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Physician communication with families in the ICU: evidence-based strategies for improvement.

Schaefer KG, Block SD.

Curr Opin Crit Care. 2009 Dec;15(6):569-77.PMID: 19855271 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

On the prospects for a blame-free medical culture.

Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA.

Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov;69(9):1287-90. Epub 2009 Sep 18.PMID: 19766373 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Responsibility and reflection: understanding our responses to perceived errors. A response to Woodward, Lemer and Wu.

Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA.

Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov;69(9):1294-5. Epub 2009 Sep 18. No abstract available. PMID: 19766370 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Prolonged grief disorder: Psychometric validation of criteria proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11.

Prigerson HG, Horowitz MJ, Jacobs SC, Parkes CM, Aslan M, Goodkin K, Raphael B, Marwit SJ, Wortman C, Neimeyer RA, Bonanno G, Block SD, Kissane D, Boelen P, Maercker A, Litz BT, Johnson JG, First MB, Maciejewski PK.

PLoS Med. 2009 Aug;6(8):e1000121. Epub 2009 Aug 4.PMID: 19652695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Measuring therapeutic alliance between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer: the Human Connection Scale.

Mack JW, Block SD, Nilsson M, Wright A, Trice E, Friedlander R, Paulk E, Prigerson HG.

Cancer. 2009 Jul 15;115(14):3302-11.PMID: 19484795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Religious coping and use of intensive life-prolonging care near death in patients with advanced cancer.

Phelps AC, Maciejewski PK, Nilsson M, Balboni TA, Wright AA, Paulk ME, Trice E, Schrag D, Peteet JR, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

JAMA. 2009 Mar 18;301(11):1140-7.PMID: 19293414 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations.

Zhang B, Wright AA, Huskamp HA, Nilsson ME, Maciejewski ML, Earle CC, Block SD, Maciejewski PK, Prigerson HG.

Arch Intern Med. 2009 Mar 9;169(5):480-8.PMID: 19273778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The project on death in America faculty scholars program: a report on scholars' progress.

Sullivan AM, Gadmer NM, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2009 Feb;12(2):155-9.PMID: 19207059 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mental health, treatment preferences, advance care planning, location, and quality of death in advanced cancer patients with dependent children.

Nilsson ME, Maciejewski PK, Zhang B, Wright AA, Trice ED, Muriel AC, Friedlander RJ, Fasciano KM, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

Cancer. 2009 Jan 15;115(2):399-409.PMID: 19110677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor and depression.

Quek R, Morgan JA, George S, Butrynski JE, Polson K, Meyer F, Demetri GD, Block SD.

J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jan 10;27(2):312-3. Epub 2008 Dec 8. No abstract available. PMID: 19064960 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Am I doing the right thing? Provider perspectives on improving palliative care in the emergency department.

Smith AK, Fisher J, Schonberg MA, Pallin DJ, Block SD, Forrow L, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP.

Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jul;54(1):86-93, 93.e1. Epub 2008 Oct 18.PMID: 18930337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment.

Wright AA, Zhang B, Ray A, Mack JW, Trice E, Balboni T, Mitchell SL, Jackson VA, Block SD, Maciejewski PK, Prigerson HG.

JAMA. 2008 Oct 8;300(14):1665-73.PMID: 18840840 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferences.

Smith AK, McCarthy EP, Paulk E, Balboni TA, Maciejewski PK, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

J Clin Oncol. 2008 Sep 1;26(25):4131-7.PMID: 18757326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A qualitative study of oncologists' approaches to end-of-life care.

Jackson VA, Mack J, Matsuyama R, Lakoma MD, Sullivan AM, Arnold RM, Weeks JC, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Jul;11(6):893-906.PMID: 18715182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in the Cancer Experience (PEACE): validation of a scale to assess acceptance and struggle with terminal illness.

Mack JW, Nilsson M, Balboni T, Friedlander RJ, Block SD, Trice E, Prigerson HG.

Cancer. 2008 Jun;112(11):2509-17.PMID: 18429006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Learning from a life in medicine.

Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Apr;11(3):434-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18363485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End-of-life and palliative care education for final-year medical students: a comparison of Britain and the United States.

Hammel JF, Sullivan AM, Block SD, Twycross R.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Dec;10(6):1356-66.PMID: 18095815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Associations between caregiver-perceived delirium in patients with cancer and generalized anxiety in their caregivers.

Buss MK, Vanderwerker LC, Inouye SK, Zhang B, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Oct;10(5):1083-92.PMID: 17985965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

On being fired: experiences of patient-initiated termination of the patient-physician relationship in palliative medicine.

Smith AK, Buss MK, Giansiracusa DF, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Aug;10(4):938-47.PMID: 17803417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosing and discussing imminent death in the hospital: a secondary analysis of physician interviews.

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Matsuyama RK, Rosenblatt L, Arnold RM, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Aug;10(4):882-93.PMID: 17803409 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A study of oncology fellows' training in end-of-life care.

Buss MK, Lessen DS, Sullivan AM, Von Roenn J, Arnold RM, Block SD.

J Support Oncol. 2007 May;5(5):237-42.PMID: 17564154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Phase II study: integrated palliative care in newly diagnosed advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients.

Temel JS, Jackson VA, Billings JA, Dahlin C, Block SD, Buss MK, Ostler P, Fidias P, Muzikansky A, Greer JA, Pirl WF, Lynch TJ.

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 10;25(17):2377-82.PMID: 17557950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Developing Initial Competency-based Outcomes for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Subspecialist: phase I of the hospice and palliative medicine competencies project.

Morrison LJ, Scott JO, Block SD; American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Competencies Work Group.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Apr;10(2):313-30.PMID: 17472502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An empirical examination of the stage theory of grief.

Maciejewski PK, Zhang B, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

JAMA. 2007 Feb 21;297(7):716-23. Erratum in: JAMA. 2007 May 23/30;297(20):2200. PMID: 17312291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Religiousness and spiritual support among advanced cancer patients and associations with end-of-life treatment preferences and quality of life.

Balboni TA, Vanderwerker LC, Block SD, Paulk ME, Lathan CS, Peteet JR, Prigerson HG.

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Feb 10;25(5):555-60.PMID: 17290065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Peaceful awareness in patients with advanced cancer.

Ray A, Block SD, Friedlander RJ, Zhang B, Maciejewski PK, Prigerson HG.

J Palliat Med. 2006 Dec;9(6):1359-68.PMID: 17187544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Creating enduring change: demonstrating the long-term impact of a faculty development program in palliative care.

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Billings JA, Peters AS, Block SD; PCEP Core Faculty.

J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Sep;21(9):907-14.PMID: 16918733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Resident approaches to advance care planning on the day of hospital admission.

Smith AK, Ries AP, Zhang B, Tulsky JA, Prigerson HG, Block SD.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Aug 14-28;166(15):1597-602.PMID: 16908792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mutuality and specificity of mental disorders in advanced cancer patients and caregivers.

Bambauer KZ, Zhang B, Maciejewski PK, Sahay N, Pirl WF, Block SD, Prigerson HG.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;41(10):819-24. Epub 2006 Jul 24.PMID: 16865636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Psychological issues in end-of-life care.

Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2006 Jun;9(3):751-72. Review.PMID: 16752981 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use in patients with advanced cancer: a report from the coping with cancer study.

Kadan-Lottick NS, Vanderwerker LC, Block SD, Zhang B, Prigerson HG.

Cancer. 2005 Dec 15;104(12):2872-81.PMID: 16284994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Learning from the dying.

Block SD, Billings JA.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 29;353(13):1313-5. No abstract available. PMID: 16192474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Questioning care at the end of life.

Ruopp P, Good MJ, Lakoma M, Gadmer NM, Arnold RM, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2005 Jun;8(3):510-20.PMID: 15992192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluating claims-based indicators of the intensity of end-of-life cancer care.

Earle CC, Neville BA, Landrum MB, Souza JM, Weeks JC, Block SD, Grunfeld E, Ayanian JZ.

Int J Qual Health Care. 2005 Dec;17(6):505-9. Epub 2005 Jun 28.PMID: 15985505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Teaching and learning end-of-life care: evaluation of a faculty development program in palliative care.

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Billings JA, Peters AS, Block SD; PCEP Core Faculty.

Acad Med. 2005 Jul;80(7):657-68.PMID: 15980082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

"It was haunting...": physicians' descriptions of emotionally powerful patient deaths.

Jackson VA, Sullivan AM, Gadmer NM, Seltzer D, Mitchell AM, Lakoma MD, Arnold RM, Block SD.

Acad Med. 2005 Jul;80(7):648-56.PMID: 15980081 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

"This is just too awful; I just can't believe I experienced that...": medical students' reactions to their "most memorable" patient death.

Rhodes-Kropf J, Carmody SS, Seltzer D, Redinbaugh E, Gadmer N, Block SD, Arnold RM.

Acad Med. 2005 Jul;80(7):634-40.PMID: 15980079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Caring for patients at the end of life in an HMO.

Steinberg SM, Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 1998 Winter;1(4):387-99.PMID: 15859857 [PubMed]Related articles

Attitudes about end-of-life care: a national cross-sectional study.

Block SD, Sullivan AM.

J Palliat Med. 1998 Winter;1(4):347-55.PMID: 15859853 [PubMed]Related articles

There is hope for the future: national survey results reveal that geriatric medicine fellows are well-educated in end-of-life care.

Pan CX, Carmody S, Leipzig RM, Granieri E, Sullivan A, Block SD, Arnold RM.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Apr;53(4):705-10.PMID: 15817021 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Terminal care: an occasion for personal growth?]

Fillion L, Hervouet S, Block SD.

Perspect Infirm. 2004 Nov-Dec;2(2):29-35. Review. French. No abstract available. PMID: 15624638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End-of-life care in the curriculum: a national study of medical education deans.

Sullivan AM, Warren AG, Lakoma MD, Liaw KR, Hwang D, Block SD.

Acad Med. 2004 Aug;79(8):760-8.PMID: 15277133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Narrative nuances on good and bad deaths: internists' tales from high-technology work places.

DelVecchio Good MJ, Gadmer NM, Ruopp P, Lakoma M, Sullivan AM, Redinbaugh E, Arnold RM, Block SD.

Soc Sci Med. 2004 Mar;58(5):939-53.PMID: 14732607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in the aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life.

Earle CC, Neville BA, Landrum MB, Ayanian JZ, Block SD, Weeks JC.

J Clin Oncol. 2004 Jan 15;22(2):315-21.PMID: 14722041 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The need for end-of-life care training in nephrology: national survey results of nephrology fellows.

Holley JL, Carmody SS, Moss AH, Sullivan AM, Cohen LM, Block SD, Arnold RM.

Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Oct;42(4):813-20.PMID: 14520633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The status of medical education in end-of-life care: a national report.

Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Block SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Sep;18(9):685-95.PMID: 12950476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Doctors' emotional reactions to recent death of a patient: cross sectional study of hospital doctors.

Redinbaugh EM, Sullivan AM, Block SD, Gadmer NM, Lakoma M, Mitchell AM, Seltzer D, Wolford J, Arnold RM.

BMJ. 2003 Jul 26;327(7408):185.PMID: 12881257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Variation in predictors of primary care career choice by year and stage of training.

Connelly MT, Sullivan AM, Peters AS, Clark-Chiarelli N, Zotov N, Martin N, Simon SR, Singer JD, Block SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Mar;18(3):159-69.PMID: 12648246 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Enhancing physician-patient communication.

Lee SJ, Back AL, Block SD, Stewart SK.

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2002:464-83. Review.PMID: 12446437 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Medical education in end-of-life care: the status of reform.

Block SD.

J Palliat Med. 2002 Apr;5(2):243-8. Review.PMID: 12006224 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles