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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

Association between widowhood and risk of diagnosis with a sexually transmitted infection in older adults.

Smith KP, Christakis NA.

Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):2055-62. Epub 2009 Sep 17.PMID: 19762656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cancer metastasis networks and the prediction of progression patterns.

Chen LL, Blumm N, Christakis NA, Barabási AL, Deisboeck TS.

Br J Cancer. 2009 Sep 1;101(5):749-58.PMID: 19707203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The anthroposphere is changing.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2009 Apr 15;338:b1534. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1534. No abstract available. PMID: 19369280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A dynamic network approach for the study of human phenotypes.

Hidalgo CA, Blumm N, Barabási AL, Christakis NA.

PLoS Comput Biol. 2009 Apr;5(4):e1000353. Epub 2009 Apr 10.PMID: 19360091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of cellular networks on disease comorbidity.

Park J, Lee DS, Christakis NA, Barabási AL.

Mol Syst Biol. 2009;5:262. Epub 2009 Apr 7.PMID: 19357641 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Model of genetic variation in human social networks.

Fowler JH, Dawes CT, Christakis NA.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 10;106(6):1720-4. Epub 2009 Jan 26.PMID: 19171900 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Wives and ex-wives: a new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect.

Elwert F, Christakis NA.

Demography. 2008 Nov;45(4):851-73.PMID: 19110901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

This allergies hysteria is just nuts.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Dec 10;337:a2880. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2880. No abstract available. PMID: 19073662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study.

Fowler JH, Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Dec 4;337:a2338. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2338.PMID: 19056788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Valuing the well connected.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Sep 23;337:a1675. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1675. No abstract available. PMID: 18812367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extent and determinants of error in physicians' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study.

Christakis NA, Lamont EB.

West J Med. 2000 May;172(5):310-313.PMID: 18751282 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Estimating peer effects on health in social networks: a response to Cohen-Cole and Fletcher; and Trogdon, Nonnemaker, and Pais.

Fowler JH, Christakis NA.

J Health Econ. 2008 Sep;27(5):1400-5. Epub 2008 Aug 9. No abstract available. PMID: 18692263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Too quietly into the night.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Aug 5;337:a696. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a696. No abstract available. PMID: 18682479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity.

Lee DS, Park J, Kay KA, Christakis NA, Oltvai ZN, Barabási AL.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 22;105(29):9880-5. Epub 2008 Jul 3. Review.PMID: 18599447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Health care in a web.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Jun 28;336(7659):1468. No abstract available. PMID: 18583678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of widowhood on mortality by the causes of death of both spouses.

Elwert F, Christakis NA.

Am J Public Health. 2008 Nov;98(11):2092-8. Epub 2008 May 29.PMID: 18511733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network.

Christakis NA, Fowler JH.

N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2249-58.PMID: 18499567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Medicine may change our genes.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 May 17;336(7653):1101. No abstract available. PMID: 18483052 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Racial disparity in hospice use in the United States in 2002.

Connor SR, Elwert F, Spence C, Christakis NA.

Palliat Med. 2008 Apr;22(3):205-13.PMID: 18477714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The provision of hospital chaplaincy in the United States: a national overview.

Cadge W, Freese J, Christakis NA.

South Med J. 2008 Jun;101(6):626-30.PMID: 18475239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Don't just blame the system.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Apr 5;336(7647):747. No abstract available. PMID: 18390523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring clinically significant chemotherapy-related toxicities using Medicare claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial participants.

Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA; Cancer and Leukemia Group B.

Med Care. 2008 Mar;46(3):303-8.PMID: 18388845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

When networks can teach us about drug use.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2008 Feb 23;336(7641):420. No abstract available. PMID: 18292167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The emotional toll of spousal morbidity and mortality.

Zivin K, Christakis NA.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;15(9):772-9.PMID: 17804830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years.

Christakis NA, Fowler JH.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 26;357(4):370-9. Epub 2007 Jul 25.PMID: 17652652 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Geographic variation in hospice use in the United States in 2002.

Connor SR, Elwert F, Spence C, Christakis NA.

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Sep;34(3):277-85. Epub 2007 Jun 27.PMID: 17590566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research.

Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Hays JC, Olsen M, Arnold R, Christakis NA, Lindquist JH, Tulsky JA.

Palliat Med. 2006 Dec;20(8):745-54. Review.PMID: 17148529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Advances in palliative care research methodology.

Christakis NA.

Palliat Med. 2006 Dec;20(8):725-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17148526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring disease-free survival and cancer relapse using Medicare claims from CALGB breast cancer trial participants (companion to 9344).

Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Earle CC, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA; Cancer and Leukemia Group B.

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Sep 20;98(18):1335-8. Erratum in: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Nov 1;98(21):1584. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Jan 2;100(1):70. PMID: 16985253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective effect of community distress and subcultural orientation on mortality following life-threatening diseases in later life.

Wen M, Christakis NA.

Sociol Health Illn. 2006 Jul;28(5):558-82.PMID: 16910947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring quality of life at the end of life: validation of the QUAL-E.

Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Voils CI, Tulsky JA.

Palliat Support Care. 2004 Mar;2(1):3-14.PMID: 16594230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mortality after the hospitalization of a spouse.

Christakis NA, Allison PD.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 16;354(7):719-30.PMID: 16481639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

"Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of life.

Steinhauser KE, Voils CI, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, Christakis NA, Tulsky JA.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jan 9;166(1):101-5.PMID: 16401817 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Neighborhood effects on posthospitalization mortality: a population-based cohort study of the elderly in Chicago.

Wen M, Christakis NA.

Health Serv Res. 2005 Aug;40(4):1108-27.PMID: 16033495 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Criterion validity of Medicare chemotherapy claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B breast and lung cancer trial participants.

Lamont EB, Herndon JE 2nd, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA.

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jul 20;97(14):1080-3.PMID: 16030306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of specific aspects of community social environment on the mortality of individuals diagnosed with serious illness.

Wen M, Cagney KA, Christakis NA.

Soc Sci Med. 2005 Sep;61(6):1119-34. Epub 2005 Mar 23.PMID: 15970225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spousal illness burden is associated with delayed use of hospice care in terminally ill patients.

Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ.

J Palliat Med. 1998 Spring;1(1):3-10.PMID: 15859867 [PubMed]Related articles

Attitude and self-reported practice regarding hospice referral in a national sample of internists.

Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA.

J Palliat Med. 1998 Fall;1(3):241-8.PMID: 15859834 [PubMed]Related articles

Income inequality and weight status in US metropolitan areas.

Chang VW, Christakis NA.

Soc Sci Med. 2005 Jul;61(1):83-96. Epub 2005 Jan 11.PMID: 15847964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Social networks and collateral health effects.

Christakis NA.

BMJ. 2004 Jul 24;329(7459):184-5. No abstract available. PMID: 15271805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Marriage, widowhood, and health-care use.

Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA.

Soc Sci Med. 2003 Dec;57(11):2137-47.PMID: 14512244 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Complexities in prognostication in advanced cancer: "to help them live their lives the way they want to".

Lamont EB, Christakis NA.

JAMA. 2003 Jul 2;290(1):98-104.PMID: 12837717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Favorable cardiac risk among elderly breast carcinoma survivors.

Lamont EB, Christakis NA, Lauderdale DS.

Cancer. 2003 Jul 1;98(1):2-10.PMID: 12833448 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The health impact of health care on families: a matched cohort study of hospice use by decedents and mortality outcomes in surviving, widowed spouses.

Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ.

Soc Sci Med. 2003 Aug;57(3):465-75.PMID: 12791489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Self-perception of weight appropriateness in the United States.

Chang VW, Christakis NA.

Am J Prev Med. 2003 May;24(4):332-9.PMID: 12726871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life.

Steinhauser KE, Bosworth HB, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Parker J, Tulsky JA.

J Palliat Med. 2002 Dec;5(6):829-41.PMID: 12685529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The lack of effect of market structure on hospice use.

Iwashyna TJ, Chang VW, Zhang JX, Christakis NA.

Health Serv Res. 2002 Dec;37(6):1531-51.PMID: 12546285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Disease-specific patterns of hospice and related healthcare use in an incidence cohort of seriously ill elderly patients.

Iwashyna TJ, Zhang JX, Christakis NA.

J Palliat Med. 2002 Aug;5(4):531-8.PMID: 12243677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles