2024
Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit
Kious B, Vick J, Ubel P, Sutton O, Blumenthal-Barby J, Cox C, Ashana D. Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-8. PMID: 39250770, DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2024.2399534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary qualitative content analysisIntensive care unitInductive approach to data analysisEnd of lifeSuffering of personsAdult intensive care unitQualitative content analysisCare unitFamily meetingsReviewed transcriptsEmotional distressPatient's familyCritically ill patientsApproach to data analysisLimited treatmentCoding guideStudy authorsResearch teamContent analysisMulticenter trialPoor prognosisCliniciansLow qualityIll patientsSufferingThe last word: An analysis of power dynamics in clinical notes documenting against-medical-advice discharges
Kelly M, Vick J, McArthur A, Beach M. The last word: An analysis of power dynamics in clinical notes documenting against-medical-advice discharges. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 357: 117162. PMID: 39142953, PMCID: PMC11521238, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgainst Medical AdvicePatient-clinician relationshipHealthcare systemContemporary healthcare systemsQualitative thematic analysisUrban US medical centerPatients' medical recordsClinician notesAgainst-medical-advice dischargeThematic analysisAvoidable morbidityUS medical centersPatient departureClinician recognitionMedical adviceClinical notesRecognition of powerMedical CenterMedical recordsClinical relationshipInterpretation of powerCliniciansSocial interactionPower differentialsMax Weber"Against Medical Advice" Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations Strategies for Respectful Care
Brems J, Vick J, Ashana D, Beach M. "Against Medical Advice" Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations Strategies for Respectful Care. CHEST Journal 2024, 166: 1155-1161. PMID: 38906461, PMCID: PMC11562651, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAgainst Medical AdviceDischarge careRespiratory-related hospitalizationsHigher-quality careLow-quality careStigmatization of patientsRespectful carePatient-centeredImprove carePrescribed inhalersDiscussion of risksEducating traineesMedical adviceCareClinicians treating patientsPopulation of patientsRespiratory conditionsCliniciansAssociated with poor outcomesCOPD exacerbationsFormal educationRespiratory diseaseHospitalCOPDPoor outcomeRacial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life A Narrative Review
Hauschildt K, Vick J, Ashana D. Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life A Narrative Review. Critical Care Clinics 2024, 40: 753-766. PMID: 39218484, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2024.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining treatmentLow socioeconomic statusClinician factorsSocioeconomic differencesSocioeconomic statusCritical careWorse qualityPatient factorsCareQuality communicationNarrative reviewIntensive careCliniciansContributory factorsPatientsDisparitiesInterventionQualityFactorsStatusDifferences
2015
The utility of the surprise question in identifying patients most at risk of death.
Vick J, Pertsch N, Hutchings M, Neville B, Lipsitz S, Gawande A, Block S, Bernacki R. The utility of the surprise question in identifying patients most at risk of death. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 8-8. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.33.29_suppl.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurprise QuestionRisk of deathOncology cliniciansSerious Illness Care ProgramEnd-of-life goalsEnd-of-lifeDana-Farber Cancer InstituteRandomized controlled trialsHigher risk of deathCare programPropensity score approachStructural interventionsPrediction of patient deathC-statisticCancer InstitutePredictive of deathComplete dataPatient deathDana-FarberCancer stageCliniciansIllness phasePredictive valueHigh riskProportion of survival