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| Dee W FordSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Discussing religion and spirituality is an advanced communication skill: an exploratory structural equation model of physician trainee self-ratingsDee W Ford
Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Palliat Med 15:63-70. 2012..The goal of this study was to develop an improved understanding of physicians' perspectives on their communication competence about religious and spiritual issues...
Impact of lung transplantation on site of death in cystic fibrosisDee Ford
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Cyst Fibros 6:391-5. 2007..Cystic fibrosis (CF) remains a lethal condition where a palliative approach is often taken at the end of life. We wanted to evaluate how lung transplantation impacts end of life care in adult CF patients...
Barriers to hospice enrollment among lung cancer patients: a survey of family members and physiciansDee W Ford
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina29425, USA
Palliat Support Care 6:357-62. 2008..Despite the advantages of hospice care for lung cancer patients, many are enrolled late in the course of their illness or not at all. We sought to identify reasons for this pattern...
Investigating critically ill patients' and families' perceptions of likelihood of survivalDee Ford
Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Palliat Med 12:45-52. 2009..Secondary aims explored whether select demographic, clinical, or personal measures were associated with different perceptions of chance for survival...
Factors associated with illness perception among critically ill patients and surrogatesDee Ford
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Dr, 812 CSB, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Chest 138:59-67. 2010..We investigated illness perceptions among critically ill patients or their surrogates in a university medical ICU using a prospective survey. We hypothesized that these would vary by demographic, personal, and clinical measures...
Internal medicine trainee self-assessments of end-of-life communication skills do not predict assessments of patients, families, or clinician-evaluatorsRobert P Dickson
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Palliat Med 15:418-26. 2012..To investigate the strength of association between trainees' self-assessments of the quality of their end-of-life communication skills and the assessments of their patients, patients' families, and clinician-evaluators...
