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Meeting the imperative to improve physician well-being : Assessment of an innovative program by DUNN, Patrick M, ARNETZ, Bengt B, CHRISTENSEN, John F, HOMER, Louis

“…Improving physician health and performance is critical to successfully meet the challenges facing health systems that increasingly emphasize productivity…”
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A Prospective Study of the Efficacy of the Physician Order Form for Life-Sustaining Treatment by Tolle, Susan W., Tilden, Virginia P., Nelson, Christine A., Dunn, Patrick M.

“…OBJECTIVES: The Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST), a comprehensive, one‐page order form, was developed to convey preferences for…”
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A method to communicate patient preferences about medically indicated life-sustaining treatment in the out-of-hospital setting by Dunn, P M, Schmidt, T A, Carley, M M, Donius, M, Weinstein, M A, Dull, V T

“…Patient preferences for life-sustaining treatment are frequently unknown at critical moments, which often results in clinicians providing treatment that is not…”
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Survival Rates and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Borzotta, Anthony, Lipman, Grant, Dunn, Patrick M

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Pulmonary embolism aggravated by two short flights 3 days apart by Grossman, Charles M, White, Jocelyn C, Dunn, Patrick M

“…An elderly internist experienced aggravation of preexisting pulmonary emboli following each of two short flights of 75 min apiece 3 d apart. A brief discussion…”
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P-237: Measurement of the Picture Contrast Enhancement of Gray Projection Screens by Rudd, Michael J., Dunn, Patrick M., Gemmer, Eric C.

“…It is well known that in a home theater, a gray screen can often render a picture with a higher contrast than can a white screen. However, until now, the…”
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Counter-Detailing by Levinson, Wendy, Dunn, Patrick M

“…To the Editor.—Physicians and medical residents are constantly approached by pharmaceutical representatives who are skilled in marketing their company's…”
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Roentgenograms in Pericardial Effusion by Dunn, Patrick M, MacNichol, Jennifer, Krekeler, Mona M, Rotter, Steven M, Brown, Katherine

“…To the Editor.—We appreciate the methods used by Heinsimer et al1 in their article entitled "Supine Cross-Table Lateral Chest Roentgenogram for the Detection…”
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The heart of darkness: the impact of perceived mistakes on physicians by CHRISTENSEN, J. F, LEVINSON, W, DUNN, P. M

“…To describe how physicians think and feel about their perceived mistakes, to examine how physicians' prior beliefs and manners of coping with mistakes may…”
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The lack of effect of clinical information on electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction by Dunn, P M, Levinson, W

“…It is widely held that the interpretation of a diagnostic test can be biased by clinical information. Many clinicians are cautious about providing information…”
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Nonassociation of caffeine and fibrocystic breast disease by Levinson, W, Dunn, P M

“…Fibrocystic breast disease (FBD) is common in women. Caffeine-containing foods and beverages have been implicated as a cause of FBD or as an important factor…”
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What's in This For You? What's in This For Me?: A Win-Win Perspective of Involving Study Advisory Committee Members in Palliative Care Research by Booker-Vaughns, Juanita, Rosini, Dawn, Batra, Romilla, Chan, Garrett K, Dunn, Patrick, Galvin, Robert, Hopkins, 3rd, Ernest, Isaacs, Eric, Kizzie-Gillett, Constance L, Maguire, Margaret, Navarro, Martha, Reddy Pidatala, Neha, Vaughan, William, Welsh, Sally, Williams, Pluscedia, Young-Brinn, Angela, Van Allen, Kaitlyn, Cuthel, Allison M, Liddicoat Yamarik, Rebecca, Flannery, Mara, Goldfeld, Keith S, Grudzen, Corita R

“…Study advisory committees (SACs) provide critical value to clinical trials by providing unique perspectives that pull from personal and professional…”
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Discussing futility with patients and families by DUNN, P. M, LEVINSON, W

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Coping With Fallibility by Levinson, Wendy, Dunn, Patrick M

“…Discussing mistakes honestly with a trusted colleague or group of colleages represents the best method that physicians can use to deal with their feelings of…”
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How much is enough? by Dunn, Patrick M, Rosson, Constance L

“…In a 1999 survey of Oregon physicians, the Oregon Medical Association found that two thirds of its members consider the practice of medicine less satisfying…”
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A practical instrument to evaluate ethics consultations by White, J C, Dunn, P M, Homer, L

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Nursing's perspective on improving communication about nursing home residents' preferences for medical treatments at end of life by Tilden, Virginia P., Nelson, Christine A., Dunn, Patrick M., Donius, Maggie, Tolle, Susan W.

“…Oregon has developed a concise, 1-page medical order form, now widely used in nursing homes and hospice programs throughout the state, that conveys individual…”
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Unique educational program in critical care medicine for the general internist by DUNN, P. M, KAYNARD, J

“…To determine the effect of a unique educational program in critical care medicine on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills of general internists who care for…”
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House Staff Attitudes toward Psychosocial Aspects of Patient Care by Levinson, Wendy

“…Attitudes of 120 residents from three teaching hospitals about psychosocial aspects of patient care and the feasibility of teaching psychosocial skills to…”
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Medical ethics: an annotated bibliography by Dunn, P M, Gallagher, T H, Hodges, M O, Prendergast, T J, Rubenfeld, G D, Tolle, S W, Lo, B

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