Barak Gaster

Summary

Affiliation: University of Washington
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi St John's wort for depression: a systematic review
    B Gaster
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Arch Intern Med 160:152-6. 2000
  2. ncbi Physicians' use of and attitudes toward electronic mail for patient communication
    Barak Gaster
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 18:385-9. 2003
  3. ncbi What should students learn about complementary and alternative medicine?
    Barak Gaster
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
    Acad Med 82:934-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Systematic review of antidepressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain
    Thomas O Staiger
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:2540-5. 2003
  5. ncbi Brief report: Training internists in shared decision making about chronic opioid treatment for noncancer pain
    Mark D Sullivan
    Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 21:360-2. 2006
  6. ncbi Randomized trial of web-based training about opioid therapy for chronic pain
    Mark D Sullivan
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Clin J Pain 26:512-7. 2010
  7. ncbi Patient-centered discussions about prostate cancer screening: a real-world approach
    Barak Gaster
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
    Ann Intern Med 153:661-5. 2010
  8. ncbi PrimeAnswers: A practical interface for answering primary care questions
    Debra S Ketchell
    ML, Stanford University Medical Center, Lane Medical Library, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room L109, Stanford, CA, 94305 5123, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:537-45. 2005

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi St John's wort for depression: a systematic review
    B Gaster
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Arch Intern Med 160:152-6. 2000
    ..Rates of side effects were low. As a dietary supplement, St John's wort is currently largely unregulated, but the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing plans to tighten its regulatory oversight...
  2. ncbi Physicians' use of and attitudes toward electronic mail for patient communication
    Barak Gaster
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 18:385-9. 2003
    ..08 to 0.59). Those physicians who reported using e-mail with patients reported high satisfaction with its use. Although physicians were concerned about the confidentiality of e-mail, few discussed this issue with patients...
  3. ncbi What should students learn about complementary and alternative medicine?
    Barak Gaster
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
    Acad Med 82:934-8. 2007
    ..The cumulative experiences of the 15 programs have been compiled, and an annotated table outlining the most highly recommended resources about CAM is presented...
  4. ncbi Systematic review of antidepressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain
    Thomas O Staiger
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:2540-5. 2003
    ..Three previous reviews have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the efficacy of antidepressants for patients with back pain...
  5. ncbi Brief report: Training internists in shared decision making about chronic opioid treatment for noncancer pain
    Mark D Sullivan
    Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 21:360-2. 2006
    ..The use of chronic opioids for noncancer pain is an increasingly common and difficult problem in primary care...
  6. ncbi Randomized trial of web-based training about opioid therapy for chronic pain
    Mark D Sullivan
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    Clin J Pain 26:512-7. 2010
    ..Therefore we conducted a trial to determine if an interactive web-based training focusing on shared decision-making for chronic opioid therapy improves knowledge and competence compared with exposure to practice guidelines...
  7. ncbi Patient-centered discussions about prostate cancer screening: a real-world approach
    Barak Gaster
    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
    Ann Intern Med 153:661-5. 2010
    ..Although there is no way to make these discussions simple, this streamlined strategy can help patients and providers efficiently negotiate the complex and important decision of screening for prostate cancer...
  8. ncbi PrimeAnswers: A practical interface for answering primary care questions
    Debra S Ketchell
    ML, Stanford University Medical Center, Lane Medical Library, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room L109, Stanford, CA, 94305 5123, USA
    J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:537-45. 2005
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