Unraveling the relationship between literacy, language proficiency, and patient-physician communicationRebecca L Sudore
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Patient Educ Couns 75:398-402. 2009
..To examine whether the effect of health literacy (HL) on patient-physician communication varies with patient-physician language concordance and communication type...
Reach and impact of a mass media event among vulnerable patients: the Terri Schiavo storyRebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1854-7. 2008
..It is unknown whether health-related media stories reach diverse older adults and influence advance care planning (ACP)...
- Engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning process: a descriptive study of diverse older adults
Rebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California at San Franciso, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1006-13. 2008
..To assess engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning (ACP) process 6 months after exposure to an advance directive. In this study, ACP is conceptualized similarly to the behavior change model...
- An advance directive redesigned to meet the literacy level of most adults: a randomized trial
Rebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA 94121, USA, United States
Patient Educ Couns 69:165-95. 2007
..To determine whether an advance directive redesigned to meet most adults' literacy needs (fifth grade reading level with graphics) was more useful for advance care planning than a standard form (>12th grade level)...
- Use of a modified informed consent process among vulnerable patients: a descriptive study
Rebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:867-73. 2006
..Little is known about patient characteristics associated with comprehension of consent information, and whether modifications to the consent process can promote understanding...
- Limited literacy and mortality in the elderly: the health, aging, and body composition study
Rebecca L Sudore
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:806-12. 2006
..While limited literacy is common and its prevalence increases with age, no prospective study has assessed whether limited literacy is associated with mortality in older adults...
Limited literacy in older people and disparities in health and healthcare accessRebecca L Sudore
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:770-6. 2006
..To determine the relationship between health literacy, demographics, and access to health care...
- Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers
Sei J Lee
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics, Bldg 1, Room 306, Box 181G, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:955-62. 2009
..To determine whether the survival benefit associated with moderate alcohol use remains after accounting for nontraditional risk factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) and functional limitations...
- Uncertainty about advance care planning treatment preferences among diverse older adults
Rebecca L Sudore
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Health Commun 15:159-71. 2010
..Culturally sensitive, literacy-appropriate tools are needed to address decisional uncertainty and to help patients prepare for decision making about their future health care...
- Screening mammography in older women. Effect of wealth and prognosis
Brie A Williams
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:514-20. 2008
..This study examines the relationship between wealth and screening mammography use in older women according to life expectancy...
- Balancing punishment and compassion for seriously ill prisoners
Brie A Williams
University of California, San Francisco, Division of Geriatrics, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
Ann Intern Med 155:122-6. 2011
..We propose changes to address these flaws...
- Lost in translation: the unintended consequences of advance directive law on clinical care
Lesley S Castillo
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA
Ann Intern Med 154:121-8. 2011
..Advance directive law may compromise the clinical effectiveness of advance directives...
- Redefining the "planning" in advance care planning: preparing for end-of-life decision making
Rebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:256-61. 2010
..Advance directives, although important, are just one piece of information to be used at the time of decision making...
- Information-seeking at a caregiving website: a qualitative analysis
Leslie P Kernisan
Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Med Internet Res 12:e31. 2010
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- Sitting with you in your suffering: lessons about intractable pain at the end of life
Rebecca L Sudore
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Palliat Med 13:779-82. 2010
..Furthermore, we describe not only the importance of exhausting all medical resources to relieve patients' pain and suffering, but also of learning to sit with patients in their suffering...
- Being old and doing time: functional impairment and adverse experiences of geriatric female prisoners
Brie A Williams
Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:702-7. 2006
..Therefore, the evaluation of functional impairment in geriatric female prisoners needs to consider the unique demands of the prison environment...
- Palliative care for Latino patients and their families: whenever we prayed, she wept
Alexander K Smith
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
JAMA 301:1047-57, E1. 2009
..Concrete suggestions are provided for clinicians in working with interpreters, eliciting culturally based attitudes and beliefs, and implementing universal strategies for clear health communication...
- Influence of patient age and comorbid burden on clinician attitudes toward heart failure guidelines
Michael A Steinman
Health Services Research and Development Research Enhancement Award Program, San Francisco VA Medical Center, California, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 10:211-8. 2012
..Clinical practice guidelines have been criticized for insufficient attention to the unique needs of patients of advanced age and with multiple comorbid conditions. However, little empiric research is available to inform this topic...
