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Seriously ill patients' discussions of preparation and life completion: an intervention to assist with transition at the end of life.

Steinhauser KE, Alexander SC, Byock IR, George LK, Tulsky JA.

Palliat Support Care. 2009 Dec;7(4):393-404.PMID: 19939302 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Suffering and wellness.

Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 2009 Sep;12(9):785-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19719371 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial.

Bakitas M, Lyons KD, Hegel MT, Balan S, Brokaw FC, Seville J, Hull JG, Li Z, Tosteson TD, Byock IR, Ahles TA.

JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):741-9.PMID: 19690306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End of life decisions and quality of care before death.

Byock I.

BMJ. 2009 Jul 30;339:b2730. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2730. No abstract available. PMID: 19643824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for rural patients with advanced cancer: baseline findings, methodological challenges, and solutions.

Bakitas M, Lyons KD, Hegel MT, Balan S, Barnett KN, Brokaw FC, Byock IR, Hull JG, Li Z, McKinstry E, Seville JL, Ahles TA.

Palliat Support Care. 2009 Mar;7(1):75-86.PMID: 19619377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medication kits for managing symptomatic emergencies in the home: a survey of common hospice practice.

Bishop MF, Stephens L, Goodrich M, Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 2009 Jan;12(1):37-44.PMID: 19284261 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Beyond polarization, public preferences suggest policy opportunities to address aging, dying, and family caregiving.

Byock IR, Corbeil YJ, Goodrich ME.

Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2009 Jun-Jul;26(3):200-8. Epub 2009 Jan 9.PMID: 19136642 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative care and oncology: growing better together.

Byock I.

J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jan 10;27(2):170-1. Epub 2008 Dec 8. No abstract available. PMID: 19064951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do preparation and life completion discussions improve functioning and quality of life in seriously ill patients? Pilot randomized control trial.

Steinhauser KE, Alexander SC, Byock IR, George LK, Olsen MK, Tulsky JA.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Nov;11(9):1234-40.PMID: 19021487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative care in medical school curricula: a survey of United States medical schools.

Van Aalst-Cohen ES, Riggs R, Byock IR.

J Palliat Med. 2008 Nov;11(9):1200-2.PMID: 19021481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Continuous deep sedation in patients nearing death.

Murray SA, Boyd K, Byock I.

BMJ. 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):781-2. Epub 2008 Mar 14. No abstract available. PMID: 18344246 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancer.

Bakitas M, Ahles TA, Skalla K, Brokaw FC, Byock I, Hanscom B, Lyons KD, Hegel MT; ENABLE project team.

Cancer. 2008 Apr 15;112(8):1854-61.PMID: 18306393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Caring well for the families of our patients.

Byock I.

Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1420-2. No abstract available. PMID: 17998356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Next of kin perspectives on the experience of end-of-life care in a community setting.

Norris K, Merriman MP, Curtis JR, Asp C, Tuholske L, Byock IR.

J Palliat Med. 2007 Oct;10(5):1101-15.PMID: 17985967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implementing palliative care studies.

Whalen GF, Kutner J, Byock I, Gerard D, Stovall E, Sieverding P, Ganz PA, Krouse RS.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Jul;34(1 Suppl):S40-8. Epub 2007 Jun 4.PMID: 17544245 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

To life! Reflections on spirituality, palliative practice, and politics.

Byock IR.

Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006 Dec-2007 Jan;23(6):436-8. No abstract available. PMID: 17210996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Where do we go from here? A palliative care perspective.

Byock I.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;34(11 Suppl):S416-20.PMID: 17057608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: a consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup.

Mularski RA, Curtis JR, Billings JA, Burt R, Byock I, Fuhrman C, Mosenthal AC, Medina J, Ray DE, Rubenfeld GD, Schneiderman LJ, Treece PD, Truog RD, Levy MM.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;34(11 Suppl):S404-11.PMID: 17057606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving palliative care in intensive care units: identifying strategies and interventions that work.

Byock I.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;34(11 Suppl):S302-5. Review.PMID: 17057590 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Peer-professional workgroups in palliative care: a strategy for advancing professional discourse and practice.

Byock I, Twohig JS, Merriman M, Collins K.

J Palliat Med. 2006 Aug;9(4):934-47.PMID: 16910808 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Promoting excellence in end-of-life care: a report on innovative models of palliative care.

Byock I, Twohig JS, Merriman M, Collins K.

J Palliat Med. 2006 Feb;9(1):137-51.PMID: 16430353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Promoting excellence in end-of-life care in ALS.

Mitsumoto H, Bromberg M, Johnston W, Tandan R, Byock I, Lyon M, Miller RG, Appel SH, Benditt J, Bernat JL, Borasio GD, Carver AC, Clawson L, Del Bene ML, Kasarskis EJ, LeGrand SB, Mandler R, McCarthy J, Munsat T, Newman D, Sufit RL, Versenyi A.

Amyotroph Lateral Scler Other Motor Neuron Disord. 2005 Sep;6(3):145-54. Review.PMID: 16183556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospice and palliative care: a parting of ways or a path to the future?

Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 1998 Summer;1(2):165-76. No abstract available. PMID: 15859893 [PubMed]Related articles

Evaluation of the Missoula-VITAS Quality of Life Index--revised: research tool or clinical tool?

Schwartz CE, Merriman MP, Reed G, Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 2005 Feb;8(1):121-35.PMID: 15662181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Contracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy.

Fins JJ, Maltby BS, Friedmann E, Greene MG, Norris K, Adelman R, Byock I.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2005 Jan;29(1):55-68.PMID: 15652439 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative care and the ethics of research: Medicare, hospice, and phase I trials.

Byock I.

J Support Oncol. 2003 Jul-Aug;1(2):139-41. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15352657 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spiritual care at the end of life. Some clergy lack training in end-of-life care.

Norris K, Strohmaier G, Asp C, Byock I.

Health Prog. 2004 Jul-Aug;85(4):34-9, 58. No abstract available. PMID: 15314901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aligning values with practice. The "Promoting Excellence" program demonstrates the practicality of palliative care for patients, families, and caregivers.

Twohig JS, Byock I.

Health Prog. 2004 Jul-Aug;85(4):27-33. No abstract available. PMID: 15314900 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The ethics of loving care.

Byock I.

Health Prog. 2004 Jul-Aug;85(4):12-9, 57. No abstract available. PMID: 15314897 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Palliative care research: issues and opportunities.

Krouse RS, Rosenfeld KE, Grant M, Aziz N, Byock I, Sloan J, Casarett D.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Mar;13(3):337-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15006905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Expanding the realm of the possible.

Byock I, Twohig JS.

J Palliat Med. 2003 Apr;6(2):311-3. No abstract available. PMID: 12854951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rediscovering community at the core of the human condition and social covenant.

Byock I.

Hastings Cent Rep. 2003 Mar-Apr;Suppl:S40-1. No abstract available. PMID: 12762191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dying well in corrections: why should we care?

Byock I.

Correctcare. 2002 Fall;16(4):18. No abstract available. PMID: 12705265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospice benefits and phase I cancer trials.

Byock I, Miles SH.

Ann Intern Med. 2003 Feb 18;138(4):335-7.PMID: 12585832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A measure of the quality of dying and death. Initial validation using after-death interviews with family members.

Curtis JR, Patrick DL, Engelberg RA, Norris K, Asp C, Byock I.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Jul;24(1):17-31.PMID: 12183092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The meaning and value of death.

Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 2002 Apr;5(2):279-88. No abstract available. PMID: 12006230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Advocacy and activism: missing pieces in the quest to improve end-of-life care.

Casarett DJ, Karlawish JH, Byock I.

J Palliat Med. 2002 Feb;5(1):3-12.PMID: 11839222 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End-of-life care: a public health crisis and an opportunity for managed care.

Byock IR.

Am J Manag Care. 2001 Dec;7(12):1123-32.PMID: 11767298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improving end-of-life experience and care in the community: a conceptual framework.

Byock I, Norris K, Curtis JR, Patrick DL.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2001 Sep;22(3):759-72.PMID: 11532589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preface: The road taken and to be traveled in improving end-of-life care.

Teno JM, Field MJ, Byock I.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2001 Sep;22(3):713-6. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11532584 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Speaking the language of pain.

Mayer DM, Torma L, Byock I, Norris K.

Am J Nurs. 2001 Feb;101(2):44-9; quiz 50. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11227229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Responding to Intractable Terminal Suffering.

Quill TE, Byock IR.

Ann Intern Med. 2000 Oct 3;133(7):561-562. No abstract available. PMID: 11015176 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Completing the continuum of cancer care: integrating life-prolongation and palliation.

Byock I.

CA Cancer J Clin. 2000 Mar-Apr;50(2):123-32. Review.PMID: 10870488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Responding to intractable terminal suffering: the role of terminal sedation and voluntary refusal of food and fluids. ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

Quill TE, Byock IR.

Ann Intern Med. 2000 Mar 7;132(5):408-14. Review. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med 2000 Jun 20;132(12):1011. PMID: 10691593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Conceptual models and the outcomes of caring.

Byock IR.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 1999 Feb;17(2):83-92. Review.PMID: 10069148 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Research agenda for developing measures to examine quality of care and quality of life of patients diagnosed with life-limiting illness.

Teno JM, Byock I, Field MJ.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 1999 Feb;17(2):75-82. Review.PMID: 10069147 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring quality of care at life's end.

Byock IR, Teno JM, Field MJ.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 1999 Feb;17(2):73-4. No abstract available. PMID: 10069146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth at life's end: a conversation with Ira Byock, MD. Interview by Stephen Cornell.

Byock I.

Adv Nurse Pract. 1998 Jul;6(7):70, 86. No abstract available. PMID: 9782804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring quality of life for patients with terminal illness: the Missoula-VITAS quality of life index.

Byock IR, Merriman MP.

Palliat Med. 1998 Jul;12(4):231-44. Review.PMID: 9743822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Five minutes with Ira Byock. Interview by Yvonne Parsons.

Byock I.

Contemp Longterm Care. 1997 May;20(5):88. No abstract available. PMID: 10167548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles