Articles on advance care planning, hospice and palliative care

Connor S.R., Pyenson, B., et al. (2007).  Comparing hospice and nonhospice patient survival among patients who die within three-year window. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 33(3), 238-236.

Morrison, R.S., Penrod, J.D., et al. (2008). Cost savings associatied with US hospital palliative care consultation programs. Archives of Internal Medicine 168(16), 1783-1790.

Rao, J,K., Anderson, L.A., & Smith, S.M. (2002). End of life is a public health issue. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 23(3), 215-220.

Taylor, D.H., Ostermann, J., et al. (2007). What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program? Social Science & Medicine 65, 1466-1478.

Teno, J.M, Gruneir, A., et al. (2007). Association between advance directives and quality end-of-life care: a national study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 189-194.

Articles by local authors

Braun, K.L, Karel, H., and Zir, A. (2006). Family response to end-of-life education: differences by ethnicity and stage of caregiving. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 23(4), 269-276.

Braun, K.L., Onaka, A.T., & Horiuchi, B.Y. (2001). Advance directive completion rates and end-of-life preferences in Hawaii. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49, 1708-1713.

Braun, K.L. & Zir, A. (2005). Using an interactive approach to teach nursing home workers about end-of-life care. Assessment of Depression, 7(5), 280-288.

Braun, K.L., Zir, A., et al. (2005). Kokua Mau: a statewide effort to improve end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(2), 313-323

Brumley, R., Enguidanos, S., Jamison, Seitz, R., Mrogenstern, N., Saito, S., et al. (2007). Increased satisfaction with care and lower costs: results of a randomized trial of in-home palliative care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 993-1000.

Fernandes, R., Hashimoto, S. & Masaki, K. (2008) Enhancing residentsʻ training in medical ethics: an exploratory study assessing attitudes of internal medicine residents. Hawai`i Medical Journal, 67i(12), 317-321.

Fischberg D. & Meier, D.E. (2004). Palliative care in hospitals. Clinical Geriatric Medicine, 20(4), 735-751.

Goldstein N.E. & Fischberg, D. (2008). Update in palliative medicine. Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(2), 135-140.

Morrison, R.S., Flanagan, S., Fischberg, D., et al. (2009). A novel interdisciplinary analgesic program reduces pain and improves function in older adults after orthopedic surgery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(1), 1-10.

Morrison, R.S., Meier, D.E., Fischberg, D., et al. (2006). Improving the management of pain in hospitalized adults. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(9), 1033-1039.