Creating an Academic-Community Provider Partnership in Hospice,Palliative Care,and End-of-Life Studies

McMillan S.C. , Weitzner M.A. Methodological issues in collecting data from debilitated patients near the end of life. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2003; 30: 123–129.

Moody L.E. , McMillan S. Maintaining data integrity in randomized clinical trials. Nurs Res. 2002; 51: 129–133.

Acquaviva K. , Egan K. Ethical considerations in conducting research in the hospice setting. The Hospice Professional. Summer 2000.

Haley W.E. Institutional review board approval and beyond: proactive steps to improve ethics and quality in end-of-life research. Gerontologist. 2002; 42: 109–113.

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Facts and figures on hospice care in America. Available at http://www.nhpco.org. Accessed October 26, 2004.

Roscoe L.A. , Schonwetter R.S. Improving access to hospice and palliative care for patients near the end-of-life: present status and future direction. White paper report. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Grant No R13 HS14416-01.

McMillan S.C. , Tittle M. , Hagan S. Management of pain and pain-related symptoms in hospitalized veterans with cancer. Cancer Nurs. 2000; 23: 327–336.

McMillan S.C. Pain and pain relief experienced by hospice patients with cancer. Cancer Nurs. 1996; 19: 298–307.

McMillan S.C. , Tittle M. A descriptive study of the management of pain and pain-related side-effects in a cancer center and a hospice. Hosp J. 1995; 10: 89–107.

Schonwetter R.S. , Soendker S. , Perron V. Review of Medicare's proposed hospice eligibility criteria for select non-cancer patients. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1998; 15: 155–158.

Schonwetter R.S. , Han B. , Small B.J. Predictors of six-month survival among patients with dementia: an evaluation of hospice Medicare guidelines. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2003; 20: 105–113.

Weitzner M.A. , Cockram C.A. , Strickland J.M. Depressive spectrum disorders and malignant pain: the impact of coping by substance abuse. Semin Anesth Perioper Med Pain. In press.

Jacobsen P.B. , Donovan K.A. , Weitzner M.A. Distinguishing fatigue and depression in patients with cancer. Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2003; 8: 229–240.

McMillan S.C. , Weitzner M. Quality of life in cancer patients: use of a revised Hospice Index. Cancer Pract. 1998; 6: 282–288.

McMillan S.C. Quality of life of patients with cancer receiving hospice care. Oncol Nurs Forum. 1996; 23: 1221–1228.

McMillan S.C. , Mahon M. Measuring quality of life in hospice patients using a newly developed Hospice Quality of Life Index. Qual Life Res. 1994; 3: 437–447.

Chen H. , Haley W.E. , Robinson B.E. Decisions for hospice care in patients with advanced cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003; 51: 789–797.

Schonwetter R.S. , Walker R.M. , Solomon M. Life values, resuscitation preferences, and the applicability of living wills in an older population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996; 44: 954–958.

Schonwetter R.S. , Walker R.M. , Kramer D.R. Socioeconomic status and resuscitation preferences in the elderly. J Appl Gerontol. 1994; 13: 157–171.

Schonwetter R.S. , Walker R.M. , Kramer D.R. Resuscitation decision making in the elderly: the value of outcome data. J Gen Intern Med. 1993; 8: 295–300.

Schonwetter R.S. , Teasdale T.A. , Taffet G. Educating the elderly: cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions before and after intervention. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991; 39: 372–377.

Keay T.J. , Schonwetter R.S. Hospice care in the nursing home. Am Fam Physician. 1998; 57: 491–494.

Egan K. , White S.V. Quality end-of-life care across all settings: the specialty of hospice palliative care. Fla Nurse. 2002; 50: 29–30.

Roscoe L. , Hyer K. , Engh B. Pleasure and pain: nursing and hospice staff members’ perceptions of ability to influence end-of-life care in nursing homes. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 19-23, 2004, Washington, DC.

Haley W.E. , LaMonde L.A. , Han B. Family caregiving in hospice: effects on psychological and health functioning among spousal caregivers of hospice patients with lung cancer or dementia. Hosp J. 2001; 15: 1–18.

Jang Y. , Borenstein-Graves A. , Haley W.E. Determinants of a sense of mastery in African American and White older adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003; 58: S221–S224.

Schonwetter R.S. , Wallach P. , McMillan S. Teaching palliative care skills to medical students in the United States. Presented at the 11th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill; September 7-11, 1996; Montreal, Canada.

McMillan S.C. , Schonwetter R.S. An interdisciplinary hospice experience for third year medical students. Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Education; October 1996; Chicago, Illinois.

Tope K. , Schonwetter R.S. , Mesarro T. Medical student education in hospice care. Presented at the 11th Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; June 23-26, 1999; Snowbird, Utah.

Moehl M.L. , Becchetti R. , McMillan S. Impacting the future of palliative care: evaluating the long-term benefits of an academic institution and community hospice partnership. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; February 5-9, 2003; Orlando, Florida.

Schonwetter R.S. , Han B. , Small B.J. Predictors of six-month survival among patients with dementia: an evaluation of hospice Medicare guidelines. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2003; 20: 105–113.