced cancer communicate about health-related quality of life. Psychooncology (2010) 0.98
Comparing three life-limiting diseases: does diagnosis matter or is sick, sick? J Pain Symptom Manage (2011) 0.97
Which domains of spirituality are associated with anxiety and depression in patients with advanced illness? J Gen Intern Med (2011) 0.96
Evaluation of a novel individualised communication-skills training intervention to improve doctors' confidence and skills in end-of-life communication. Palliat Med (2012) 0.96
Measuring the quality of dying in long-term care. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 0.94
"What concerns me is..." Expression of emotion by advanced cancer patients during outpatient visits. Support Care Cancer (2007) 0.93
Burden and well-being among a diverse sample of cancer, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caregivers. J Pain Symptom Manage (2012) 0.92
Intensive communication skills teaching for specialist training in palliative medicine: development and evaluation of an experiential workshop. J Palliat Med (2012) 0.92
Dreaded conversations: moving beyond discomfort in patient-physician communication. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 0.92
Primary care physicians' discussions of weight-related topics with overweight and obese adolescents: results from the Teen CHAT Pilot study. J Adolesc Health (2009) 0.92
Development and preliminary evaluation of a telephone-based coping skills training intervention for survivors of acute lung injury and their informal caregivers. Intensive Care Med (2012) 0.92
What are physicians' and patients' beliefs about diet, weight, exercise, and smoking cessation counseling? Prev Med (2010) 0.90
Use of and reactions to a tailored CD-ROM designed to enhance oncologist-patient communication: the SCOPE trial intervention. Patient Educ Couns (2009) 0.90
Seriously ill patients' discussions of preparation and life completion: an intervention to assist with transition at the end of life. Palliat Support Care (2009) 0.89
On saying goodbye: acknowledging the end of the patient-physician relationship with patients who are near death. Ann Intern Med (2005) 0.88
Racial differences in the growth of noncancer diagnoses among hospice enrollees. J Pain Symptom Manage (2007) 0.88
Smoking is bad for babies: obstetric care providers' use of best practice smoking cessation counseling techniques. Am J Health Promot (2013) 0.88
End-of-life care in nursing home settings: do race or age matter? Palliat Support Care (2008) 0.86
How do non-physician clinicians respond to advanced cancer patients' negative expressions of emotions? Support Care Cancer (2010) 0.86
Can metaphors and analogies improve communication with seriously ill patients? J Palliat Med (2010) 0.86
Manualized communication interventions to enhance palliative care research and training: rigorous, testable approaches. J Palliat Med (2006) 0.85
Is a home-care network necessary to access the Medicare hospice benefit? J Palliat Med (2009) 0.85
It's time to have 'the talk': cost communication and patient-centered care. Oncology (Williston Park) (2014) 0.85
Oncologist patient-centered communication with patients with advanced cancer: exploring whether race or socioeconomic status matter. Palliat Med (2009) 0.85
Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency. Patient Prefer Adherence (2008) 0.85
When praise is worth considering in a difficult conversation. Lancet (2010) 0.84
Caregiver experience during advanced chronic illness and last year of life. J Am Geriatr Soc (2014) 0.83
Coping styles, health status and advance care planning in patients with hematologic malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma (2011) 0.83
What is your understanding of your illness? A communication tool to explore patients' perspectives of living with advanced illness. J Gen Intern Med (2012) 0.83
Racial differences in location before hospice enrollment and association with hospice length of stay. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 0.82
Racial differences in next-of-kin participation in an ongoing survey of satisfaction with end-of-life care: a study of a study. J Palliat Med (2006) 0.82
An integrative approach to advanced kidney disease in the elderly. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis (2010) 0.82
Hope and hubris. J Palliat Med (2002) 0.81
Information giving and receiving in hematological malignancy consultations. Psychooncology (2011) 0.81
The utility of cost discussions between patients with cancer and oncologists. Am J Manag Care (2015) 0.81
Can physicians accurately predict which patients will lose weight, improve nutrition and increase physical activity? Fam Pract (2012) 0.81
Predictors of weight loss communication in primary care encounters. Patient Educ Couns (2011) 0.80