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Associations among awareness of prognosis, hopefulness, and coping in patients with advanced cancer participating in phase I clinical trialsPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, The Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Support Care Cancer 11:644-51. 2003..In this study, the relationships among awareness of prognosis, hopefulness, and coping were examined in a selected group of ACP...
To keep them from injustice: reflections on the care of unauthorized immigrants with cancerPaul R Helft
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Oncol Pract 8:212-4. 2012....- Long-term survival of a woman with well differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum: a case report and review of the literatureJeffrey M Clarke
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Med Case Reports 4:346. 2010..WDPMP is generally considered of low malignant potential, however the long-term nature of the tumor remains poorly defined... - A new age for cancer information seeking: are we better off now?Paul R Helft
J Gen Intern Med 23:350-2. 2008..Several research questions regarding how individuals successfully find information on the Internet remain to be answered... 
The ethics of CYP2D6 testing for patients considering tamoxifenAnne Renee Hartman
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Breast Cancer Res 9:103. 2007..In this commentary we discuss the level of evidence needed to change clinical practice and whether CYP2D6 genotyping is appropriate for all women considering tamoxifen as part of their adjuvant therapy...
Oncology nurses' attitudes toward prognosis-related communication: a pilot mailed survey of oncology nursing society membersPaul R Helft
School of Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 38:468-74. 2011..To assess oncology nurses' attitudes toward prognosis-related communication and experiences of the quality of such communication among physicians...- Facilitated ethics conversations: a novel program for managing moral distress in bedside nursing staffPaul R Helft
Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for MedicalEthics, Methodist Hospital, Room E120, Marguerite Lilly Noyes Pavilion, 1800 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul 11:27-33. 2009..We review our initial experiences in conducting more than 100 such facilitated conversations in a large hospital system... - Ethics education in surgical residency programs: a review of the literaturePaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Surg Educ 66:35-42. 2009.... - Inside information: Financial conflicts of interest for research subjects in early phase clinical trialsPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care Research, and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:656-61. 2004.... - Communication pitfalls with cancer patients: "hit-and-run" deliveries of bad newsPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Am Coll Surg 205:807-11. 2007 - American oncologists' views of internet use by cancer patients: a mail survey of American Society of Clinical Oncology membersPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:942-7. 2003..Americans are turning more and more frequently to the Internet to obtain health information. The specific effects on patients, doctors, and the clinical encounter are not well known... - Use of the internet to obtain cancer information among cancer patients at an urban county hospitalPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, The Indiana University Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:4954-62. 2005..To evaluate rates, predictors, and barriers to use of the Internet to obtain cancer information among a cohort of cancer patients at an urban county hospital... - An intimate collaboration: prognostic communication with advanced cancer patientsPaul R Helft
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
J Clin Ethics 17:110-21. 2006 - Breast cancer in the information age: a review of recent developmentsPaul R Helft
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, and Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Breast Dis 21:41-6. 2004..Finally, the author offers his views on how best to manage patients' growing interest in Internet information... - Necessary collusion: prognostic communication with advanced cancer patientsPaul R Helft
Division of Hematology/Oncology, 535 Barnhill Dr, RT 473, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:3146-50. 2005 - Communicating with clinicians: the experiences of surrogate decision-makers for hospitalized older adultsAlexia M Torke
Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1401-7. 2012..To describe communication experiences of surrogates who had recently made a major medical decision for a hospitalized older adult... - A conceptual model of the role of communication in surrogate decision making for hospitalized adultsAlexia M Torke
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Patient Educ Couns 87:54-61. 2012..To build a conceptual model of the role of communication in decision making, based on literature from medicine, communication studies and medical ethics... - The patient-doctor relationship and online social networks: results of a national surveyGabriel T Bosslet
Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1168-74. 2011..The use of online social networks (OSNs) among physicians and physicians-in-training, the extent of patient-doctor interactions within OSNs, and attitudes among these groups toward use of OSNs is not well described... - Timing of do-not-resuscitate orders for hospitalized older adults who require a surrogate decision-makerAlexia M Torke
Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1326-31. 2011..To examine the frequency of surrogate decisions for in-hospital do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders and the timing of DNR order entry for surrogate decisions... - A retrospective analysis of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy followed by surgery or surgery aloneKenneth A Kesler
Department of Surgery, Thoracic Division, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 79:1116-21. 2005..We conducted an institutional review of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer who had complete pretreatment and surgical staging to identify variables predictive of outcome... - Long-term survival after excision of a solitary esophageal cancer brain metastasisKenneth A Kesler
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Thoracic Division, Indianapolis, Ind 46202, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131:497-8. 2006 - An evaluation of unit-based ethics conversationsLucia D Wocial
Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics and Clarian Health, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul 12:48-54; quiz 55-6. 2010..This article reviews results from a formal evaluation of UBECs at one organization. The results of this evaluation suggest the UBEC program provides a transformational ethics experience for nurses... - Contemporary ethical issues in human milk-banking in the United StatesDonna J Miracle
Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA
Pediatrics 128:1186-91. 2011.... - Medical decision-making during the guardianship process for incapacitated, hospitalized adults: a descriptive cohort studyRobin J Bandy
Wishard Health Services, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1003-8. 2010..It is sometimes necessary for courts to appoint guardians for adult, incapacitated patients. There are few data describing how medical decisions are made for such patients before and during the guardianship process... - Nurse ethicist: innovative resource for nursesLucia D Wocial
Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN, USA
J Prof Nurs 26:287-92. 2010..This article describes the central role of a nurse ethicist in promoting ethical nursing practice... - The influence of psychosocial evaluation on candidacy for liver transplantationNancy E Flamme
Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Prog Transplant 18:89-96. 2008..Although medical factors clearly dominate the evaluation of appropriateness for liver transplant, psychosocial factors are an important dimension in the evaluation process... - Metastatic esophageal carcinoma masquerading as inflammatory breast carcinomaChristy L Nebesio
Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Int J Dermatol 46:303-5. 2007..The tumor nuclei were positive for CDX-2 but negative for both steroid receptors (Fig. 3), confirming the diagnosis of metastatic esophageal adenocarcinoma... - Medical ethics education: where are we? Where should we be going? A reviewRachael E Eckles
Division of Hematology Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, Room 473, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Acad Med 80:1143-52. 2005..Following this review, the authors summarize the deficits in the current literature and provide recommendations for future inquiries on medical ethics education... - Are we taking without giving in return? The ethics of research-related biopsies and the benefits of clinical trial participationPaul R Helft
J Clin Oncol 24:4793-5. 2006 - A phase I study of cantuzumab mertansine administered as a single intravenous infusion once weekly in patients with advanced solid tumorsPaul R Helft
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Clin Cancer Res 10:4363-8. 2004..The evidence of antitumor activity suggests that additional clinical development is warranted, with a focus on tumors that express high levels of CanAg and which are known to be sensitive to antimicrotubule agents...