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Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health by WRIGHT, Alexi A, KEATING, Nancy L, BALBONI, Tracy A, MATULONIS, Ursula A, BLOCK, Susan D, PRIGERSON, Holly G

“…To determine whether the place of death for patients with cancer is associated with patients' quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EOL) and psychiatric…”
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End-of-Life Discussions, Goal Attainment, and Distress at the End of Life: Predictors and Outcomes of Receipt of Care Consistent With Preferences by MACK, Jennifer W, WEEKS, Jane C, WRIGHT, Alexi A, BLOCK, Susan D, PRIGERSON, Holly G

“…Physicians have an ethical obligation to honor patients' values for care, including at the end of life (EOL). We sought to evaluate factors that help patients…”
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A Systematic Intervention To Improve Serious Illness Communication In Primary Care by Lakin, Joshua R, Koritsanszky, Luca A, Cunningham, Rebecca, Maloney, Francine L, Neal, Brandon J, Paladino, Joanna, Palmor, Marissa C, Vogeli, Christine, Ferris, Timothy G, Block, Susan D, Gawande, Atul A, Bernacki, Rachelle E

“…Improving communication about goals and values for patients with advancing serious illness nearing the end of life is a key opportunity to improve the value of…”
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Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life by BALBONI, Tracy A, VANDERWERKER, Lauren C, BLOCK, Susan D, PAULK, M. Elizabeth, LATHAN, Christopher S, PETEET, John R, PRIGERSON, Holly G

“…Religion and spirituality play a role in coping with illness for many cancer patients. This study examined religiousness and spiritual support in advanced…”
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Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients With Advanced Cancer: Associations With Medical Care and Quality of Life Near Death by BALBONI, Tracy Anne, ELIZABETH PAULK, Mary, BALBONI, Michael J, PHELPS, Andrea C, TRICE LOGGERS, Elizabeth, WRIGHT, Alexi A, BLOCK, Susan D, LEWIS, Eldrin F, PETEET, John R, GWEN PRIGERSON, Holly

“…To determine whether spiritual care from the medical team impacts medical care received and quality of life (QoL) at the end of life (EoL) and to examine these…”
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Cancer: Impact of Terminal Illness Acknowledgment, Religiousness, and Treatment Preferences by SMITH, Alexander K, MCCARTHY, Ellen P, PAULK, Elizabeth, BALBONI, Tracy A, MACIEJEWSKI, Paul K, BLOCK, Susan D, PRIGERSON, Holly G

“…Despite well-documented racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning (ACP), we know little about why these differences exist. This study tested…”
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An emergency department nurse led intervention to facilitate serious illness conversations among seriously ill older adults: A feasibility study by Ouchi, Kei, Lee, Rachel S., Block, Susan D., Aaronson, Emily L., Hasdianda, Mohammad A., Wang, Wei, Rossmassler, Sarah, Palan Lopez, Ruth, Berry, Donna, Sudore, Rebecca, Schonberg, Mara A., Tulsky, James A.

“…Background: Serious illness conversations may lead to care consistent with patients’ goals near the end of life. The emergency department could serve as an…”
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Measuring critical deficits in shared decision making before elective surgery by Ankuda, Claire K, Block, Susan D, Cooper, Zara, Correll, Darin J, Hepner, David L, Lasic, Morana, Gawande, Atul A, Bader, Angela M

“…Abstract Objective Identifying patient factors correlated with specific needs in preoperative decision making is of clinical and ethical importance. We…”
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Trends in the Aggressiveness of Cancer Care Near the End of Life by EARLE, Craig C, NEVILLE, Bridget A, LANDRUM, Mary Beth, AYANIAN, John Z, BLOCK, Susan D, WEEKS, Jane C

“…To characterize the aggressiveness of end-of-life cancer treatment for older adults on Medicare, and its relationship to the availability of healthcare…”
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Am I Doing the Right Thing? Provider Perspectives on Improving Palliative Care in the Emergency Department by Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Fisher, Jonathan, MD, Schonberg, Mara A., MD, MPH, Pallin, Daniel J., MD, MPH, Block, Susan D., MD, Forrow, Lachlan, MD, Phillips, Russell S., MD, McCarthy, Ellen P., PhD, MPH

“…Study objective Although the focus of emergency care is on the diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries or the stabilization of patients for…”
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Influence of patients' preferences and treatment site on cancer patients' end‐of‐life care by Wright, Alexi A., Mack, Jennifer W., Kritek, Patricia A., Balboni, Tracy A., Massaro, Anthony F., Matulonis, Ursula A., Block, Susan D., Prigerson, Holly G.

“…BACKGROUND: Research suggests that patients' end‐of‐life (EOL) care is determined primarily by the medical resources available, and not by patient preferences…”
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Communication about serious illness care goals: a review and synthesis of best practices by Bernacki, Rachelle E, Block, Susan D

“…An understanding of patients' care goals in the context of a serious illness is an essential element of high-quality care, allowing clinicians to align the…”
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The relationship of spiritual concerns to the quality of life of advanced cancer patients: preliminary findings by Winkelman, William D, Lauderdale, Katharine, Balboni, Michael J, Phelps, Andrea C, Peteet, John R, Block, Susan D, Kachnic, Lisa A, VanderWeele, Tyler J, Balboni, Tracy A

“…Religion and/or spirituality (R/S) have increasingly been recognized as key elements in patients' experience of advanced illness. This study examines the…”
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Emergency department-based, nurse-initiated, serious illness conversation intervention for older adults: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Prachanukool, Thidathit, Block, Susan D, Berry, Donna, Lee, Rachel S, Rossmassler, Sarah, Hasdianda, Mohammad A, Wang, Wei, Sudore, Rebecca, Schonberg, Mara A, Tulsky, James A, Ouchi, Kei

“…Visits to the emergency department (ED) are inflection points in patients' illness trajectories and are an underutilized setting to engage seriously ill…”
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Evaluating claims-based indicators of the intensity of end-of-life cancer care by Earle, Craig C., Neville, Bridget A., Landrum, Mary Beth, Souza, Jeffrey M., Weeks, Jane C., Block, Susan D., Grunfeld, Eva, Ayanian, John Z.

“…Objective. To evaluate measures that could use existing administrative data to assess the intensity of end-of-life cancer care. Methods. Benchmarking standards…”
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A qualitative study of oncologists' approaches to end-of-life care by Jackson, Vicki A, Mack, Jennifer, Matsuyama, Robin, Lakoma, Mathew D, Sullivan, Amy M, Arnold, Robert M, Weeks, Jane C, Block, Susan D

“…To understand how oncologists provide care at the end of life, the emotions they experience in the provision of this care, and how caring for dying patients…”
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Emergency Department Experiences of Acutely Symptomatic Patients With Terminal Illness and Their Family Caregivers by Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Schonberg, Mara A., MD, MPH, Fisher, Jonathan, MD, Pallin, Daniel J., MD, MPH, Block, Susan D., MD, Forrow, Lachlan, MD, McCarthy, Ellen P., PhD, MPH

“…Abstract Context Despite increased focus on improving palliative care in the emergency department (ED), there is little research on how to best address the…”
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Prolonged grief disorder: Psychometric validation of criteria proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11 by Prigerson, Holly G, Horowitz, Mardi J, Jacobs, Selby C, Parkes, Colin M, Aslan, Mihaela, Goodkin, Karl, Raphael, Beverley, Marwit, Samuel J, Wortman, Camille, Neimeyer, Robert A, Bonanno, George A, Bonanno, George, Block, Susan D, Kissane, David, Boelen, Paul, Maercker, Andreas, Litz, Brett T, Johnson, Jeffrey G, First, Michael B, Maciejewski, Paul K

“…Bereavement is a universal experience, and its association with excess morbidity and mortality is well established. Nevertheless, grief becomes a serious…”
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Phase II Study: Integrated Palliative Care in Newly Diagnosed Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients by TEMEL, Jennifer S, JACKSON, Vicki A, PIRL, William F, LYNCH, Thomas J, BILLINGS, J. Andrew, DAHLIN, Constance, BLOCK, Susan D, BUSS, Mary K, OSTLER, Patricia, FIDIAS, Panos, MUZIKANSKY, Alona, GREER, Joseph A

“…To assess the feasibility of early palliative care in the ambulatory setting in patients with newly diagnosed advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)…”
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“It Depends”: Viewpoints of Patients, Physicians, and Nurses on Patient-Practitioner Prayer in the Setting of Advanced Cancer by Balboni, Michael J., PhD, ThM, Babar, Amenah, MPH, Dillinger, Jennifer, MDiv, Phelps, Andrea C., MD, George, Emily, RN, MPH, Block, Susan D., MD, Kachnic, Lisa, MD, Hunt, Jessica, BA, Peteet, John, MD, Prigerson, Holly G., PhD, VanderWeele, Tyler J., PhD, Balboni, Tracy A., MD, MPH

“…Abstract Context Although prayer potentially serves as an important practice in offering religious/spiritual support, its role in the clinical setting remains…”
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