Search Results - "CHRISTAKIS, N. A"

Social network determinants of depression by Rosenquist, J N, Fowler, J H, Christakis, N A

“…The etiology of depression has long been thought to include social environmental factors. To quantitatively explore the novel possibility of person-to-person…”
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implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity by Lee, D.-S, Park, J, Kay, K.A, Christakis, N.A, Oltvai, Z.N, Barabási, A.-L

“…Most diseases are the consequence of the breakdown of cellular processes, but the relationships among genetic/epigenetic defects, the molecular interaction…”
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Estimating peer effects on health in social networks: A response to Cohen-Cole and Fletcher; and Trogdon, Nonnemaker, and Pais by Fowler, J.H., Christakis, N.A.

“…A reply by Fowler and Christakis to comments (this issue) on their article "The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years" (The New England…”
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Cancer metastasis networks and the prediction of progression patterns by Chen, L L, Blumm, N, Christakis, N A, Barabási, A-L, Deisboeck, T S

“…Background: Metastasis patterns in cancer vary both spatially and temporally. Network modelling may allow the incorporation of the temporal dimension in the…”
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Prognostic disclosure to patients with cancer near the end of life by LAMONT, Elizabeth B, CHRISTAKIS, Nicholas A

“…Patients' understanding of their prognosis informs numerous medical and nonmedical decisions, but patients with cancer and their physicians often have…”
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Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals by Asch, David A., Jedrziewski, M.Kathryn, Christakis, Nicholas A.

“…Objective. The purpose of this study was to characterize response rates for mail surveys published in medical journals; to determine how the response rate…”
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In search of a good death : Observations of patients, families, and providers by STEINHAUSER, K. E, CLIPP, E. C, MCNEILLY, M, CHRISTAKIS, N. A, MCINTYRE, L. M, TULSKY, J. A

“…Despite a recent increase in the attention given to improving end-of-life care, our understanding of what constitutes a good death is surprisingly lacking. The…”
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Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs by Christakis, Nicholas A, Escarce, José J

“…The primary goal of hospice care is the palliation of patients' physical and mental suffering. Hospice care may offer several advantages over traditional,…”
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Racial disparity in hospice use in the United States in 2002 by Connor, SR, Elwert, F, Spence, C, Christakis, NA

“…We used complete Centers for Disease Control death certificate records and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 100% Standard Analytic File for…”
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Preparing for the End of Life: Preferences of Patients, Families, Physicians, and Other Care Providers by Steinhauser, Karen E., Christakis, Nicholas A., Clipp, Elizabeth C., McNeilly, Maya, Grambow, Steven, Parker, Joanna, Tulsky, James A.

“…To examine patients', families', and health care providers' preferences regarding preparation for the end of life, attributes of preparation were generated in…”
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Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study by Fowler, James H, Christakis, Nicholas A

“…Objectives To evaluate whether happiness can spread from person to person and whether niches of happiness form within social networks.Design Longitudinal…”
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Physician characteristics associated with decisions to withdraw life support by Christakis, N A, Asch, D A

“…This study was undertaken to identify attributes of physicians associated with physicians' decisions to withdraw life support. Of the 862 Pennsylvania…”
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Biases in how physicians choose to withdraw life support by Christakis, N A, Asch, D A

“…We have investigated biases in physicians' decisions regarding the form of life support to withdraw from critically ill patients in whom the decision to…”
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Neighborhoods matter: A population-based study of provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Iwashyna, Theodore J, Christakis, Nicholas A, Becker, Lance B

“…Study objective: Cardiorespiratory resuscitation (CPR) nonprovision—the failure of bystanders to provide CPR to cardiac arrest victims—remains a…”
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The ellipsis of prognosis in modern medical thought by Christakis, Nicholas A.

“…Contemporary textbooks of internal medicine give scant attention to the prognosis of diseases. Has this always been the case? If not, when and why did…”
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The sequence of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from patients by Asch, D A, Faber-Langendoen, K, Shea, J A, Christakis, N A

“…To describe the observed sequence of withdrawal of eight different forms of life-sustaining treatment and to determine whether aspects of those treatments…”
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Ethics are local: engaging cross-cultural variation in the ethics for clinical research by Christakis, N A

“…Relatively little consideration has heretofore been given to the interaction between Western clinical research ethics and non-Western ethical expectations. How…”
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Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patients, Family, Physicians, and Other Care Providers by Steinhauser, Karen E, Christakis, Nicholas A, Clipp, Elizabeth C, McNeilly, Maya, McIntyre, Lauren, Tulsky, James A

“…CONTEXT A clear understanding of what patients, families, and health care practitioners view as important at the end of life is integral to the success of…”
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Timing of referral of terminally ill patients to an outpatient hospice by CHRISTAKIS, N. A

“…Since inordinately long or short lengths of stay at hospice can create problems for patients, providers, and payers, the author sought to identify predictors…”
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Firearm Injury Prevention Counseling: Are We Missing the Mark? by Becher, Elise C, Christakis, Nicholas A

“…To determine whether pediatricians accurately estimate the likelihood of gun ownership among their patients' families. Design. Self-administered, written…”
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