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Stewart C Alexander

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1 Efficacy of communication skills training for giving bad news and discussing transitions to palliative care. Arch Intern Med 2007 5.23
2 Oncologist communication about emotion during visits with patients with advanced cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007 3.07
3 Enhancing communication between oncologists and patients with a computer-based training program: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2011 1.78
4 Physician communication techniques and weight loss in adults: Project CHAT. Am J Prev Med 2010 1.70
5 Studying communication in oncologist-patient encounters: the SCOPE Trial. Palliat Med 2006 1.37
6 Empathy goes a long way in weight loss discussions. J Fam Pract 2007 1.29
7 Patient-oncologist communication in advanced cancer: predictors of patient perception of prognosis. Support Care Cancer 2008 1.27
8 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
9 Effects of counseling techniques on patients' weight-related attitudes and behaviors in a primary care clinic. Patient Educ Couns 2011 1.24
10 Decision making and quality of life in the treatment of cancer: a review. Support Care Cancer 2008 1.19
11 Communicating and understanding the purpose of pediatric phase I cancer trials. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.14
12 Physician empathy and listening: associations with patient satisfaction and autonomy. J Am Board Fam Med 2011 1.11
13 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
14 Interprofessional communication skills training for serious illness: evaluation of a small-group, simulated patient intervention. J Palliat Med 2013 1.03
15 Communication practices in physician decision-making for an unstable critically ill patient with end-stage cancer. J Palliat Med 2010 1.03
16 Negative emotions in cancer care: do oncologists' responses depend on severity and type of emotion? Patient Educ Couns 2008 1.01
17 How oncologists and their patients with advanced cancer communicate about health-related quality of life. Psychooncology 2010 0.98
18 "What concerns me is..." Expression of emotion by advanced cancer patients during outpatient visits. Support Care Cancer 2007 0.93
19 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
20 Patients' reflections on communication in the second-opinion hematology-oncology consultation. Patient Educ Couns 2009 0.91
21 What are physicians' and patients' beliefs about diet, weight, exercise, and smoking cessation counseling? Prev Med 2010 0.90
22 Palliative care communication: linking patients' prognoses, values, and goals of care. Res Nurs Health 2013 0.90
23 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
24 Smoking is bad for babies: obstetric care providers' use of best practice smoking cessation counseling techniques. Am J Health Promot 2013 0.88
25 Can metaphors and analogies improve communication with seriously ill patients? J Palliat Med 2010 0.86
26 Oncologist patient-centered communication with patients with advanced cancer: exploring whether race or socioeconomic status matter. Palliat Med 2009 0.85
27 Can physicians accurately predict which patients will lose weight, improve nutrition and increase physical activity? Fam Pract 2012 0.81
28 Predictors of weight loss communication in primary care encounters. Patient Educ Couns 2011 0.80
29 Comparing oncologist, nurse, and physician assistant attitudes toward discussions of negative emotions with patients. J Physician Assist Educ 2010 0.79
30 The influence of physician communication style on overweight patients' perceptions of length of encounter and physician being rushed. Fam Med 2012 0.79
31 Do patient attributes predict oncologist empathic responses and patient perceptions of empathy? Support Care Cancer 2009 0.77
32 Accuracy and congruence of patient and physician weight-related discussions: from project CHAT (Communicating Health: Analyzing Talk). J Am Board Fam Med 2014 0.77
33 Effect of patient and patient-oncologist relationship characteristics on communication about health-related quality of life. Psychooncology 2010 0.76