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
Does training oncologists to have goals of care discussions affect healthcare utilization among patients with advanced cancer?
Bickell N, Adelson K, Gonsky J, Lin J, Franco R, Egorova N, Smith C. Does training oncologists to have goals of care discussions affect healthcare utilization among patients with advanced cancer? Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 6595-6595. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.6595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDoes 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 Research