2021
Enduring Barriers to Goals-of-Care Discussions Following Oncologist Communication Skills Training (SCI934)
Silva E, Coffee J, Bickell N, Adelson K, Schulman-Green D. Enduring Barriers to Goals-of-Care Discussions Following Oncologist Communication Skills Training (SCI934). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2021, 61: 687-688. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.01.095.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Effects of a Communication Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial to Enable Goals-of-Care Discussions.
Bickell NA, Back AL, Adelson K, Gonsky JP, Egorova N, Pintova S, Lin JJ, Kozuch P, Bagiella E, Smith CB. Effects of a Communication Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial to Enable Goals-of-Care Discussions. JCO Oncology Practice 2020, 16: e1015-e1028. PMID: 32374710, DOI: 10.1200/op.20.00040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElicit patient valuesEnd of lifeAdvanced cancerPatient valuesAggressive careGOC discussionsCare discussionsIntensive care unit admissionHigh care utilizationCare unit admissionMean hospitalizationTraining oncologistsUnit admissionUC patientsAggressive treatmentCare utilizationBlock randomizationCommunication skills trainingOncologistsPatientsCancerCommunication interventionsPrevalenceLife expectancyLast month
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 models
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