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| Harvey ChochinovSummaryAffiliation: University of Manitoba Country: Canada Publications
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Desire for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide in palliative cancer careKeith G Wilson
Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development, The Rehabilitation Centre, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Health Psychol 26:314-23. 2007..To investigate the attitudes of terminally ill individuals toward the legalization of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and to identify those who would personally desire such a death...- Dignity and psychotherapeutic considerations in end-of-life careHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Palliat Care 20:134-42. 2004..This brief, individualized therapeutic approach has been informed by our dignity work, and specifically designed for application in patients nearing death... - Dignity in the terminally ill: revisitedHarvey M Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada
J Palliat Med 9:666-72. 2006..Several studies have been conducted examining the notion of dignity and how it is understood and experienced by people as they approach death... - Personality, neuroticism, and coping towards the end of lifeHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 32:332-41. 2006.... 
Health care provider communication : An empirical model of therapeutic effectivenessHarvey M Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Patient and Family Support Services, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Cancer 119:1706-13. 2013..Responding effectively requires therapeutic sensitivity and skill. In this study, we examined therapeutic effectiveness within the setting of cancer-related distress with the objective of understanding its constituent parts...- The Patient Dignity Inventory: applications in the oncology settingHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Palliat Med 15:998-1005. 2012..While its validity and reliability have been studied within the context of palliative care, its utility in clinical settings has not as yet been examined... - Comparative health care use patterns of people with schizophrenia near the end of life: a population-based study in Manitoba, CanadaHarvey M Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, PsycHealth Centre, PZ433 771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
Schizophr Res 141:241-6. 2012..The rate of health care and palliative care utilization for patients with schizophrenia near the end-of-life is currently unknown... - Dignity therapy: a feasibility study of elders in long-term careHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Palliat Support Care 10:3-15. 2012..The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of dignity therapy for the frail elderly... 
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of Dignity Therapy for people with advanced cancer referred to a hospital-based palliative care team: Study protocolSue Hall
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK
BMC Palliat Care 8:5. 2009..TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Clinical Trials: ISRCTN29868352...- Testing the feasibility of the Dignity Therapy interview: adaptation for the Danish cultureLise J Houmann
Dept, of Palliative Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
BMC Palliat Care 9:21. 2010..These results will be used to inform a larger evaluation study... - A Phase II randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of dignity therapy for older people in care homes: study protocolSue Hall
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, Weston Education Centre, London, UK
BMC Geriatr 9:9. 2009.... - Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trialHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Lancet Oncol 12:753-62. 2011..We investigated whether dignity therapy could mitigate distress or bolster the experience in patients nearing the end of their lives... - Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving careHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Canada
BMJ 335:184-7. 2007 - Burden to others and the terminally illHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 34:463-71. 2007..Strategies that target meaning and purpose, depression, and level of fatigue could lessen this source of distress and enhance quality, dignity-conserving care... - Interventions to enhance the spiritual aspects of dyingHarvey Max Chochinov
University of Manitoba, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Palliat Med 8:S103-15. 2005..Research addressing spiritual dimensions of personhood offers an opportunity to expand the horizons of contemporary palliative care, thereby decreasing suffering and enhancing the quality of time remaining to those who are nearing death... - The patient dignity inventory: a novel way of measuring dignity-related distress in palliative careHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 36:559-71. 2008..Identifying these sources of distress is a critical step toward understanding human suffering and should help clinicians deliver quality, dignity-conserving end-of-life care... - Vicarious grief and response to global disastersHarvey Max Chochinov
Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3E 0V9
Lancet 366:697-8. 2005 - Dignity therapy: a novel psychotherapeutic intervention for patients near the end of lifeHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Canada
J Clin Oncol 23:5520-5. 2005..The objective of this study was to establish the feasibility of dignity therapy and determine its impact on various measures of psychosocial and existential distress... - Understanding the will to live in patients nearing deathHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Psychosomatics 46:7-10. 2005..Health care providers must learn to appreciate the importance of existential issues and their ability to influence the will to live among patients nearing death... - Death, time and the theory of relativityHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 42:460-3. 2011..When one recognizes the multitude of important things that happen as people approach the very end of life, the numbers start to add up... - The landscape of distress in the terminally illHarvey Max Chochinov
Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 38:641-9. 2009..A clear articulation of the landscape of distress, including insight regarding those who are most at risk, should pave the way toward more effective, dignity-conserving end-of-life care... - Dignity and the eye of the beholderHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
J Clin Oncol 22:1336-40. 2004 - Dignity in the terminally ill: a developing empirical modelHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry PX246, University of Manitoba, PsycHealth Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
Soc Sci Med 54:433-43. 2002..The concept of dignity and the dignity model offer a way of understanding how patients face advancing terminal illness. This will serve to promote dignity and the quality of life of patients nearing death... - Vulnerability, disability, and palliative end-of-life careDeborah Stienstra
Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Disability Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Palliat Care 22:166-74. 2006.... - Dying, dignity, and new horizons in palliative end-of-life careHarvey Max Chochinov
DepartmentManitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
CA Cancer J Clin 56:84-103; quiz 104-5. 2006.... - Dignity in the terminally ill: a cross-sectional, cohort studyHarvey Max Chochinov
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Lancet 360:2026-30. 2002..Our aim was to identify the extent to which dying patients perceive they are able to maintain a sense of dignity, and to ascertain how demographic and disease-specific variables relate to the issue of dignity in these individuals... - Methodological challenges in measuring quality care at the end of life in the long-term care environmentGenevieve N Thompson
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 32:378-91. 2006..In this review, the methodological issues involved in measuring quality care at the end of life are examined, with specific attention given to the challenges encountered in the long-term care environment... - "Broken covenant": healthcare aides' "experience of the ethical" in caring for dying seniors in a personal care homeSusan McClement
Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
J Clin Ethics 21:201-11. 2010..The findings reported here explicate: (1) the types of situations that are ethically problematic for HCAs; (2) the meanings they assign to these situations, and (3) the impact such situations have on the provision of end-of-life care... - Dignity therapy: family member perspectivesSusan McClement
Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Palliat Med 10:1076-82. 2007.... - Hope in advanced cancer patientsSusan E McClement
Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, 3017 675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Eur J Cancer 44:1169-74. 2008..We examine the challenging issue of how to define hope, discuss the issue of measuring hope and review the state of evidence addressing interventions that may enhance or bolster hope in the face of advanced disease... - Defining dignity in terminally ill cancer patients: a factor-analytic approachThomas F Hack
CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Psychooncology 13:700-8. 2004..These results provide empirical support for the dignity model, and suggest that the provision of end of life care should include methods for treating depression, fostering hope, and facilitating functional independence... - Predicting the trajectory of will to live in terminally ill patientsDouglas Tataryn
Faculty of Nursing and Division of Palliative Care of the Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Psychosomatics 43:370-7. 2002.... - Current management of depression in cancer patientsLeonard Schwartz
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Oncology (Williston Park) 16:1102-10; discussion 1110, 1114-5. 2002..The judicious use of medication and supportive therapies should significantly alleviate depression and enable the patient to navigate the cancer course with dignity, purpose, and the best quality of life possible... - The palliative medication kit: an effective way of extending care in the home for patients nearing deathSuzanne M Wowchuk
College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Palliat Med 12:797-803. 2009..Palliative medication kits for home use were developed in order to extend the period of time terminally ill patients might be cared for in their homes... - Cytokines, cancer and depression: connecting the dotsHayley Menzies
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
J Support Oncol 3:55-7. 2005 - Depression and anxiety disorders in palliative cancer careKeith G Wilson
The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Center, Ottawa, Ontario, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
J Pain Symptom Manage 33:118-29. 2007..In conclusion, it appears that depression and anxiety disorders are indeed common among patients receiving palliative care. These disorders contribute to a greatly diminished quality of life among people who are dying of cancer... - Are cervical cancer screening rates different for women with schizophrenia? A Manitoba population-based studyPatricia J Martens
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 408 727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Schizophr Res 113:101-6. 2009..Barriers to cervical cancer screening (Pap tests) may exist for women experiencing schizophrenia... - Suffering with advanced cancerKeith G Wilson
The Rehabilitation Centre, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
J Clin Oncol 25:1691-7. 2007..We inquired into the sense of suffering among patients with advanced cancer to investigate its causes and correlates... - Measurement of psychological distress in palliative careBrian Kelly
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Orange, NSW, Australia
Palliat Med 20:779-89. 2006.... - Palliative care: an opportunity for mental health professionalsHarvey Max Chochinov
Can J Psychiatry 49:347-9. 2004 - Global sorrow following catastrophic lossHarvey Max Chochinov
J Palliat Care 21:136-8. 2005 - Thinking outside the box: depression, hope, and meaning at the end of lifeHarvey Max Chochinov
J Palliat Med 6:973-7. 2003 - Dignity-conserving care--a new model for palliative care: helping the patient feel valuedHarvey Max Chochinov
PX246, 771 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg Manitoba R3E 3N4 Canada
JAMA 287:2253-60. 2002..Dignity-conserving care offers an approach that clinicians can use to explicitly target the maintenance of dignity as a therapeutic objective and as a principle of bedside care for patients nearing death... - The five research C'sHarvey Max Chochinov
Palliat Support Care 5:203-5. 2007 - The Canadian Virtual Hospice <www.virtualhospice.ca>Harvey Max Chochinov
J Palliat Care 20:5-6. 2004 - Defending dignityHarvey Max Chochinov
Palliat Support Care 1:307-8. 2003 - Dignity. Dignity? Dignity!Harvey Max Chochinov
J Palliat Med 11:674-5. 2008
Research Grants
- Dignity Intervention for Terminally Ill Cancer PatientsHarvey Chochinov; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..