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Does palliative care improve outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS? A systematic review of the evidence by HARDING, R, KARUS, D, EASTERBROOK, P, RAVEIS, V. H, HIGGINSON, I. J, MARCONI, K

“…The need for palliative care in HIV management is underlined by the high prevalence of pain and symptoms, the toxicity, side effects, and virological failure…”
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Correlates of depressive symptomatology among adult daughter caregivers of a parent with cancer by Raveis, Victoria H., Karus, Daniel G., Siegel, Karolynn

“…BACKGROUND As a consequence of advances and changes in the detection and treatment of cancer, increasing demands are being placed on familial caregivers of…”
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Racial differences in attitudes toward protease inhibitors among older HIV-infected men by Siegel, K., Karus, D., Schrimshaw, E. W.

“…Recent advances in the treatment of HIV infection, particularly those associated with the advent of a new class of medications - protease inhibitors (PIs) -…”
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Testing and treatment behaviour of HIV-infected women: White, African-American, Puerto Rican comparisons by SIEGEL, K., KARUS, D., RAVEIS, V.H.

“…Findings from a study of the testing and treatment behaviour and experiences of African-American ( n=31), Puerto Rican ( n=30) and non-Hispanic white ( n= 23)…”
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AGING WITH HIV/AIDS: PRIORITIES AND GOALS OF CARE APPROACHING THE END-OF-LIFE by Raveis, V, Carrero, M, Karus, D, Selwyn, P

“…Although HIV continues to evolve as a treatable chronic disease, aging with HIV still carries a burden of significant morbidity and mortality. Limited…”
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OLDER ADULTS WITH ADVANCED HIV/AIDS AND THEIR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS’ COMMUNICATION ON END-OF-LIFE CARE by Raveis, V.H., Carrero, M., Karus, D., Selwyn, P.A.

“…Little is known about the priorities and end-of-life care preferences of older adults living with advanced HIV/ADS, although palliative and end-of-life issues…”
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Reducing the prevalence of unmet needs for concrete services of patients with cancer. Evaluation of a computerized telephone outreach system by Siegel, K, Mesagno, F P, Karus, D G, Christ, G

“…A two-stage study was undertaken of outpatients with advanced cancer who were receiving chemotherapy. In Stage 1 of the study, their needs for practical…”
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Psychosocial Characteristics of New York City HIV-Infected Women Before and After the Advent of HAART by Siegel, Karolynn, Karus, Daniel, Dean, Laura

“…We compared level of psychosocial distress of HIV-infected women living in New York City before the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with…”
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Elderly Cancer Patients: Correlates of Depressive Symptomatology by Raveis, Victoria H., Karus, Daniel G.

“…As more elderly people experience a cancer diagnosis and live longer, the psychological sequelae of the disease and its treatment increasingly becomes a…”
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Late-Stage HIV/AIDS Patients' and Their Familial Caregivers' Agreement on the Palliative Care Outcome Scale by Krug, Rachel, MA, Karus, Daniel, MS, Selwyn, Peter A., MD, MPH, Raveis, Victoria H., PhD

“…Abstract This study compares the self-assessments of 67 late-stage HIV/AIDS patients regarding their symptomatology, sense of self-worth, and several other…”
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Patient Reports of Symptoms and Their Treatment at Three Palliative Care Projects Servicing Individuals with HIV/AIDS by Karus, Daniel, Raveis, Victoria H., Alexander, Carla, Hanna, Barbara, Selwyn, Peter, Marconi, Katherine, Higginson, Irene

“…Self-reports of 32 symptoms and their treatments were obtained from patients of three palliative care programs that provide services to seriously ill HIV…”
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Child survivors of parental death from cancer or suicide: depressive and behavioral outcomes by Pfeffer, Cynthia R., Karus, Daniel, Siegel, Karolynn, Jiang, Hong

“…Depressive symptoms, social competence, and behavior problems of prepubescent children bereaved within 18 months of parental death from cancer (57 families, 64…”
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Access and equity in HIV/AIDS palliative care: a review of the evidence and responses by Harding, Richard, Easterbrook, Philippa, Higginson, Irene J, Karus, Dan, Raveis, Victoria H, Marconi, Katherine

“…The high prevalence of pain and other symptoms throughout the HIV disease trajectory, the need for management of side effects related to antiretroviral…”
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Children's Psychological Distress Following the Death of a Parent by Raveis, Victoria H, Karus, Daniel, Siegel, Karolynn

“…Data from 83 families with schoolage children in which a parent had died of cancer during the preceding 19 months indicate that the child's perception of the…”
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Adjustment of children facing the death of a parent due to cancer by Siegel, K, Karus, D, Raveis, V H

“…To compare predeath and postdeath levels of depression and anxiety reported by a sample of children who lost a parent to cancer ("study children") with the…”
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Cocaine use in young adulthood: patterns of use and psychosocial correlates by Kandel, D B, Murphy, D, Karus, D

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New Jersey's Medicaid waiver for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Merzel, C, Crystal, S, Sambamoorthi, U, Karus, D, Kurland, C

“…This article contains data from a study of New Jersey's home and community-based Medicaid waiver program for persons with symptomatic human immunodeficiency…”
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Racial differences in attitudes toward protease inhibitors among older HIV-infected men : New Therapies by SIEGEL, K, KARUS, D, SCHRIMSHAW, E. W

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Psychosocial adjustment of children with a terminally ill parent by Siegel, K, Mesagno, F P, Karus, D, Christ, G, Banks, K, Moynihan, R

“…Although a substantial number of children experience serious parental illness and death, the adjustment problems attendant to the stress of having a fatally…”
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Correlates of Anxiety Among Adult Daughter Caregivers to a Parent with Cancer by Raveis, Victoria H., Karus, Daniel, Pretter, Sheindy

“…Understanding the factors that increase adult caregiving daughters' vulnerability to poor psychological functioning and thereby threaten their ability to…”
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