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Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care Between Black and White Adults With Metastatic Cancer by Perry, Laura M., Walsh, Leah E., Horswell, Ronald, Miele, Lucio, Chu, San, Melancon, Brian, Lefante, John, Blais, Christopher M., Rogers, James L., Hoerger, Michael

“…The comfort of patients with cancer near the end of life (EOL) is often undermined by unnecessary and burdensome treatments. There is a need for more research…”
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Anxiety, depression, and end‐of‐life care utilization in adults with metastatic cancer by Mossman, Brenna, Perry, Laura M., Walsh, Leah E., Gerhart, James, Malhotra, Sonia, Horswell, Ronald, Chu, San, Raines, Amanda M., Lefante, John, Blais, Christopher M., Miele, Lucio, Melancon, Brian, Alonzi, Sarah, Voss, Hallie, Freestone, Lily, Dunn, Addison, Hoerger, Michael

“…Objective End‐of‐life care for patients with cancer is often overly burdensome, and palliative and hospice care are underutilized. The objective of this study…”
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The role of palliative care at the end of life by Rome, Robin B, Luminais, Hillary H, Bourgeois, Deborah A, Blais, Christopher M

“…The goal of palliative care is to relieve the suffering of patients and their families by the comprehensive assessment and treatment of physical, psychosocial,…”
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Primary palliative care for the general internist: integrating goals of care discussions into the outpatient setting by Ahia, Chad L, Blais, Christopher M

“…Primary palliative care consists of the palliative care competencies required of all primary care clinicians. Included in these competencies is the ability to…”
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Bioethics in practice: a quarterly column about medical ethics - assessment of patients' capacity to make medical decisions by Blais, Christopher M

“…Before considering a surrogate decisionmaker, one must first determine the patient's capacity to make medical decisions: the basis of the concept with which we…”
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Bioethics in practice - a quarterly column about medical ethics: ebola and medical ethics - ethical challenges in the management of contagious infectious diseases by Blais, Christopher M, White, Janet L

“…In the wake of the subsequent Ebola scare, the American healthcare profession and the government responded with the development of rigorous protocols and…”
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A rare case of Candida arthritis in a hemodialysis patient by Kathresal, Amarnath, Biundo, Joseph, Blais, Christopher M, Morse, Stephen, Reisin, Efrain

“…Patients on maintenance hemodialysis are particularly prone to opportunistic infections because of their increased exposure to antibiotics, frequent vascular…”
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Teaching palliative care in the intensive care unit: how to break the news by Seoane, Leonardo, Bourgeois, Deborah A, Blais, Christopher M, Rome, Robin B, Luminais, Hillary H, Taylor, David E

“…Palliative care education is often lacking in graduate medical education curricula. Studies show that many physicians are uncomfortable discussing end-of-life…”
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Racial disparities in end-of-life care among Louisiana cancer decedents in a population-based study from 2011-2017 by Perry, Laura M, Walsh, Leah E., Horswell, Ronald, Miele, Lucio, Chu, San, Melancon, Brian, Lefante, John, Blais, Christopher M., Hoerger, Michael

“…Abstract only 46 Background: Cancer patients’ comfort near the end of life is often undermined by unnecessary aggressive treatments. Furthermore, Black adults…”
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The ABCs of MOC and Exam Prep (P08) by Blais, Christopher M., Pomerantz, Daniel, Paniagua, Miguel A., Mazzurco, Lauren, Skavinski, Kira

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Ebola and Medical Ethics - Ethical Challenges in the Management of Contagious Infectious Diseases by Blais, Christopher M, White, Janet L

“…This article discusses several of the ethical challenges healthcare workers encounter when considering the safest and most effective means to evaluate and…”
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Education does pay off: pneumococcal vaccine screening and administration in hospitalized adult patients with pneumonia by Kruspe, Rachel, Lillis, Rebecca, Daberkow, 2nd, Dayton W, Blais, Christopher M, Wilbright, Wayne, Gupta, Shaminder, Gould, Cynthia A, Sun, Tony, Martinez, Jorge A, deBoisblanc, Ben, Ladabaum, Uri, Sanders, Charles V, Lopez, Fred A

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated infections are an important cause of hospitalization and mortality in high-risk and elderly patients. Even in the setting…”
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Keeping Up With a Changing Epidemic: Reconnecting an Aging HIV-Infected Population to Palliative Care Services (SA508) by Selwyn, Peter, MD MPH, Merlin, Jessica, MD MBA, Hutton, Nancy, MD FAAP FAAHPM, Blais, Christopher, MD MPH FACP FAAHPM, Deamant, Catherine, MD, Maingi, Shail, MD

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Palliative Care for Patients With HIV: Challenges and Controversies (509) by Blais, Christopher, MD MPH FACP FAAHPM, Selwyn, Peter, MD MPH, Tucker, Rodney, MD MMM FAAHPM, Hutton, Nancy, MD FAAP FAAHPM, Merlin, Jessica, MD MBA

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