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Improving the management of pain in hospitalized adultsR Sean Morrison
Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1033-9. 2006..Pain is a major quality issue. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of interventions on pain management...
Health care system factors affecting end-of-life careR Sean Morrison
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, and The Bronx NY Harbor Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx, New York, USA
J Palliat Med 8:S79-87. 2005....- The growth of palliative care programs in United States hospitalsR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Center to Advance Palliative Care, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 8:1127-34. 2005..Palliative care programs are becoming increasingly common in U.S. hospitals... - The effect of a social work intervention to enhance advance care planning documentation in the nursing homeR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:290-4. 2005..To assess the effect of a multicomponent advance care planning intervention directed at nursing home social workers on identification and documentation of preferences for medical treatments and on patient outcomes... - High rates of advance care planning in New York City's elderly populationR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:2421-6. 2004..Previous studies have demonstrated low rates of advance care planning (ACP), particularly among nonwhite populations, raising questions about the generalizability of this decision-making process... - Clinical practice. Palliative careR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
N Engl J Med 350:2582-90. 2004 
Cost savings associated with US hospital palliative care consultation programsR Sean Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1070, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1783-90. 2008..Hospital palliative care consultation teams have been shown to improve care for adults with serious illness. This study examined the effect of palliative care teams on hospital costs...- A novel interdisciplinary analgesic program reduces pain and improves function in older adults after orthopedic surgeryR Sean Morrison
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1-10. 2009..To examine the effect of a multicomponent intervention on pain and function after orthopedic surgery... - The impact of post-operative pain on outcomes following hip fractureR Sean Morrison
Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Box 1070, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Pain 103:303-11. 2003.... - "We don't carry that"--failure of pharmacies in predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods to stock opioid analgesicsR S Morrison
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
N Engl J Med 342:1023-6. 2000..In this study, we investigated the availability of commonly prescribed opioids in New York City pharmacies... - Survival in end-stage dementia following acute illnessR S Morrison
Department of Geriatrics, Box 1070, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA
JAMA 284:47-52. 2000..If their prognosis is poor, then emphasis should be placed on palliative care for these patients rather than on curative interventions... - Palliative care consultation teams cut hospital costs for Medicaid beneficiariesR Sean Morrison
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:454-63. 2011.... - The National Palliative Care Research Center and the Center to Advance Palliative Care: a partnership to improve care for persons with serious illness and their familiesR Sean Morrison
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 33:S126-31. 2011.... - Relationship between pain and opioid analgesics on the development of delirium following hip fractureR Sean Morrison
Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 58:76-81. 2003..This study was performed to examine the relationship among pain, analgesics, and other factors on delirium in hip fracture patients... - Barriers to completion of health care proxies: an examination of ethnic differencesR S Morrison
Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 158:2493-7. 1998..Advance directives have not been uniformly used by different segments of the US population and studies have consistently shown a lower prevalence of advance directives among African Americans and Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic whites... - High short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with advanced dementia: lack of benefit of tube feedingD E Meier
Box 1070, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:594-9. 2001..The influence of tube feeding on survival in hospitalized patients with advanced dementia is controversial... - Does palliative care improve quality? A survey of bereaved family membersLaura P Gelfman
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 36:22-8. 2008..Palliative care offers a unique approach by integrating the needs of the family into the care of the patient... - Self-reported symptom experience of critically ill cancer patients receiving intensive careJ E Nelson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Crit Care Med 29:277-82. 2001..Symptom assessment may suggest more effective strategies for symptom control and may direct decisions about appropriate use of ICU therapies... - How prevalent are hospital-based palliative care programs? Status report and future directionsC X Pan
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Palliat Med 4:315-24. 2001..We also assessed reasons for consultation, patient characteristics, and future development needs. These findings can help guide future funding, educational, and programming efforts in hospital-based palliative care... - Acceptability of severe pain among hospitalized adultsCatherine L Maroney
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 7:443-50. 2004..Given recent research linking high intensity pain to adverse outcomes, future studies directed at improving the management of pain need to target both pain intensity and patients' beliefs about the acceptability of severe pain... - Communication about chronic critical illnessJudith E Nelson
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:2509-15. 2007..Our objective was to investigate the informational needs of patients with chronic critical illness and their families and the extent to which these needs are met... - Association of timing of surgery for hip fracture and patient outcomesGretchen M Orosz
Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
JAMA 291:1738-43. 2004..Additional research is needed on whether functional outcomes may be improved. In the meantime, patients with hip fracture who are medically stable should receive early surgery when possible... - Brain dysfunction: another burden for the chronically critically illJudith E Nelson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1993-9. 2006..To our knowledge, no previous research has addressed brain dysfunction in the chronically critically ill, although this topic is important for medical decision making... - Association of age with analgesic use for back and joint disorders in outpatient settingsAlex D Federman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4:306-15. 2006..Elderly patients, in particular, have disproportionately low rates of adequate pain control compared with younger patients... - Effect of inpatient quality of care on functional outcomes in patients with hip fractureAlbert L Siu
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Med Care 44:862-9. 2006..RESEARCH DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: We undertook a prospective cohort study in 4 hospitals of 554 patients treated with surgery for hip fracture... - The geriatric emergency departmentUla Hwang
Department of Emergency Medicine, and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1873-6. 2007..The use of Geriatric Emergency Department Interventions, structural and process of care modifications addressing the special care needs of older patients, may help to address these challenges... - Cost and utilization outcomes of patients receiving hospital-based palliative care consultationJoan D Penrod
Program of Research in Serious Physical and Mental Illness, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 9:855-60. 2006.... 
"It's like crossing a bridge" complexities preventing physicians from discussing deactivation of implantable defibrillators at the end of lifeNathan E Goldstein
Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1070, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:2-6. 2008..To understand potential barriers to physician-initiated discussions about Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) deactivation in patients with advanced illness...- "That's like an act of suicide" patients' attitudes toward deactivation of implantable defibrillatorsNathan E Goldstein
Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1070, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:7-12. 2008..To understand potential patient barriers to discussions about implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) deactivation in patients with advanced illness... - Geographic access to hospice in the United StatesMelissa D A Carlson
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Palliat Med 13:1331-8. 2010..We estimated the proportion of the population living in communities within 30 and 60 minutes driving time of a hospice... - Impact of hospice disenrollment on health care use and medicare expenditures for patients with cancerMelissa D A Carlson
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Pl, Box 1070, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 28:4371-5. 2010..However, 11% to 15% of hospice users disenroll from hospice, and little is known about their health care use and Medicare expenditures... - Hospital-based palliative care consultation: effects on hospital costJoan D Penrod
Health Services REAP GRECC, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Palliat Med 13:973-9. 2010..Palliative care consultation teams in hospitals are becoming increasingly more common. Palliative care improves the quality of hospital care for patients with advanced disease. Less is known about its effects on hospital costs... - The ironic business case for chronic care in the acute care settingAlbert L Siu
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and James J Peters VA Hospital in New York City, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:113-25. 2009..Beyond benefits to hospitals, patients and payers could benefit from improved patient outcomes and costs; society could benefit from more appropriate deployment of resources... - Titrating guidance: a model to guide physicians in assisting patients and family members who are facing complex decisionsNathan E Goldstein
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1733-9. 2008..This model can help improve patient-physician communication and decision making so that complex and difficult decisions can be turned into ones that yield to medical expertise, good communication, and personal caring... - Palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer: "I would like a quick return to a normal lifestyle"Nathan E Goldstein
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
JAMA 299:1818-25. 2008..By providing comprehensive care to patients with malignancies of the head and neck, clinicians can increase the likelihood that patients and their families will be able to obtain the best possible outcomes and quality of life... - Regulating palliative care: the case of hospiceMelissa D A Carlson
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 36:107-16. 2008..It provides valuable insights regarding the potential role of regulation in standardizing the quality of palliative care across the increasingly diverse palliative care programs developing outside of hospice... - Improving access to hospice care: informing the debateMelissa D A Carlson
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 11:438-43. 2008.... - Palliative care needs of seriously ill, older adults presenting to the emergency departmentCorita R Grudzen
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Acad Emerg Med 17:1253-7. 2010..The objective was to identify the palliative care needs of seriously ill, older adults in the emergency department (ED)... - Medication utilization in an urban homebound populationIan M Kronish
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:411-5. 2006..We sought to characterize the health status and medication utilization of an urban cohort of homebound adults and to identify factors associated with medication use in this population... - Early ambulation after hip fracture: effects on function and mortalityAlbert L Siu
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:766-71. 2006..Few studies have examined the relationship between inpatient bed rest and functional outcomes. We examined how immobility is associated with function and mortality in patients with hip fracture... - Integrating case management and palliative careDiane E Meier
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 7:119-34. 2004..Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina has also chosen to sustain this enhanced model of care management for seriously ill patients... - Evidence-based approach to management of fever in patients with end-stage dementiaStacie T Pinderhughes
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 6:351-4. 2003..We use a case example to illustrate our discussion... - Physicians' perceptions of procedural pain and discomfortSeth Resnick
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 7:646-51. 2004.... - Patient relocation in the 6 months after hip fracture: risk factors for fragmented careKenneth S Boockvar
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 W Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1826-31. 2004..To describe the incidence and patterns of patient relocation after hip fracture, identify factors associated with relocation, and examine effect of relocation on outcomes... - Determinants of treatment intensity for patients with serious illness: a new conceptual frameworkAmy S Kelley
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 13:807-13. 2010..Specifically, end-of-life policy initiatives face the challenges of political feasibility, inaccurate prognostication, and gaps in the existing literature... - Preoperative status and risk of complications in patients with hip fractureMary Ann McLaughlin
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:219-25. 2006..Our objective was to identify potentially modifiable clinical findings that should be considered in decisions about the timing of surgery... - Factors associated with reductions in patients' analgesia at hospital dischargeCarlton Moore
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 9:41-9. 2006..To describe the patterns of opioid prescribing and the factors associated with reductions in the potency of patients' analgesic medications at the time of hospital discharge... - The effect of emergency department crowding on the management of pain in older adults with hip fractureUla Hwang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:270-5. 2006..To evaluate the effect of emergency department (ED) crowding on assessment and treatment of pain in older adults... - Treatment of pain in older patientsNathan E Goldstein
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Box 1070, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 54:157-64. 2005..This article explores the basic concepts of pain control with a focus on older patients with cancer and highlights issues clinicians should consider when treating these individuals... - Determinants of medical expenditures in the last 6 months of lifeAmy S Kelley
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Intern Med 154:235-42. 2011..End-of-life medical expenditures exceed costs of care during other years, vary across regions, and are likely to be unsustainable. Identifying determinants of expenditure variation may reveal opportunities for reducing costs... - The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously illD E Meier
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
JAMA 286:3007-14. 2001..Although it is normal to have feelings arising from the care of patients, physicians should take an active role in identifying and controlling those emotions... - Variability in access to hospital palliative care in the United StatesBenjamin Goldsmith
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 11:1094-102. 2008..Hospital palliative care programs provide high-quality, comprehensive care for seriously ill patients and their families... - Hospice characteristics and the disenrollment of patients with cancerMelissa D A Carlson
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Health Serv Res 44:2004-21. 2009..To characterize the types of hospices with higher rates of patient disenrollment from the Medicare Hospice Benefit and the markets in which these hospices operate... - The quality of emergency department pain care for older adult patientsUla Hwang
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:2122-8. 2010..To determine whether there are differences in emergency department (ED) pain assessment and treatment for older and younger adults... - The symptom burden of chronic critical illnessJudith E Nelson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Crit Care Med 32:1527-34. 2004..To assess self-reported symptom burden of chronic critical illness... - Pain management in hospitalized cancer patients: a systematic reviewGabrielle R Goldberg
Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:1792-801. 2007..To assist cancer centers in improving pain management, we conducted a systematic review of institutional interventions designed to improve the assessment and treatment of pain in hospitalized cancer patients... - Hospice care: what services do patients and their families receive?Melissa D A Carlson
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1070, New York, NY 10029, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1672-90. 2007.... - When critical illness becomes chronic: informational needs of patients and familiesJudith E Nelson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Crit Care 20:79-89. 2005..In this qualitative study, we investigated what information is relevant and important for clinician-patient/family communication when critical illness becomes chronic, as indicated by tracheotomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation... - Palliative oncology: identity, progress, and the path aheadA S Epstein
The Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ann Oncol 23:43-8. 2012.... - The medical consultant's role in caring for patients with hip fractureR S Morrison
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Intern Med 128:1010-20. 1998..Hip fractures are an important cause of death and functional dependence in the United States... - Update in hospice and palliative care 2003Daniel Fischberg
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Palliat Med 7:574-8. 2004 - The intersection between geriatrics and palliative care: a call for a new research agendaNathan E Goldstein
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1593-8. 2005..This article discusses specific methods to improve the current situation within each of these seven areas... - Assessing the outcome of a palliative care educational initiativeMarilyn J Spiegel
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10029-6574, USA
J Palliat Med 5:343-52. 2002.... - Characteristics of patients requesting and receiving physician-assisted deathDiane E Meier
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1537-42. 2003..2; 95% confidence interval, 0.1-0.5). CONCLUSION: Persons requesting and receiving assistance in dying are seriously ill with little time to live and a high burden of physical suffering... - Elevated rates of prolonged grief disorder in African AmericansB Goldsmith
Herztberg Paliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Death Stud 32:352-65. 2008..The development of effective interventions to treat PGD highlights the need to identify high-risk individuals and refer them to therapy and suggests the potential need for such therapies to adopt culturally sensitive approaches to care... - Assessing differences in care needs and service utilization in geriatric palliative care patientsMartin M Evers
The Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 23:424-32. 2002..Dementia and incapacity profoundly influence decision-making, requiring more time and communication with patients and families... - Pain and ethnicity in the United States: A systematic reviewAlexie Cintron
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 9:1454-73. 2006..Further research is needed to examine pain treatment outcomes and to determine whether health care system factors lead to these disparities... - Challenges for palliative care researchJoan D Penrod
Program of Research on Serious Physical and Mental Illness, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York, New York, USA
J Palliat Med 7:398-402. 2004 - Research funding for palliative medicineLaura P Gelfman
Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Palliat Med 11:36-43. 2008..Medical care for seriously ill patients has been acknowledged to be inadequate and multiple reports have called for increased investment in palliative medicine research... - Palliative care and pain managementLaura J Morrison
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden, Suite 850, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Med Clin North Am 90:983-1004. 2006.... - Autonomy reconsideredDiane E Meier
N Engl J Med 346:1087-9. 2002 - Evaluating palliative care programs: let's do it rightMelissa D A Carlson
J Palliat Med 10:17-8. 2007 - The effect of do-not-resuscitate orders on physician decision-makingMary Catherine Beach
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:2057-61. 2002..Patients with DNR orders may choose to forgo other life-prolonging treatments, but physicians should elicit additional information about patients' treatment goals to inform these decisions... - Cognitive impairment in hip fracture patients: timing of detection and longitudinal follow-upAnn L Gruber-Baldini
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:1227-36. 2003..To examine the prevalence, incidence, persistence, predictors, and outcomes of cognitive impairment after hip fracture... - Palliative care outcomes research: the next stepsR Sean Morrison
J Palliat Med 8:13-6. 2005 - Studying the effectiveness of palliative careJoan Penrod
JAMA 300:1022-3; author reply 1023-4. 2008
Research Grants
- Improving pain and function in hip fractureR Morrison; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Patient-oriented research in geriatric palliative careR Morrison; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Pain Management and Functional Recovery in Older AdultsR Morrison; Fiscal Year: 2006..The project will examine the impact of this generalizable intervention on pain levels, lower extremity performance, functional status, health related quality of life, and utilization. ..
- NIA DEVELOPMENT AWARD PAIN AND DELIRIUM IN HIP FRACTURER Morrison; Fiscal Year: 2002..Dr. Morrison will engage in a number of educational activities in order to enhance his research and statistical analysis skills. ..
- Improving pain and function in hip fractureR Sean Morrison; Fiscal Year: 2010....