Search Results - "Uman, G."

Oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature by Anderson, C, Uman, G, Pigazzi, A

“…Abstract Aim To review and compare the oncologic outcomes in patients with rectal cancer undergoing laparoscopic vs. open rectal surgery. Methods An electronic…”
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1547 Interdisciplinary palliative care for lung cancer patients and family caregivers by Koczywas, M, Sun, V, Hurria, A, Cristea, M, Raz, D.J, Kim, J.Y, Reckamp, K, Zachariah, F, Williams, A.C, Borneman, T, Fujinami, R, Del Ferraro, C, Uman, G, Ferrell, B

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Effects of a cancer genetics education programme on clinician knowledge and practice by Blazer, K R, Grant, M, Sand, S R, MacDonald, D J, Uman, G C, Weitzel, J N

“…Background: Many clinicians lack adequate knowledge about emerging standards of care related to genetic cancer risk assessment and the features of hereditary…”
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Palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer by Koczywas, M, Ferrell, B, Reckamp, K, Cristea, M, Tiep, B, Tarcatu, D, Thomas, J, Grannis, F, Uman, G

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Urinary Incontinence Treatment Preferences in Long-Term Care by Johnson II, Theodore M., Ouslander, Joseph G., Uman, Gwen C., Schnelle, John F.

“…OBJECTIVE: To elicit preferences for different urinary incontinence (UI) treatments in long‐term care (LTC) from groups likely to serve as proxy decision…”
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Genetic discrimination: the clinician perspective by Nedelcu, R, Blazer, KR, Schwerin, BU, Gambol, P, Mantha, P, Uman, GC, Weitzel, JN

“…Clinicians attending continuing education sessions in California were surveyed about their beliefs and attitudes regarding genetic discrimination and their…”
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Beyond the Supreme Court decision: nursing perspectives on end-of-life care by Ferrell, B, Virani, R, Grant, M, Coyne, P, Uman, G

“…To describe nurses' views of care of the terminally ill. Descriptive cross-sectional survey. 300 nurses who completed a survey published in Nursing98 and…”
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Information needs in office practice: are they being met? by Covell, D G, Uman, G C, Manning, P R

“…We studied the self-reported information needs of 47 physicians during a half day of typical office practice. The physicians raised 269 questions about patient…”
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Selecting Nursing Home Residents for Satisfaction Surveys by Simmons, Sandra F., Schnelle, John F., Uman, Gwen C., Kulvicki, Alayne D., Lee, Kyung-Ok H., Ouslander, Joseph G.

“…Many cognitively impaired nursing home (NH) residents are excluded from interviews measuring quality of life or care based on the belief that these residents…”
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Health Beliefs of Women With and Without Breast Cancer Seeking Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment by MacDonald, Deborah J, Sarna, Linda, Uman, Gwen C, Grant, Marcia, Weitzel, Jeffrey N

“…Genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA) is increasingly being incorporated into clinical care. Planning supportive nursing care for women seeking GCRA requires…”
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Where's Gertrude? by Uman, Gwen C.

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Directions for AIDS Education for Hispanic Women Based on Analyses of Survey Findings by Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H., Uman, Gwen

“…In 1988 and again in 1990, the National Center for Health Statistics conducted a survey of the AIDS related knowledge and beliefs of Hispanic and non-Hispanic…”
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End-of-life care: nurses speak out by Ferrell, B, Virani, R, Grant, M, Coyne, P, Uman, G

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Revision and Psychometric Testing of the City of Hope Quality of Life: Ostomy Questionnaire by Grant, Marcia, Ferrell, Betty, Dean, Grace, Uman, Gwen, Chu, David, Robert Krouse

“…Purpose: Ostomies may be performed for bowel or urinary diversion, and occur in both cancer and non-cancer patients. Impact on physical, psychological, social…”
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Personalized cancer genetics training for personalized medicine: Improving community-based healthcare through a genetically literate workforce by Blazer, Kathleen R, MacDonald, Deborah J, Culver, Julie O, Huizenga, Carin R, Morgan, Robert J, Uman, Gwen C, Weitzel, Jeffrey N

“…Purpose: To assess the impact of a multimodal interdisciplinary course on genetic cancer risk assessment and research collaboration for community-based…”
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Self-care, psychological distress, and HIV disease by Valente, S M, Saunders, J M, Uman, G

“…Self-care behaviors may be positive (healthy) or negative (unhealthy). Many factors may influence whether individuals choose healthy or unhealthy self-care…”
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Measuring consumer satisfaction in nursing home residents by Uman, Gwen C., Urman, Harold N.

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Impact of Socio-cultural Factors on Culturally Adapted Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment in Underserved Hispanic Women by Martir-Negron, A, Uman, G, Ogaz, R, Abraido-Lanza, A, Ashing-Giwa, K, Weitzel, J

“…High risk underserved Hispanic women are a growing segment of the U.S. population and are at higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer morbidity and mortality…”
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A multihospital study of length of stay among acute myocardial infarction patients by Schultz, M A, van Servellen, G, McLaughlin, E J, McNeese-Smith, D, Uman, G C

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Distress and Quality of Life Concerns of Family Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Palliative Surgery by Juarez, Gloria, Ferrell, Betty, Uman, Gwen, Podnos, Yale, Wagman, Lawrence D

“…There has been limited research in the field of palliative care and even far less focus on the area of palliative surgery. Although patient needs are…”
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