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Death, dignity, and the theory of valueDaniel P Sulmasy
Saint Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, New York, USA
Ethical Perspect 9:103-18. 2002- Informed consent without autonomyDaniel P Sulmasy
St. Vincent's Manhattan, NY, USA
Fordham Urban Law J 30:207-20. 2002 - Terri Schiavo and the Roman Catholic tradition of forgoing extraordinary means of careDaniel P Sulmasy
Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, USA
J Law Med Ethics 33:359-62. 2005 - Spiritual issues in the care of dying patients: ". . . it's okay between me and god"Daniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan and New York Medical College, New York 10011, USA
JAMA 296:1385-92. 2006.... 
Spirituality, religion, and clinical careDaniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, 153 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Chest 135:1634-42. 2009..This article provides concrete advice about taking a spiritual history, ethical boundaries, whether to pray with patients, and when to refer patients to chaplains or to their own personal clergy...
A prospective trial of a new policy eliminating signed consent for do not resuscitate ordersDaniel P Sulmasy
Department of Medicine St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1261-8. 2006....- What is conscience and why is respect for it so important?Daniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, 153 W 11th St, New York, NY, 10011, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 29:135-49. 2008..Tolerance is defined as mutual respect for conscience. A set of boundary conditions for justifiable respect for conscientious objection in medicine is proposed... - The quality of care plans for patients with do-not-resuscitate ordersDaniel P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1573-8. 2004..We studied the explicitness and comprehensiveness of care plans for patients with DNR orders and what factors were associated with this aspect of the quality of their care... - "Diseases and natural kinds"Daniel P Sulmasy
The Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics, The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, NY 10011, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 26:487-513. 2005..Injury is a concept parallel to disease that also makes necessary reference to living natural kinds. These ideas provide a new possibility for the development of a philosophy of medicine with implications for medical ethics... - The logos of the genome: genomes as parts of organismsDaniel P Sulmasy
St. Vincent's Hospital and New York Medical College, NY, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 27:535-40. 2006 - Cancer care, money, and the value of life: whose justice? Which rationality?Daniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan and New York Medical College, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:217-22. 2007..Oncologists would then be free to advocate for their patients within the constraints imposed by this public process... - Promethean medicine: spirituality, stem cells, and cloningDaniel P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital, Manhattan, NY 10011, USA
South Med J 99:1419-23. 2006..The illusory quest for immortality through the practice of regenerative medicine using stem cells is a gross violation of that virtue... - How would terminally ill patients have others make decisions for them in the event of decisional incapacity? A longitudinal studyDaniel P Sulmasy
Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital, New York, New York 10011, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1981-8. 2007..To determine the role terminally ill patients would opt to have their loved ones and physicians play in healthcare decisions should they lose decision-making capacity and how this changes over time... - What is a miracle?Daniel P Sulmasy
St Vincent s Hospital, Manhattan, New York 10011, USA
South Med J 100:1223-8. 2007.... - Distinguishing denial from authentic faith in miracles: a clinical-pastoral approachDaniel P Sulmasy
The John J. Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA
South Med J 100:1268-72. 2007 
Within you/without you: biotechnology, ontology, and ethicsDaniel P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, 153 W 11th St, New York, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:69-72. 2008....- Physicians' confidence in discussing do not resuscitate orders with patients and surrogatesD P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Med Ethics 34:96-101. 2008..Although perceived self-efficacy (confidence) is a known prerequisite for behavioural change, little is understood about the confidence of physicians regarding DNR discussions... - Beliefs and attitudes of nurses and physicians about do not resuscitate orders and who should speak to patients and families about themDaniel P Sulmasy
John Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Crit Care Med 36:1817-22. 2008..However, the beliefs and attitudes of health professionals about the role nurses should play in this process have received little systematic study... - U.S. medical students' perceptions of the adequacy of their schools' curricular attention to care at the end of life: 1998-2006Daniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Hospital, New York, New York 10011, USA
J Palliat Med 11:707-16. 2008..Little is known about the long-term effectiveness of recent efforts to improve end-of-life care education at U.S. medical schools... - Confidence and knowledge of medical ethics among interns entering residency in different specialtiesDaniel P Sulmasy
Bioethics Institute, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
J Clin Ethics 16:230-5. 2005 - Patients' ratings of quality and satisfaction with care at the end of lifeDaniel P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, St Vincent s Manhattan, 153 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:2098-104. 2002..To elicit ratings of quality and satisfaction with care from medical inpatients, especially those near the end of life... - A biopsychosocial-spiritual model for the care of patients at the end of lifeDaniel P Sulmasy
The Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College and The John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent s Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA
Gerontologist 42:24-33. 2002..This article presents a model for research and practice that expands on the biopsychosocial model to include the spiritual concerns of patients... - Appearance and morality: ethics and otolaryngology-head and neck surgeryDaniel P Sulmasy
John J. Conley Department of Ethics St. Vincent's Manhattan and The Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10011, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 126:4-7. 2002 - At wit's end: forgiveness, dignity, and the care of the dyingD P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Gen Intern Med 16:335-8. 2001..Such a reaction to the play by physicians might truly and radically improve the care of the dying... - Physicians' ethical beliefs about cost-control arrangementsD P Sulmasy
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincents Hospital, New York, NY 10011, USA
Arch Intern Med 160:649-57. 2000..Although much has been written about the ethics of new methods of health care financing, little is known about the extent to which physicians experience these cost-control arrangements as ethical problems... - What is an oath and why should a physician swear one?D P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 10011, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 20:329-46. 1999..No attempt is made to define which oath a physician should swear... - Factors associated with the time nurses spend at the bedsides of seriously ill patients with poor prognosesDaniel P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent s Manhattan, New York, New York 10011, USA
Med Care 41:458-66. 2003..Little is known about the time health professionals spend with inpatients that are close to the end of life... - Is medicine a spiritual practice?D P Sulmasy
John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent s Hospital, New York, New York 10011, USA
Acad Med 74:1002-5. 1999..This will better prepare them to meet the spiritual needs of their patients... - Decision-making in patients with advanced cancer compared with amyotrophic lateral sclerosisA B Astrow
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
J Med Ethics 34:664-8. 2008..Patients with advanced cancer need information about end-of-life treatment options in order to make informed decisions. Clinicians vary in the frequency with which they initiate these discussions. Patients and.. - Killing and allowing to die: another lookD P Sulmasy
St Vincents Hospital, New York City, USA
J Law Med Ethics 26:55-64, 4. 1998..Author offers an analytic defense of the coherence of the distinction between "killing" and "allowing to die," based on contemporary philosophy of action and intention... - The surrogate's experience in authorizing a do not resuscitate orderCatherine M Handy
St Vincents Catholic Medical Centers, New York, New York, USA
Palliat Support Care 6:13-9. 2008..The goal of this study is to investigate the subjective and emotional experience of surrogates who authorize DNR orders in this setting... - I was sick and you came to visit me: time spent at the bedsides of seriously ill patients with poor prognosesD P Sulmasy
John J. Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, St. Vincent's, Manhattan, New York, New York 10011, USA
Am J Med 111:385-9. 2001..Patients with advanced dementia and minority patients appear to have less bedside contact. Further study is required to confirm these findings and to understand optimal visit time for medical inpatients with poor prognoses... - Deliberative Democracy and stem cell research in New York State: the good, the bad, and the uglyDaniel P Sulmasy
St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
Kennedy Inst Ethics J 19:63-78. 2009..A few relatively simple changes could make New York's program a real model for putting Deliberative Democracy into practice in making policy decisions regarding controversial bioethical issues... - Is failure to meet spiritual needs associated with cancer patients' perceptions of quality of care and their satisfaction with care?Alan B Astrow
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:5753-7. 2007..Even fewer have investigated the relationship between patients' spiritual needs and perceptions of quality and satisfaction with care... - Can medical schools be Catholic? For two reasons, Catholic universities should continue sponsoring such schoolsDaniel P Sulmasy
St Vincent s Hospital, Manhattan, USA
Health Prog 84:10-3, 50. 2003 - Can a pain management and palliative care curriculum improve the opioid prescribing practices of medical residents?Wayne A Ury
Saint Vincent s Catholic Medical Centers of New York, Manhattan Campus, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:625-31. 2002..We assessed whether a case-based palliative medicine curriculum could improve medical house staff opioid prescribing practices... - Sedation, alimentation, hydration, and equivocation: careful conversation about care at the end of lifeLynn A Jansen
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent s Hospital and Medical Center, 153 West 11th Street NR 815, New York, NY 10011, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:845-9. 2002..These distinctions reveal the complexity of the issues surrounding terminal sedation and refusal of hydration and nutrition, a complexity that has not been adequately addressed in recent discussions... - A scale for measuring patient perceptions of the quality of end-of-life care and satisfaction with treatment: the reliability and validity of QUESTDaniel P Sulmasy
The John J. Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center Manhattan, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 23:458-70. 2002..Although preliminary, these findings suggest that QUEST may be useful in assessing quality and satisfaction with the care rendered by physicians and nurses to hospitalized patients at the end of life... - Health care justice and hospice careDaniel P Sulmasy
St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, USA
Hastings Cent Rep . 2003 - STUDENTJAMA. Spirituality and the patient-physician relationshipAlan B Astrow
St Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY, USA
JAMA 291:2884. 2004 - Proportionality, terminal suffering and the restorative goals of medicineLynn A Jansen
The John J Conley Department of Ethics, Saint Vincent s Hospital, Manhattan, NY 10011, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 23:321-37. 2002..As we explain, this principle is justified by reference to the interests terminally ill patients have in restoration, as well as in the relief of suffering, at the end of life... - Emergency contraception for women who have been raped: must catholics test for ovulation, or is testing for pregnancy morally sufficient?Daniel P Sulmasy
St Vincent s Hospital Manhattan, NY, USA
Kennedy Inst Ethics J 16:305-31. 2006..This article presents clinical, epidemiological, and ethical arguments why testing for pregnancy should be morally sufficient for a faith community that is strongly opposed to abortion... - Sexually transmitted disease: a private matter?Jayne D Rivas
John J Conley Department of Ethics, St Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, Manhattan Service Division, New York, New York, USA
Am Fam Physician 66:1351-2, 1355. 2002 - A Spanish version of the McGill Quality of Life QuestionnaireVictorio R Tolentino
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, St. Vincent's Manhattan, New York, USA
J Palliat Care 18:92-6. 2002..Our initial review demonstrated face validity for the Spanish version of the MQOL. However, further testing is required to fully determine its psychometric properties and to provide a version that has been validated in use... - Bioethics, conflicts of interest, & the limits of transparencyLynn A Jansen
St Vincent's, New York City, NY, USA
Hastings Cent Rep 33:40-3. 2003 - Perceptions of patients and physicians regarding phase I cancer clinical trials: implications for physician-patient communicationNeal J Meropol
Division of Medical Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
J Clin Oncol 21:2589-96. 2003..To describe and compare the perceptions of cancer patients and their physicians regarding phase I clinical trials... - The correlation between patient characteristics and expectations of benefit from Phase I clinical trialsKevin P Weinfurt
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA
Cancer 98:166-75. 2003..The authors examined a range of patient characteristics to determine which factors were associated with greater expectations of benefit from Phase I trials... - Life-sustaining treatments: what do physicians want and do they express their wishes to others?Joseph J Gallo
Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:961-9. 2003.... - Family health care decision making and self-efficacy with patients with ALS at the end of lifeMarie T Nolan
School of Nursing, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Palliat Support Care 6:273-80. 2008..This study compared the preferences of patients with ALS for involving family in health care decisions at the end of life with the actual involvement reported by the family after death... - Religious importance and practices of patients with a life-threatening illness: implications for screening protocolsJoan E Kub
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 212105, USA
Appl Nurs Res 16:196-200. 2003..Recommendations are presented on how health professionals can use the responses to these questions to determine the need for further spiritual assessment and intervention... - An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patientsDarrell J Gaskin
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Med Decis Making 24:614-24. 2004..Specifically, they estimated the effect of relative health stock on advanced cancer patients' decisions to participate in phase I clinical trials... - Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physiciansBernard Lo
JAMA 287:749-54. 2002..By responding to patients' spiritual and religious concerns and needs, physicians may help them find comfort and closure near the end of life... - Understanding of an aggregate probability statement by patients who are offered participation in Phase I clinical trialsKevin P Weinfurt
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27715, USA
Cancer 103:140-7. 2005..The authors sought to characterize a special form of numeracy among patients with advanced cancer who were offered participation in Phase I oncology clinical trials... - When patients lack capacity: the roles that patients with terminal diagnoses would choose for their physicians and loved ones in making medical decisionsMarie T Nolan
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 30:342-53. 2005..Deciding for patients who cannot speak for themselves may be more complex than has previously been reflected in law, policy, or clinical ethics... - The clinician as investigator: participating in clinical trials in the practice settingEllis W Lader
Circulation 109:2672-9. 2004..Finally, the appendices review basic elements of study design and statistical principles, which may be of interest to a potential investigator... - The clinician as investigator: participating in clinical trials in the practice setting: Appendix 2: statistical concepts in study design and analysisEllis W Lader
Circulation 109:e305-7. 2004 - Expectations of benefit in early-phase clinical trials: implications for assessing the adequacy of informed consentKevin P Weinfurt
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA
Med Decis Making 28:575-81. 2008..There is concern that participants misunderstand the trials to which they have consented, which is based on assumptions about what patients mean when responding to questions about likelihood of benefit...