Lauris Christopher Kaldjian

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Affiliation: University of Iowa
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Patients and borders, money and mission: responding to medically needy persons from other countries who lack financial resources
    Lauris Christopher Kaldjian
    Program in Bioethics and Humanities, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 55:186-200. 2012
  2. ncbi Through students' eyes: ethical and professional issues identified by third-year medical students during clerkships
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 38:130-2. 2012
  3. ncbi Developing a policy for do not resuscitate orders within a framework of goals of care
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:11-9. 2011
  4. ncbi Code status orders and goals of care in the medical ICU
    Thomas G Gehlbach
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Chest 139:802-9. 2011
  5. ncbi Teaching practical wisdom in medicine through clinical judgement, goals of care, and ethical reasoning
    Lauris Christopher Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 36:558-62. 2010
  6. ncbi Dementia, goals of care, and personhood: a study of surrogate decision makers' beliefs and values
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 27:387-97. 2010
  7. ncbi Code status discussions and goals of care among hospitalised adults
    L C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 35:338-42. 2009
  8. ncbi Goals of care toward the end of life: a structured literature review
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25:501-11. 2008
  9. ncbi Do faculty and resident physicians discuss their medical errors?
    L C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 34:717-22. 2008
  10. ncbi Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Arch Intern Med 168:40-6. 2008

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Publications17

  1. ncbi Patients and borders, money and mission: responding to medically needy persons from other countries who lack financial resources
    Lauris Christopher Kaldjian
    Program in Bioethics and Humanities, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 55:186-200. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Through students' eyes: ethical and professional issues identified by third-year medical students during clerkships
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 38:130-2. 2012
    ..Education in ethics and professionalism should reflect the realities medical students encounter in the hospital and clinic...
  3. ncbi Developing a policy for do not resuscitate orders within a framework of goals of care
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:11-9. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Code status orders and goals of care in the medical ICU
    Thomas G Gehlbach
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Chest 139:802-9. 2011
    ..Decisions about CPR in the medical ICU (MICU) are important. However, discussions about CPR (code status discussions) can be challenging and may be incomplete if they do not address goals of care...
  5. ncbi Teaching practical wisdom in medicine through clinical judgement, goals of care, and ethical reasoning
    Lauris Christopher Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 36:558-62. 2010
    ..By helping trainees develop clinical judgement that incorporates patients' goals of care and ethical reasoning, we may help lessen the risk that 'clinical judgement' will merely express 'the clinician's judgement.'..
  6. ncbi Dementia, goals of care, and personhood: a study of surrogate decision makers' beliefs and values
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 27:387-97. 2010
    ..In conclusion, the surrogates we interviewed expressed diverse preferences regarding goals of care and diverse assessments about the impact of dementia on personhood...
  7. ncbi Code status discussions and goals of care among hospitalised adults
    L C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 35:338-42. 2009
    ..Medical records were reviewed for clinical information and code status documentation...
  8. ncbi Goals of care toward the end of life: a structured literature review
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25:501-11. 2008
    ..These goals can be used to articulate goal-oriented frameworks to guide decision making toward the end of life and thereby harmonize patients' treatment choices with their values and medical conditions...
  9. ncbi Do faculty and resident physicians discuss their medical errors?
    L C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Med Ethics 34:717-22. 2008
    ..Discussions about medical errors facilitate professional learning for physicians and may provide emotional support after an error, but little is known about physicians' attitudes and practices regarding error discussions with colleagues...
  10. ncbi Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Arch Intern Med 168:40-6. 2008
    ..Collecting data on medical errors is essential for improving patient safety, but factors affecting error reporting by physicians are poorly understood...
  11. ncbi Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 1 106 MEB, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 22:988-96. 2007
    ..Disclosing errors to patients is an important part of patient care, but the prevalence of disclosure, and factors affecting it, are poorly understood...
  12. ncbi An empirically derived taxonomy of factors affecting physicians' willingness to disclose medical errors
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 21:942-8. 2006
    ..However, the variables that may facilitate or impede disclosure are diverse and lack conceptual organization...
  13. ncbi Facilitating and impeding factors for physicians' error disclosure: a structured literature review
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
    Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 32:188-98. 2006
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  14. ncbi A clinician's approach to clinical ethical reasoning
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 20:306-11. 2005
    ..This approach also addresses the heterogeneity of clinical problems that at first appear ethical and acknowledges the ethical pluralism that pervades clinical ethics...
  15. ncbi Internists' attitudes towards terminal sedation in end of life care
    L C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
    J Med Ethics 30:499-503. 2004
    ....
  16. ncbi Medical house officers' attitudes toward vigorous analgesia, terminal sedation, and physician-assisted suicide
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine and Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 21:381-7. 2004
    ..Some house officers' attitudes toward terminal sedation and assisted suicide may have been influenced by their religious commitments and the pressures of training...
  17. ncbi Should disagreement about physician-assisted suicide discourage professional societies from engaging in public debate? A survey of 677 Connecticut internists
    Lauris C Kaldjian
    Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA
    Conn Med 66:603-9. 2002
    ..To determine whether physicians within a state-level professional association who disagree about the ethics of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) also disagree about organized professional engagement in public discussions regarding PAS...