2018
Disparities in length of goals of care conversations between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer.
Smith C, Pintova S, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Egorova N, Bickell N. Disparities in length of goals of care conversations between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 19-19. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.34_suppl.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-minority patientsProgression of diseaseMinority patientsAdvanced cancerCancer patientsHigh-quality cancer careAdvanced cancer patientsGoals of careMinority cancer patientsNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesPaucity of dataGOC conversationsGOC discussionsCancer carePoor survivalCare conversationsPatientsRural hospitalsSubstandard treatmentCommunication skills trainingOncologistsCancer treatmentRisk adjustmentMixed-effects modelsDoes training oncologists to have goals of care discussions increase and improve the quality of GoC discussions with advanced cancer patients?
Bickell N, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Lin J, Pintova S, Franco R, Egorova N, Smith C. Does training oncologists to have goals of care discussions increase and improve the quality of GoC discussions with advanced cancer patients? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 6597-6597. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.6597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced cancer patientsTraining oncologistsGOC discussionsCancer patientsCare discussionsPatientsOncologists
2017
Does coaching goals of care discussion skills make a difference?
Bickell N, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Pintova S, Levy B, Lin J, Franco R, Egorova N, Smith C. Does coaching goals of care discussion skills make a difference? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 6586-6586. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced cancer patientsGOC discussionsCancer patientsCancer prognosisClarity of valuesPoor health literacyQuality of lifeElicit patient valuesEligible patientsIntervention patientsYear prognosisMean ageCare discussionsIntervention groupPatient reportsPatient understandingTreatment goalsHealth literacyDisease processPatientsSide effectsPatient valuesOncologists' communication skillsCommunication skills trainingPrognosisDoes oncologist productivity impact goals of care discussions?
Pintova S, Smith C, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Egorova N, Franco R, Bickell N. Does oncologist productivity impact goals of care discussions? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e21675-e21675. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e21675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced cancer patientsGOC discussionsCancer patientsCare discussionsYear prognosisStudy patientsPatient reportsMunicipal HospitalPatientsRural hospitalsOncologistsCommunication skills trainingHospitalCancer treatmentMultivariate modelImpact goalsVisitsValue unitsSkills trainingSignificant relationshipPrognosisRCTsIllnessPrevalence