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Professional formation and deformation: repression of personal values and qualities in medical educationMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA
Fam Med 45:13-8. 2013..Little is known about what personal qualities or values students themselves experience to be at risk or surrendered during medical school...
Palliative care in castrate-resistant prostate cancerMichael W Rabow
Symptom Management Service, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, Suite 313, 1545 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA Electronic address
Urol Clin North Am 39:491-503. 2012..This article reviews the benefits of palliative care in helping patients with CRPC manage symptoms and distress...
Supporting family caregivers at the end of life: "they don't know what they don't know"Michael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Mount Zion, San Francisco 94143 1732, USA
JAMA 291:483-91. 2004..In caring well for family caregivers at the end of life, physicians may not only improve the experiences of patients and family but also find greater sustenance and meaning in their own work...
Ethnic differences in pain among outpatients with terminal and end-stage chronic illnessMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Pain Med 6:235-41. 2005..To explore ethnic and country of origin differences in pain among outpatients with terminal and end-stage chronic illness...
The Healer's Art: professionalism, service and missionRachel Naomi Remen
UCSF/Mount Zion, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Med Educ 39:1167-8. 2005
Do as I say: curricular discordance in medical school end-of-life care educationMichael Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1732, USA
J Palliat Med 10:759-69. 2007..This study seeks to further describe the educational experience and characteristics of students who perceive curricular discordance in end-of-life care (EOLC) training...
Authentic community as an educational strategy for advancing professionalism: a national evaluation of the Healer's Art courseMichael W Rabow
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero St 500, San Francisco, CA 94143 1732, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1422-8. 2007..The Healer's Art elective is designed to create a genuine community of inquiry into these foundational elements of professionalism...
Promise of professionalism: personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical studentsMichael W Rabow
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Ann Fam Med 7:336-42. 2009..We sought to provide a thematic catalogue of individual mission statements written by medical students nationally...
Professional formation: extending medicine's lineage of service into the next centuryMichael W Rabow
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1732, USA
Acad Med 85:310-7. 2010..Committing to professional formation within medical education will require transformation of formal and informal curricula and will necessitate a rebalancing of attention and financial support within schools of medicine...
Filming the family: a documentary film to educate clinicians about family caregivers of patients with brain tumorsMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Cancer Educ 25:242-6. 2010..009). A documentary film about family caregiving is an effective educational tool to increase awareness among neurosurgery/neuro-oncology clinicians about the importance and needs of family caregivers of patients with brain tumors...
The intersection of need and opportunity: assessing and capitalizing on opportunities to expand hospital-based palliative care servicesMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 1732, USA
J Palliat Med 13:1205-10. 2010..These case studies can serve as models for other programs seeking to develop or expand their palliative care services...
The comprehensive care team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultationMichael W Rabow
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:83-91. 2004..Little is known about the use of palliative care for outpatients who continue to pursue treatment of their underlying disease or whether outpatient palliative medicine consultation teams improve clinical outcomes...
Drawing on experience: physician artwork in a course on professional developmentMichael W Rabow
University of California San Francisco, 1701 Divisadero St. 500, San Francisco, California 94143-1732, USA
Med Educ 37:1040-1. 2003
End-of-life care content in 50 textbooks from multiple specialtiesM W Rabow
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94115, USA
JAMA 283:771-8. 2000..No broad study of end-of-life care content analysis has been performed on textbooks across a wide range of medical, pediatric, psychiatric, and surgical specialties...
The comprehensive care team: a description of a controlled trial of care at the beginning of the end of lifeMichael W Rabow
Division of General Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Palliat Med 6:489-99. 2003..To describe the characteristics, acceptability, and basic efficacy of an outpatient palliative care consultation service for patients with serious illness continuing to receive treatment for their underlying disease...
Volunteer patient advocacy: an interdisciplinary course on attending to patients at the end of lifeMichael W Rabow
University of California, San Francisco Mount Zion, San Francisco, California, 94115, USA
J Palliat Med 5:754-5. 2002..We developed an EOLC course that allowed students to serve as volunteer advocates for patients at the end of life (EOL). We evaluated the course's acceptability to students and its effect on students' attitudes and beliefs...
Screening the soul: communication regarding spiritual concerns among primary care physicians and seriously ill patients approaching the end of lifeSeth M Holmes
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 23:25-33. 2006..Appropriate provision of spiritual care within a diverse population of seriously ill outpatients is complex, necessitating appropriate and attentive screening...
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...
Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their familiesBernard Lo
Program in Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Palliat Med 6:409-15. 2003..Physicians can respond to requests and respect patients' spiritual needs in ways that may deepen the therapeutic doctor-patient relationship, without compromising their own religious and spiritual beliefs or professional roles...
Content on end-of-life care in major pharmacy textbooksThomas C Bookwalter
School of Pharmacy, University of California, 521 Parnassus Avenue, Room C 152, San Francisco, CA 94143 0622, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 60:1246-50. 2003..The results were consistent with findings for medicine and nursing textbooks. A review of eight commonly used pharmacy textbooks revealed inadequate coverage of EOLC...
Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative ServicesSteven Z Pantilat
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, 94143 0903, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:227-30. 2006..CHIPS included an introductory conference followed by 10 months of mentoring with telephone calls, e-mails, on-site consultation at the hospital, and a reunion conference...
The Healer's art: education in meaning and serviceRachel N Remen
Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Cancer Educ 23:65-7. 2008
Patient perceptions of an outpatient palliative care intervention: "It had been on my mind before, but I did not know how to start talking about death..."Michael W Rabow
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 26:1010-5. 2003..6%) would have wanted the intervention even earlier in the course of their illness. Seriously ill outpatients found palliative care acceptable and helpful, reporting increased satisfaction and decreased health care utilization...
Practical considerations in dialysis withdrawal: "to have that option is a blessing"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 290:815. 2003
What it's really like: the complex role of medical students in end-of-life careRheinila Fernandes
Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Teach Learn Med 20:69-72. 2008..Medical student end-of-life care training provides insight into the hidden curriculum and physician professional development...
Palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer: "I would like a quick return to a normal lifestyle"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 299:2679. 2008
Alzheimer disease: "it's okay, mama, if you want to go, it's okay"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 290:105. 2003
Overcoming the false dichotomy of "curative" vs "palliative" care for late-stage HIV/AIDS: "let me live the way I want to live, until I can't"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 291:492. 2004
Caring for bereaved patients: "All the doctors just suddenly go"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 287:882. 2002
Deficiencies in end-of-life care content in medical textbooksMichael W Rabow
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:397. 2002
Responding to requests for physician-assisted suicide: "These are uncharted waters for both of us... "Michael W Rabow
JAMA 288:2332. 2002
Palliative care for patients with heart failureAmy J Markowitz
JAMA 292:1744. 2004
Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 299:1826. 2008
Palliative management of fatigue at the close of life: "it feels like my body is just worn out"Amy J Markowitz
JAMA 298:217. 2007
