Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
Selected Publications:

Weiss SC, Emanuel LL, Fairclough DL, Emanuel EJ. Understanding the experience of pain in terminally ill patients. Lancet. 2001; 357(9265):1311-1315.  PMID: 11343734

Emanuel LL, Alpert HR, Emanuel EJ. Concise screening questions for clinical assessments of terminal care: the needs near the end-of-life care screening tool. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(4):465-474.  PMID: 11798478

Ferris FD, von Gunten C, Emanuel LL. Knowledge: insufficient for change. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(2):145-147. PMID: 11441621

Emanuel L. Ethics and pain management: an introductory overview. Pain Med. 2001;2(2):112-116. PMID: 15102299

Emanuel L, Cruess R, Cruess S, Hauser J. Old values, new challenges: what is a professional to do? Int J Qual Health Care. 2002;14(5):349-351.  PMID: 12389800

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, D’Antuono R, Emanuel LL. Recommendations to improve end-of-life care through regulatory change in U.S. health care financing. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(1):35-41. PMID: 11839225

Slutsman J, Emanuel LL, Fairclough D, Bottoroff, D, Emanuel EJ. Managing end-of-life care: comparing the experiences of terminally ill patients in managed care and fee-for-service. J Am Geriatrics Soc. 2002; 50(12):2077-2083. PMID: 12473022

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel LL. Ensuring competency in end-of-life care: controlling symptoms. BMC Palliat Care. 2002;1(1):5.  PMCID: PMC126248

Emanuel LL, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. EPEC. Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2002;19(1):17. PMID: 12171419

Hughes G, Rammohan S, Emanuel LL. Corporate citizenship: managing relationships with professionals and government. Organ Ethics. 2004;1:3-20. Reprinted in AIDS Public Policy J. 2003;18(3/4):61-76.

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel LL. Competency in end-of-life care: last hours of life. J Palliat Med. 2003;6(4):605-613. PMID: 14516502

Ryndes T, Emanuel L. Is discontinuity in palliative care a culpable act of omission? Hastings Cent Rep. 2003; suppl:S45-S47. PMID: 12762192

Emanuel L, Alexander C, Arnold RM, Bernstein R, Dart R, Dellasantina C, Dykstra L, Tulsky J. Integrating palliative care into disease management guidelines. J Palliat Med. 2004;7(6):774-783.  PMID: 15684844

Emanuel EJ, Fairclough DL, Wolfe P, Emanuel L. Talking with terminally ill patients and their caregivers about death, dying and bereavement: Is it stressful? Is it helpful? Arch Intern Med. 2004;164(18):1999-2004.  PMID: 15477434

Robinson K, Sutton S, von Gunten CF, Ferris DF, Molodyko N, Martinez J, Emanuel LL. Assessment of the Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project. J Palliat Med. 2004;7(5):637-645.  PMID: 15588354

Emanuel LL. Advance directives and advancing age. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52(4):641-642. PMID: 15066087

Arseven A, Chang C-H, Arseven OK, Emanuel LL. Assessment instruments.  Clin Geriatr Med. 2005;21(1):121-146. ix.  PMID: 15639041

Boni-Saenz AA, Dranove D, Emanuel LL, LoSasso AT. The price of palliative care: toward a complete accounting of costs and benefits. Clin Geriatr Med. 2005;21(1):147-163. PMID: 15639042

Hauser JM, Chang CH, Alpert H, Baldwin D, Emanuel EJ, Emanuel L. Who’s caring for whom? Differing perspectives between seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006;23(2):105-112. PMID: 16572748

Emanuel L. Relief of suffering is the business of every discipline. Invited editorial. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(2):149-150.  PMID: 16432081

Emanuel LL, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Von Roenn JH. The Last Hours of Living: Practical Advice for Clinicians.  MedScape released August 28, 2006.

Chang CH, Boni-Saenz AA, Durazo-Arvizu RA, DesHarnais S, Lau DT, Emanuel LL. A system for interactive assessment and management in palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007; 33(6):745-755. Epub 2007 Mar 23.  PMID: 17360148

Emanuel L, Bennett K, Richardson VE. The dying role. J Palliat Med. 2007;10(1):159-168.  PMID: 17298264

Lau DT, Scandrett KG, Jarzebowski M, Holman K, Emanuel L. Health-related safety: a framework to address barriers to aging in place. Gerontologist. 2007;47(6):830-837.  PMID: 18192636

Shega J, Emanuel L, Vargish L, Levine SK, Bursch H, Herr K, Karp JF, Weiner DK. Pain in persons with dementia: complex, common, and challenging. J Pain. 2007;8(5):373-8. PMID: 17485039

Reitjens JA, Hauser J, van der Heide A, Emanuel L. Having a difficult time leaving: Experiences and attitudes of nurses with palliative sedation. Palliat Med. 2007;21(7):643-649. PMID: 17942505

Knight SJ, Emanuel L. Processes of adjustment to end-of-life losses: a reintegration model. J Palliat Med. 2007;10(5):1190-1198.  PMID: 17985975

Kundu T, Cross-Reitschuler E, Emanuel LL. Alleviating poverty: policies to mitigate the economic cost of disease. Submitted

Emanuel RH, Emanuel GA, Reitschuler EB, Lee AJ, Kikule E, Merriman A, Emanuel LL. Challenges faced by informal caregivers of hospice patients in Uganda. J Palliat Med. 2008;11(5):746-753.  PMID: 18588407

Cross ER, Emanuel L. Providing inbuilt economic resilience options: an obligation of comprehensive cancer care. Cancer. 2008;15;113(12 suppl):3548-3555.  PMID: 19058152

Emanuel L.  Advance care planning for decisional incapacity: keep it simple – find your patient’s goal threshold in under 5 minutes.  Medscape J Med. 2008: 10(10); 240. PMCID: PMC2605146

Emanuel L. Crossing the classroom-clinical practice divide in palliative care by using quality improvement methods.  Commentary commissioned by United Health Foundation. Clin. Evidence.  BMJ. Spring 2008:1-11

Gisondi MA, Quest TE, Emanuel L.  Palliative and end-of-life care in the emergency department. Emerg Med & Crit Care.  2008; 4:46-48

Emanuel LL.  Palliative care: bringing change to the practice setting. Medscape J Med. 2008: 10(5);128.  EPub May 30, 2008. PMCID: PMC2438501

Rhee Y-J, Sfekas A, Bennett C, Emanuel LL. Trajectories of economic recovery among families of the terminally ill. In preparation

Knight S, Kovak T, Moody-Ayers S, Zalinski R, Emanuel L. A dyadic model of creative adaptation to loss: the role of recreating of meaning. In preparation

Emanuel LL, Desai E, Cohen L. Improving palliative care at the end of life.  City Health Information. January/February 2009;28(1):1-8

Rhee YJ, Degenholtz HB, Lo Sasso AT, Emanuel LL.  Estimating the quantity and economic value of family caregiving for community-dwelling older persons in the last years of life.  J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(9):1654-1659. PMID: 19682115

Lau DT, Kasper JD, Hauser JM, Berdes C, Chang CH, Berman RL, Masin-Peters J, Paice J, Emanuel L.  Family caregiver skills in medication management for hospice patients: a qualitative study to define a construct.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci.  2009;64(6):799-807. EPub Jun 19 2009.  PMCID:  PMC2763012

Scandrett KG, Reitschuler-Cross E, Nelson L, Sanger JA, Feigon M, Boyd E, Chang CH, Paice J, Hauser J, Chamkin A, Balfour P, Stolbunov A, Bennett CL, Emanuel L.  Feasibility and effectiveness of the NEST 13+ as a screening tool for advanced illness care needs.  J Palliat Med. 2010;13(2):161-169. PMID: 19821699

Gardino SL, Emanuel LL.  Choosing life when facing death: understanding fertility preservation decision-making for cancer patients. Cancer Treat Res. 2010;156:447-458. PMID: 20811854

Hogan TM, Losman ED, Carpeter CR, Sauvigne K, Irmiter C, Emanuel L, Leipzig RM.  Development of geriatric competencies for emergency medicine residents using an expert consensus process.  Acad Emerg Med. 2010;17(3):316-324. PMID: 20370765

Emanuel N, Simon MA, Burt M,  Joseph A, Sreekumar N, Kundu T, Khemka V, Biswas B, Rajagopal MR, Emanuel L.  Economic impact of terminal illness and the willingness to change it. J Palliat Med. 2010;13(8):941-944. PMID: 20712463

Gisondi MA, Lu DW, Yen M, Norris R, Courtney DM, Tanabe P, Engel KG, Emanuel LL, Quest TE.  Adaptation of the EPEC-EM curriculum in a residency using asynchronous learning. West J Emerg Med.  2010;11(5):491-49. PMCID: PMC3027445

Emanuel L, Glasser Scandrett K. Decisions at the end of life: have we come of age? BMC Med. 2010;8(1):57. PMID: 20932275

Emanuel LL, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Von Roenn J. Cancer survivorship: role of healthcare providers. September 2010. Medscape Nurses. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/728448

Shega JW, Weiner DK, Paice JA, Bilir SP, Rockwood K, Herr K, Ersek M, Emanuel L, Dale W. The association between noncancer pain, cognitive impairment, and functional disability: an analysis of the Canadian study of health and aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010; 65(8):880-886. PMCID: PMC2903783

Ferris F, von Gunten C, Emanuel L, Von Roenn J. Combating compassion fatigue and burnout in health providers caring for patients with cancer. Medscape. In press

 

Book and Chapters:

Emanuel LL. Ethics and health care services. In: Essential Issues for Leaders: Emerging Challenges in Health Care. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Joint Commission Resources; 2001:37-64

Emanuel LL. Palliative care: a weak link in the chain of civilized life. In: Weisstub DN, Thomasma DC, Gauthier S, Tomossy GF, eds. Aging: Decisions at the End of Life. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2001:31-47. [Vol 12 of the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, ISBN: 1-4020-0182-7]

Emanuel L, Iris MA, Webster JR. Ethical aspects of geriatric palliative care. In:  Morrison RS, Meier DE, Capello C, eds.  Geriatric Palliative Care. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2003; 55-78

Emanuel LL. Advance care planning. In: Heffner JE, Byock IR, eds. Palliative and End-of-life Pearls. Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus; 2002

Emanuel LL. Research in advance care planning. In: Dunlop R, Portenoy RK, Coyle N, Davis C, eds. The Concise Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care.  Oxford University Press; 2003

Emanuel LL. Research in advance care planning. In: Portenoy RK, Bruera E, eds.  Issues in Palliative Care Research.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2003:261-274

Emanuel LL, Bonow RO. Care of patients with end-stage heart disease. In: Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds.  Braunwald’s Heart Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2005:53-61; 8th ed. 2008: 717-724

Emanuel LL. Forward. In: Neuberger J, ed. Caring for Dying People of Different Faiths. 3rd ed. Oxford, UK: Radcliffe Medical Press; 2004:i-vii

Berdes C, Emanuel LL. Creative adaptation in aging and dying: ethical imperative or impossible dream? In: Jansen LA, ed.  Death in the Clinic. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 2006;97-117

Emanuel LL. Changing the norms of palliative care practice by changing the norms of education.  In Bruera E, Higginson IJ, Ripamonti C, von Gunten CF, eds.  Textbook of Palliative Medicine.  London, UK: Hodder Arnold; 2006:146-152

Emanuel LL. Advance directives. In: Berger A, Portenoy RK, Weissman DE, eds. Principles and Practice of Supportive Oncology.

Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven;1998:791-808. Updated 2001, 2003, 2005. Updated 2006 to: Ethical considerations in palliative care

Emanuel LL. Comprehensive assessment. In: Emanuel LL, Librach SL, eds. Palliative Care: Core Skills and Clinical Competencies. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/ Elsevier; 2007:27-41

Emanuel LL, Librach SL, Palliative care: A quiet revolution in patient care.  In: Emanuel LL, Librach SL, eds.  Palliative Care: Core Skills and Clinical Competencies.  Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/ Elsevier; 2007:3-14

Knight SJ, Emanuel LL.  Loss, bereavement, and adaptation.  In: Emanuel LL, Librach SL, eds. Palliative Care: Core Skills and Clinical Competencies.  Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier; 2007:193-205

Tulsky JA, Emanuel LL, Martin DK, Singer PA. Advance care planning.  In: Singer PA, Viens AM, eds. The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press; 2008:65-71

Emanuel L. Crossing the classroom-clinical practice divide in palliative care by using quality improvement methods.  Commentary commissioned by United Health Foundation. In: Clinical Evidence.  London, UK: BMJ; Spring 2008:1-11

Emanuel LL.  Advance directives.  In: Caskey CT, Austin CP, Hoxie J, eds.  Annual Review of Medicine.  Vol. 59. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews; 2008: 187-198

Emanuel EJ, Hauser J, Emanuel LL.  Palliative and end-of-life care.  In: Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Kasper DL, et al., eds.  Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2008: 66-80

Emanuel, EJ, Fairclough DL, Slutsman J, Emanuel LL. Understanding economic and other burdens of terminal illness: the experience of patients and their caregivers. Reprint in: Meier DE, Isaacs SL, Hughes RG, eds. Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2010: 413-427

Emanuel EJ, Hauser J, Emanuel LL.  Palliative and end-of-life care.  Reprint in: Longo DL, ed. Harrison’s Hematology and Oncology. New York: McGraw Hill; 2010:398-420

Emanuel L, Kundu T, Reitschuler E, Glasser-Scandrett K, Simon M, Librach, SL. Addressing the social suffering associated with illness: A focus on household economic resilience. In: Emanuel LL, Librach SL, eds. Palliative Care: Core Skills and Competencies, 2nd ed. Maryland Heights, MO: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011:670-679

Emanuel LL, Librach SL, eds. Palliative Care: Core Skills and Competencies, 2nd ed. Maryland Heights, MO: Elsevier/Saunders; 2011

Book Reviews:

 

Emanuel L. Review of  The Medical Care of Terminally Ill Patients, 2nd ed., by R. E. Enck.  Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Doody’s Review Service. http://www.doody.com.

Emanuel L. Review of Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground,  Snyder L, Caplan, AL, eds. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press 2002. Medscape General Medicine.    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440234. Accessed August 21, 2009

Other Media:

Emanuel L, Hauser J. Contributors to interview with Guglielmo WJ. How to discuss end-of-life care: here's a guide to making advance care planning a part of your practice. Med Econ. 2004;81(7):27-30. PMID:15124296

 

Joshua Hauser, MD
Selected Publications:

Hauser J.  A piece of my mind: the consultation. JAMA. 2001;286(22):2781-2782. PMID: 11735730

Emanuel L, Cruess R, Cruess S, Hauser J. Old values, new challenges: what is a professional to do?  Int J Qual Health Care. 2002;14(5):349-351. PMID: 12389800

Hauser JM. Letter re: Case 21-2003: permission for postmortem examination. N Engl J Med. 2003;349(15):1482-1483. PMID: 14534347

Rabow MW, Hauser JM, Adams J. Supporting family caregivers at the end of life: "they don't know what they don't know."  JAMA. 2004;291(4):483-491. PMID: 14747506

Hauser J, Durazo-Arvizu R, Emanuel L.  Where’s my doctor?  What doctors do in the months before death [SGIM abstract 117152]. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19(suppl 1):239. PMCID: PMC1492602

Hauser J, Durazo-Arvizu R, Emanuel L.  Who’s there?  Family caregivers in the months before death [SGIM abstract 117136].  J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19(suppl 1):239. PMCID: PMC1492602

Hauser JM, Kramer BJ. Family caregivers in palliative care. Clin Geriatr Med. 2004;20(4):671-688. PMID: 15541619

Mehta R, Hauser J. Hospital chaplains reflect on spirituality in end-of-life care. Heal Minist. 2005:12:35-43

Hauser J, Bandy T, Emanuel L. Caring together: a qualitative study of the challenges and rewards of family caregiving in palliative care [SGIM abstract 136296]. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(suppl 2):192. PMCID: PMC1490295

Hauser JM, Chang CH, Alpert H, Emanuel EJ, Emanuel L. Who’s caring for whom? Differing perspectives between seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. Am J Hosp Palliat Med. 2006;23(2):105-112. PMID: 16572748

Hauser JM, Chen L, Paice J. Down the drain: the cost of medications wasted in hospice. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006;31(5):379-380. PMID: 16716861

Hauser JM. Beholding Grace. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;61(2):171-172. PMID: 16770842

Rietjens JA, Hauser J, van der Heide A, Emanuel L. Having a difficult time leaving: experiences and attitudes of nurses with palliative sedation. Palliat Med. 2007;21(7):643-649. PMID: 17942505

Lau DT, Kasper JD, Hauser JM, Berdes C, Chang CH, Berman RL, Masin-Peters J, Paice J, Emanuel L. Family caregiver skills in medication management for hospice patients: a qualitative study to define a construct. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2009;64(6):799-807. PMCID: PMC2763012

Sanft T, Hauser J, Rosielle D, Weissman D, Elsayem A, Zhukovsky DS, Coyle N. Physical pain and emotional suffering: the case for palliative sedation. J Pain. 2009;10(3):238-242. PMID: 19101211

Scandrett KG, Reitschuler-Cross E, Nelson L, Sanger JA, Feigon M, Boyd E, Chang CH, Paice J, Hauser J, Chamkin A, Balfour P, Stolbunov A, Bennett CL, Emanuel L.  Feasibility and effectiveness of the NEST 13+ as a screening tool for advanced illness care needs.  J Palliat Med. 2010;13(2):161-169. PMID: 19821699

 

Book Chapters:

Hauser, J. Palliative care.  In: Halasyamani MK, Lucas BP, eds. Pocket Primary Care. New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2001

Hauser JM. Pain in the elderly. In: Von Roenn JH, Paice JA, Preodor ME, eds. Lange Current Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Medical; 2006:312-321 

Hauser J, Makoul G. Medical student training in communication skills. In: Kissane D, Bultz B, Butow P, Finlay I, eds. Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2010:75-86

Hauser J, Rosenthal D. Professional roles and communication in end-of-life care. In: Colt H, Quadrelli S, Friedman L, eds. The Picture of Health: Medical Ethics and the Movies. Oxford University Press. In press

Hauser JM. Palliative care communication issues. In: Loitman JE, Sinclair CT, Fisch MJ, eds. Palliative Care: A Case-based Guide. New York, NY: Humana Press/Springer Publishers; 2010:7-12

 

Other Media:

Hauser JM. Medical language is one of extremes. Chicago Tribune. October 26, 2003

Emanuel L, Hauser J. Contributors to interview with Guglielmo WJ. How to discuss end-of-life care: here's a guide to making advance care planning a part of your practice. Med Econ. 2004;81(7):27-30. PMID:15124296

Hauser JM. Improving palliative care for the elderly: moving a model forward. Invited commentary. Ann Fam Med online edition. 2004;2

 

Frank Ferris, MD
Selected Publications:

Ferris FD, Bezjak A, Rosenthal SG. The palliative uses of radiation therapy in surgical oncology patients. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2001;10(1):185-201. PMID:11406458

Ferris FD, von Gunten C, Emanuel LL. Knowledge: insufficient for change. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(2):145-147. PMID:11441621

Billings JA, Ferris FD, Macdonald N, Von Gunten C; Hospice Home Care Working Group. The role of palliative care in the home in medical education: report from a national consensus conference. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(3):361-71. PMID:11596548

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Robinson K, Sutton S, Meshenberg K, Martinez J, Molodyko N, Emanuel LL. The Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project. American Association for Cancer Education. (Abstract) J Cancer Ed. 2001;16(3) Suppl:14.

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, D'Antuono R, Emanuel LL. Recommendations to improve end-of-life care through regulatory change in U.S. health care financing. J Palliat Med. 2002 Feb;5(1):35-41. PMID: 11839225

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel LL. Ensuring competency in end-of-life care: controlling symptoms. BMC Palliat Care. 2002 Jul 30;1(1):5. PMID: 12149128

Ferris FD, Balfour HM, Farley J, Hardwick M, Lamontagne C, Lundy M, Syme A, West PJ. A national model to guide hospice palliative care: results of the consensus-building process. (Abstract) Presented at the European Association for Palliative Care, Lyon, France, May 2002. Published in: The Abstracts of the 2nd Congress of the EAPC Research Network. European Journal of Palliative Care 2002:65. (Abstract)

Ferris F, Balfour H, Bowen K, Farley J, Hardwick M, Lamontagne C, Lundy M, Syme A, West P. A model to guide patient and family care. Based on nationally accepted principles and norms of practice. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Aug;24(2):106-23. PMID: 12231127

Emanuel LL, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. EPEC. Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2002 Jan-Feb;19(1):17; author reply 17-8. PMID: 12171419

Daher M, Tabari H, Stjernsward J, Ammar W, Nabhan T, Khalil M, Dakwar A, Khoury M, Lteif A, Stephan E, Tueni E, Makarem S, Ferris F, Kanazi G, Tourbah S, Naja Z, Mansour Z. Lebanon. Pain relief and palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002 Aug;24(2):200-4. PMID: 12231145

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Emanuel L. Coding and reimbursement for physician services in hospice and palliative care. AAHPM Bulletin 2003;3(4):1-18.

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel L. Competency in end-of-life care: last hours of life. J Palliat Med. 2003 Aug;6(4):605-13. PMID: 14516502

West PJ, Ferris F, Balfour H, Bowen K, Farley J, Hardwick M, Lamontagne C, Lundy M, Syme A. Not just any old standards...2002 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Standards. Can Oncol Nurs J. 2004 Spring;14(2):112-6. (In English et français) PMID: 15230031

Robinson K, Sutton S, von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Molodyko N, Martinez J, Emanuel LL. Assessment of the education for physicians on end-of-life Care (EPEC) curriculum. J Palliat Med. 2004 Oct;7(5):637-45. PMID: 15588354

Ferris FD. Standards and guidelines: do they matter? J Palliat Med. 2004 Dec;7(6):750-752. PMID: 15684841

Ferris FD. Last Hours of Living. In: Emanuel L (ed). Clin Geriatr Med. 2004 Nov;20(4):641-67. PMID: 15541617

Briggs M, Ferris FD, Glynn C, Harding K, Hofman D, Hollinworth H, Krasner DL, Lindholm C, Moffatt C, Price P, Romanelli M, Sibbald G, Stacey M, Teot L; World Union of Wound Healing Societies EXPERT WORKING GROUP. Assessing pain at wound dressing-related procedures. Nurs Times. 2004 Oct 12-18;100(41):56-7. PMID: 15517738

Ferris FD, Librach SL. Models, Standards, Guidelines. In: Emanuel L (ed). Clin Geriatr Med. 2005 Feb;21(1):17-44. PMID: 15639035

Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, von Gunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD. Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jan 23;166(2):227-30. PMID: 16432093

 

Books

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Portenoy R, Glajchen M. CAPCManual: Everything you wanted to know about establishing a palliative care program but were afraid to ask. New York, NY: Center to Advance Palliative Care, November 2001.

Thomas JR, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. Approach to Management of Cancer pain. In: Benzon HT, Raja SN, Molloy RE, Liu S, Fishman SM (eds). Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Science, 2004. ISBN: 0443066515

 

Other Media

von Gunten CF, Ferris F, Weissman DE. Fast facts and concepts #37: Pruritus. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center, March 2001.

von Gunten C, Ferris F. Fast Facts and concepts #41: Pressure Ulcer Management II: Debridement and Dressings. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center, May 2001.

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. Skin Disorders. In: Smith T, Loprinzi C, von Gunten CF (eds). ASCO curriculum: optimizing cancer care-the importance of symptom management. Alexandria, VA: American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2001.

Ferris F, von Gunten C. Fast facts and concepts #46: Malignant wounds. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC), July 2001.

Ferris F, von Gunten C. Fast Facts and concepts #40: Pressure Ulcer Management: Prevention and Staging Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC), May 2001.

Ferris FD, Balfour HM, Bowen K, Farley J, Hardwick M, Lamontagne C, Lundy M, Syme A, West P. A model to guide hospice palliative care. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, March 2002.

Briggs M, Ferris FD, Glynn C, Harding K, Hofman D, Hollinworth H, Krasner DL, Lindholm C, Moffatt C, Price P, Romanelli M, Sibbald G, Stacey M, Teot L; World Union of Wound Healing Societies EXPERT WORKING GROUP. Principles of best practice: Minimising pain at wound dressing-related procedures. A consensus document. London, UK: MEP Ltd, 2004.

Ferris FD, Bower KA, Wheeler MS, Al Khateib A, Bushnaq M, Trish I, Stjernswärd J. Jordan Pain Relief and Palliative Care Initiative. Nashville, TN: The Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, February 8-11, 2006; Poster Abstract 774, Page 101 of the Program Book.

 

Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP
Peer Reviewed Publications:

Weissman DE, Mullan P, Ambuel B, von Gunten CF, Hallenbeck J, Warm E. End-of-Life Graduate Education Curriculum Project. Project abstracts/progress reports--year 2. J Palliat Med. 2001 December;4(4):525-47. PMID: 11798488

Weissman DE, Mullan P, Ambuel B, von Gunten CF, Hallenbeck J, Warm E. Improving end-of-life care: internal medicine curriculum project. J Palliat Med. 2001 March;4(1):75-102.

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Robinson K, Sutton S, Meshenberg K, Martinez J, Molodyko N, Emanuel LL. The Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project. American Association for Cancer Education. (Abstract) J Cancer Ed. 2001;16(3) Suppl:14.

von Gunten CF. Discussing do-not-resuscitate status. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Mar 1;19(5):1576-81. PMID: 11230503

Sine D, Sumner L, Gracy D, von Gunten CF. Pediatric extubation: "pulling the tube". J Palliat Med. 2001 Winter;4(4):519-24. PMID: 11798487

Muir JC, von Gunten CF. Abdominal cancer, nausea, and vomiting. J Palliat Med. 2001 Fall;4(3):391-4. PMID: 11596551

Ferris FD, von Gunten C, Emanuel LL. Knowledge: insufficient for change. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(2):145-147. PMID:11441621

Billings JA, Ferris FD, Macdonald N, Von Gunten C; Hospice Home Care Working Group. The role of palliative care in the home in medical education: report from a national consensus conference. J Palliat Med. 200l;4(3):361-71. PMID:11596548

Weissman DE, Mullan P, Ambuel B, von Gunten CF, Hallenbeck J, Warm E. End-of-Life Graduate Education Curriculum Project. Project abstracts/progress reports--year 2. J Palliat Med. 2001;4(4):525-47. PMID:11798488

von Gunten CF. Discussing do-not-resuscitate status. J Clin Oncol. 2001;19(5):1576-81. PMID:11230503

Weissman DE, Mullan PB, Ambuel B, von Gunten CF. End-of-life care curriculum reform: outcomes and impact in a follow-up study of internal medicine residency programs. J Palliat Med. 2002 Aug;5(4):497-506. PMID: 12353496

von Gunten CF, Weissman DE. Discussing do-not-resuscitate orders in the hospital setting: part 1. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(3):415-417. PMID:12133246

von Gunten CF, Weissman DE. Discussing do-not-resuscitate orders in the hospital setting: part 2. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(3):417-418. PMID:12133247

von Gunten CF, Mullan P. Assessment of a residents rotating in a hospice program. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. J Palliat Med. 2002;6(1):212. (Abstract)

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, D'Antuono R, Emanuel LL. Recommendations to improve end-of-life care through regulatory change in U.S. health care financing. J Palliat Med. 2002 Feb;5(1):35-41. PMID: 11839225

von Gunten CF, Corboy KJ. Review of psychological complications of prostate cancer. Oncology. 2002;16:1457-1458.

von Gunten CF. Three common issues in the palliative care of advanced head and neck cancer: skin, nutrition, and pain. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. 38th Annual Meeting, Spring 2002:585-590. (Abstract)

von Gunten CF. Secondary and tertiary palliative care in US hospitals. JAMA. 2002 Feb 20;287(7):875-81. PMID: 11851580

von Gunten CF. Discussing hospice care. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Mar 1;20(5):1419-24. PMID: 11870190

Thomas JR, Von Gunten CF. Treatment of dyspnea in cancer patients. Oncology (Williston Park). 2002;16(6):745-750. PMID:12088297

Thomas JR, von Gunten C. Guidelines for the management of pain in terminally ill patients. In: CNS Drugs, 2002.

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Clinical management of dyspnoea. Lancet Oncol. 2002 Apr;3(4):223-8. PMID: 12067684

Siegler EL, Del Monte ML, Rosati RJ, von Gunten CF. What role should the nephrologist play in the provision of palliative care? J Palliat Med. 2002 Oct;5(5):759-62. PMID: 12572982

Mullan PB, Weissman DE, Ambuel B, von Gunten CF. End-of-life care education in internal medicine residency programs: an interinstitutional study. J Palliat Med. 2002 Aug;5(4):487-96. PMID: 12353495

Kronenberg R, Cox MC, Naco GC, von Gunten CF. Intravenous lidocaine for intractable pain-a retrospective chart review. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. J Palliat Med. 2002;6(1):214. (Abstract)

Frederich ME, Strong R, von Gunten CF. Physician-nurse conflict: can nurses refuse to carry out doctor's orders? J Palliat Med. 2002 Feb;5(1):155-8. PMID: 11839239

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel LL. Ensuring competency in end-of-life care: controlling symptoms. BMC Palliat Care. 2002;1(1):5.  PMCID: PMC126248

Evans W, Bluestein H. Herbst L, von Gunten CF. Evaluation of a required hospice rotation for 3rd year medical students. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. J Palliat Med. 2002;6(1):201. (Abstract)

Emanuel LL, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. EPEC. Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2002 Jan-Feb;19(1):17; author reply 17-8. PMID: 12171419

Billings JA, Block SD, Finn JW, LeGrand SB, Lupu D, Munger B, Schonwetter RS, von Gunten CF. Initial voluntary program standards for fellowship training in palliative medicine. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(1):23-33. PMID:11839224

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, D'Antuono R, Emanuel LL. Recommendations to improve end-of-life care through regulatory change in U.S. health care financing. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(1):35-41. PMID:11839225

Mullan PB, Weissman DE, Ambuel B, von Gunten C. End-of-life care education in internal medicine residency programs: an interinstitutional study. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(4):487-96. PMID:12353495

Weissman DE, Mullan PB, Ambuel B, von Gunten C. End-of-life curriculum reform: outcomes and impact in a follow-up study of internal medicine residency programs. J Palliat Med. 2002;5(4):497-506. PMID:12353496

von Gunten. CF. Secondary and tertiary palliative care in US hospitals. JAMA. 2002;287(7):875-881. PMID:11851580

von Gunten CF. Discussing hospice care. J Clin Oncol. 2002;20(5):1419-1424. PMID:11870190

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Clinical management of dyspnoea. Lancet Oncol. 2002;3(4):223-228. PMID:12067684

von Gunten CF, Corboy KJ. Review of psychological complications of prostate cancer. Oncology. 2002;16:1457-1458

von Roenn J, von Gunten CF. Setting goals to maintain hope. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Feb 1;21(3):570-4. PMID: 12560453

von Gunten C, Weissman DE. Information for Patients and Families about Ventilator Withdrawal #35. J Palliat Med. 2003;6(5):775-6. PMID: 14622460

von Gunten C, Weissman DE. Symptom Control for Ventilator Withdrawal in the Dying Patient #34. J Palliat Med. 2003;6(5):774-5. PMID: 14622459

von Gunten C, Weissman DE. Ventilator Withdrawal Protocol (Part I) #33. J Palliat Med. 2003 Oct;6(5):773-4. PMID: 14622458

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Emanuel L. Coding and reimbursement for physician services in hospice and palliative care. AAHPM Bulletin.2003;3(4):1-18.

von Gunten CF, Porter-Williamson K, Garman K, Evans, W, Herbst, L, Bluestein HG. A required hospice rotation for 3rd year medical students. J Cancer Educ. 2003;18(3) Supp1:13. (Abstract)

Von Gunten CF, Mullan PB, Harrity S, Diamant J, Heffernan E, Ikeda T, Roberts WL; Faculty, Center for Pallative Study. Residents from five training programs report improvements in knowledge, attitudes and skills after a rotation with a hospice program. J Cancer Educ. 2003;18(2):68-72. PMID:12888378

von Gunten CF. Prevent and relieve suffering: professional palliative care. Cancer Invest. 2003;21:963-4. PMID:14735699

Von Roenn JH, von Gunten CF. Setting goals to maintain hope. J Clin Oncol. 2003;21(3):570-4. PMID:12560453

von Gunten CF. Discussing hospice care. J Clin Oncol. 2003 May 1;21(9 Suppl):31-6. PMID:12743186

von Gunten CF. Discussing do-not-resuscitate status. J Clin Oncol. 2003 May 1;21(9 Suppl):20-5. PMID:12743182

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Pain in terminally ill patients; guidelines for pharmacological management. CNS Drugs. 2003;17(9):621-31. PMID:12828498

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Management of Dyspnea. J Support Oncol. 2003 May-Jun;1(1):23-32; discussion 32-4. PMID:15352640

Porter-Williamson K, Heffernan E, von Gunten CF. Pseudoaddiction. J Palliat Med. 2003 Dec;6(6):937-9. PMID:14733689

Naughton M, Davis M, von Gunten CF. Discussing do-not-resuscitate status: furthering the discourse. J Clin Oncol. 2003 May 1;21(9 Suppl):26. PMID:12743183

Mullan P, Weissman D, von Gunten C, Ambuel B. Curricular reform outcomes: national end-of-life residency education project. J Cancer Ed 2003;18(3) Supp1:30. (Abstract)

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF, Emanuel L. Competency in end-of-life care: last hours of life. J Palliat Med. 2003 Aug;6(4):605-13. PMID: 14516502

von Gunten CF, Lupu D. Recognizing palliative medicine as a subspecialty: what does it mean for oncology? J Support Oncol. 2004 Mar-Apr;2(2):166-74. PMID: 15328819

von Gunten CF, Lupu D. Development of a medical subspecialty in palliative medicine: progress report. J Palliat Med. 2004 Apr;7(2):209-19. PMID:15130199

von Gunten CF. Prevent and relieve suffering: professional palliative care. Cancer Invest. 2003;21(6):963-4. PMID:14735699

von Gunten CF. Palliative Care: infant or adolescent? J Palliat Med. 2004 Dec;7(6):746-7. PMID:15684839

von Gunten CF. Methadone: starting dosing information No. 86. J Palliat Med. 2004 Apr;7(2):304-5. PMID:15130210

von Gunten CF. Financing Palliative Care. In: Emanuel L (ed). Clin Geriatr Med. 2004 Nov;20(4):767-781. PMID:15541625

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Peer Viewpoint: Clinical status of methylnaltrexone, a new agent to prevent and manage opioid-induced side effect. J Support Oncology. 2004;2(2):119-121.

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Opioids for Dyspnea: What is the Evidence?. In: Rousseau P (ed). AAHPM Bulletin. Glenview, IL: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2004;5(3):5-6.

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Management of Constipation in Patients with Cancer. Supportive Cancer Therapy. 2004;2(1):47-51. PMID: 18628158

Thomas J, Kronenberg R, Cox MC, Naco GC, Wallace M, von Gunten CF. Intravenous lidocaine relieves severe pain: results of an inpatient hospice chart review. J Palliat Med. 2004;7(5):660-667. PMID:15588357

Sloan PA, von Gunten CF, Lupu D. Palliative Medicine Recognition as a Subspecialty: Implications for Pain Physicians. Pain Medicine News, 2004.

Robinson K, Sutton S, von Gunten CF, Ferris DF, Molodyko N, Martinez J, Emanuel LL. Assessment of the Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) Project. J Palliat Med. 2004;7(5):637-645. PMID:15588354

Porter-Williamson K, von Gunten CF, Garman K, Herbst L, Bluestein HG, Evans W. Improving knowledge in palliative medicine with a required hospice rotation for third-year medical students. Acad Med. 2004 Aug;79(8):777-82. PMID:15277135

Twaddle ML, von Gunten CF, Guerrero E. Expanding your role in palliative care consultations. J Palliat Med. 2005 Feb;8(1):167. (Abstract of Oral Presentation at AAHPM Annual Assembly)

Emanuel L, Von Roenn J, von Gunten CF. EPEC-Oncology. J Palliat Med. 2005 Feb;8(1):188. (Abstract of Oral Presentation at AAHPM Annual Assembly)

von Gunten CF, Twaddle M, Preodor M, Neely KJ, Martinez J, Lyons J. Evidence of improved knowledge and skills after an elective rotation in a hospice and palliative care program for internal medicine residents. Am J Hosp Pall Med. 2005;22(3):195-203. PMID:15909782

von Gunten CF. Is anything changing for the better? J Palliat Med. 2005 Apr;8(2):264-5. PMID:15890034

von Gunten CF. Gathering the tribe. J Palliat Med. 2005 Feb;8(1):2-3.

Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, von Gunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD. Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jan 23;166(2):227-30. PMID: 16432093

 

Reviews, Chapters and Books:

von Gunten CF, Muir JC. Palliative and supportive care. In: Rosen ST, Kuzel TM, eds. Oncology/Hematology Handbook: A Primary Reference for House Staff and Medical Students. Millville, NY: PRR, Inc.; 2001

von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Portenoy R, Glajchen M. CAPCManual: Everything you wanted to know about establishing a palliative care program but were afraid to ask. New York, NY: Center to Advance Palliative Care, November 2001.

Thomas J, von Gunten CF. Diagnosis and management of ascites. In: Principles and practice of supportive oncology. Berger A, Portenoy RK, Weissman DE (eds). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002:264-270.

Oppenheim S, Hay JB, Frederich ME, von Gunten CF. Palliative care in human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In: Berger A, Portenoy RK, Weissman DE (eds). Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology. 2nd edition. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott; 2002:1071-1085

Muir JC, von Gunten CF. Assessment and management of ascites. In: Dunlop R, Portenoy R, Coyle N, Davis C, eds. Concise Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2002

von Gunten CF. Review of Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management. Ann Int Med. 2003;139(9):794.

von Gunten CF, Weissman D. Hospice and EOL Issues. In: Boyiadzis M, Lebowitz P, Frame J, Fojo T (eds). Hematology/Oncology Sourcebook. Little Brown & Co, Boston, 2004.

Thomas JR, Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. Approach to Management of Cancer pain. In: Benzon HT, Raja SN, Molloy RE, Liu S, Fishman SM (eds). Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia, 2nd Edition. Elsevier Science, 2004. ISBN: 0443066515

Bowen K, Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. (2004). The management of ascites. In: Booth S, Bruera E, eds. Palliative Care Consultations in Gynaecology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2004:133-142

Thomas JR, von Gunten CF. Diagnosis and management of ascites. In: Berger AM, Shuster JL, Von Roenn JR, eds. Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007:185-190

Other Media

von Gunten CF, Ferris F, Weissman DE. Fast facts and concepts #37: Pruritus. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center, March 2001.

von Gunten C, Ferris F. Fast Facts and concepts #41: Pressure Ulcer Management II: Debridement and Dressings. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center, May 2001.

Smith T, Loprinzi C, von Gunten CF (eds). ASCO curriculum: optimizing cancer care-the importance of symptom management. Alexandria, VA: American Society for Clinical Oncology, 2001.

Ferris FD, von Gunten CF. Skin Disorders. In: Smith T, Loprinzi C, von Gunten CF (eds). ASCO curriculum: optimizing cancer care-the importance of symptom management. Alexandria, VA: American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2001.

Ferris F, von Gunten C. Fast facts and concepts #46: Malignant wounds. Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC), July 2001.

Ferris F, von Gunten C. Fast Facts and concepts #40: Pressure Ulcer Management: Prevention and Staging Milwaukee, WI: End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center (EPERC), May 2001.