Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Population Sciences for Pediatric Hematology/OncologyAssociate Chief, Population Sciences for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Population Sciences for Pediatric Hematology/OncologyAssociate Chief, Population Sciences for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
1998
Boston
MA
Internship
Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
1999
Boston
MA
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
2001
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology & Pediatric Palliative Care
Boston Children's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
2004
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Hematology-Oncology)
Publications
"What's a Win": A Qualitative Study Exploring Surgeon Perspectives on Operative Intent in Non-curative Cancer Surgery. View Abstract
Timing and Outcomes of Palliative Care Integration Into Care of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer. View Abstract
Spiritual Communication Between Pediatric Oncologists, Caregivers, and Patients With Brain Tumors. View Abstract
"We Were Still Left in the Back Field, Not Knowing": Pediatric Cancer Patients and Parents Describe Obstacles to Prognostic Communication. View Abstract
Preferences for Communication About Prognosis Among Children With Cancer, Parents, and Oncologists. View Abstract
Help Navigate the Process: Early Information and Communication About Late Effects of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer. View Abstract
Preferred and Actual Location of Death in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. View Abstract
Evolution in Documented Goals of Care at End of Life for Adolescents and Younger Adults With Cancer. View Abstract
Definition of Palliative Surgery in Cancer Care: A Systematic Review. View Abstract
Applying theories, models, and frameworks to help genetic counselors and students achieve clinical and professional goals. View Abstract
Explanatory models in real-world clinical interactions at a pediatric cancer center in Guatemala. View Abstract
Peace, equanimity and acceptance in the cancer experience: validation of the German version (PEACE-G) and associations with mental health, health-related quality of life and psychological constructs. View Abstract
Functions of patient- and family-centered pediatric cancer communication in Pakistan. View Abstract
Patient, Parent, and Oncologist Perspectives and Recommendations on the Right Way to Talk About Prognosis in Advanced Childhood Cancer. View Abstract
Preferred and Actual Places of Death Among Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Single-centre Cohort Study in Japan. View Abstract
Overcoming Systemic Barriers to Make Patient-Partnered Research a Reality. View Abstract
Language to Support Dignity for Children With Advanced Cancer and Their Families. View Abstract
Parent-provider communication dynamics during the pediatric oncology diagnostic process in Guatemala: A qualitative study. View Abstract
Use of cancer-directed therapy at the end of life among adolescents and young adults. View Abstract
"A very difficult conversation": Challenges and opportunities for improvement in pediatric oncology clinician communication about late effects. View Abstract
Stigma in Pediatric Cancer: An Exploratory Study of Osteosarcoma and Retinoblastoma in Guatemala, Jordan, and Zimbabwe. View Abstract
Parent and oncologist perspectives on prognostic disclosure in advanced childhood cancer: communication pearls and pitfalls. View Abstract
Psychosocial and supportive care concerns of young women living with advanced breast cancer: baseline findings from a prospective virtual support intervention study. View Abstract
Who gets to die at home? Race and disease-related cause of death impacts young adults' place of death. View Abstract
Ethical Tensions in the Role of the Medical Interpreter. View Abstract
Factors influencing parents' choice of palliative treatment goals for children with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma: A multi-site longitudinal survey study. View Abstract
What Constitutes Quality of Life? Perspectives of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer. View Abstract
Quality of End-of-Life Care Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. View Abstract
A helping hand: The impact of a central line insertion support team. View Abstract
Agreement and disagreement between child-caregiver symptom and function reports in pediatric oncology. View Abstract
CritCom: assessment of quality of interdisciplinary communication around deterioration in pediatric oncologic patients. View Abstract
Designing and validating novel communication measures for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult oncology care and research: The PedCOM measures. View Abstract
Oncology Clinicians' Perspectives on Online Patient Portal Use in Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer. View Abstract
Barriers and Facilitators of Quality Family-Centered Communication in Pakistan. View Abstract
Discussions About Goals of Care and Advance Care Planning Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer Approaching the End of Life. View Abstract
Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives on Core Components of Therapeutic Alliance for Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study. View Abstract
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions. View Abstract
Identifying contributors to disparities in patient access of online medical records: examining the role of clinician encouragement. View Abstract
A new measure for multi-professional medical team communication: design and methodology for multilingual measurement development. View Abstract
A single-institution pediatric and young adult interventional oncology collaborative: Novel therapeutic options for relapsed/refractory solid tumors. View Abstract
Prognostic awareness in Japanese patients with advanced cancer: a follow-up cohort study. View Abstract
A multi-disciplinary team approach to pediatric malignant mandibular tumors. View Abstract
Application of Instrumental Variable Analysis in Pediatric End-of-Life Research: A Case Study. View Abstract
Quality Indicators for Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Modified Delphi Process With Patients, Family Members, and Clinicians. View Abstract
Understanding hope at diagnosis: A study among Guatemalan parents of children with cancer. View Abstract
The Day One Talk, 20 Years Later: What Have We Learned? View Abstract
Interdisciplinary care of pediatric oncology patients: A survey of clinicians in Central America and the Caribbean. View Abstract
"There's no playbook for when your kid has cancer": Desired elements of an electronic resource to support pediatric cancer communication. View Abstract
Advice to Clinicians on Communication from Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer and Parents of Children with Cancer. View Abstract
Profiles of Symptom Suffering and Functioning in Children and Adolescents Receiving Chemotherapy. View Abstract
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of pediatric concurrent versus standard hospice care. View Abstract
Oncologist approaches to communicating uncertain disease status in pediatric cancer: a qualitative study. View Abstract
"The simple life experiences that every other human gets": Desire for normalcy among adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer. View Abstract
Conceptualizing the Value of Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care. View Abstract
Capturing the young child's reports of cancer treatment tolerability: Does our practice reflect an assumption that they cannot report? View Abstract
Longitudinal use of patient reported outcomes in pediatric leukemia and lymphoma reveals clinically relevant symptomatic adverse events. View Abstract
"Seed Planting" As an Approach for Longitudinal Prognostic Disclosure in Pediatric Cancer: A Case Series. View Abstract
Development and Adaptation of a Patient-Centered Communication Survey for Parents of Children With Cancer in Guatemala. View Abstract
Change in the Parent-Clinician Relationship Throughout the First Year of Treatment in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Navigating prognostic communication when children with poor-prognosis cancer experience prolonged disease stability. View Abstract
Patient, Family, and Clinician Perspectives on Location of Death for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. View Abstract
Mismatch between Pediatric Oncologists' Private and Parent-Facing Prognostic Communication: Communication Patterns Used to Soften Prognostic Disclosure. View Abstract
Cancer treatment decision-making among parents of paediatric oncology patients in Guatemala: a mixed-methods study. View Abstract
Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in the Cancer Experience (PEACE) questionnaire. View Abstract
Thinking globally to improve care locally: A Delphi study protocol to achieve international clinical consensus on best-practice end-of-life communication with adolescents and young adults with cancer. View Abstract
Silence in Conversations About Advancing Pediatric Cancer. View Abstract
Co-management of communication and care in adolescent and young adult oncology. View Abstract
The Art of Saying Nothing. View Abstract
Factors Affecting Hospice Use Among Adolescents and Young Adult Cancer Patients. View Abstract
Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: Cost Implications of a Hybrid Payment Model. View Abstract
A Framework for Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Genetics and Genomics Research. View Abstract
Lack of Concordance in Symptomatic Adverse Event Reporting by Children, Clinicians, and Caregivers: Implications for Cancer Clinical Trials. View Abstract
Patterns of Healthcare Services Among Children With Advanced Cancer in Concurrent Hospice Care. View Abstract
A National Study to Compare Effective Management of Constipation in Children Receiving Concurrent Versus Standard Hospice Care. View Abstract
Interdependent functions of communication with adolescents and young adults in oncology. View Abstract
Health Literacy and Clinical Outcomes Following Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation. View Abstract
Missing Voices: Lessons Learned from Nonparticipating Caregivers in Palliative Care Research. View Abstract
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature. View Abstract
Bereaved Caregivers Perspectives of Negative Communication Experiences Near the End of Life for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer. View Abstract
Effectiveness of Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care to Improve Continuity of Care. View Abstract
Early parental knowledge of late effect risks in children with cancer. View Abstract
Acceptable, hopeful, and useful: development and mixed-method evaluation of an educational tool about reproductive options for people with sickle cell disease or trait. View Abstract
Parent and Clinician Perspectives on Challenging Parent-Clinician Relationships in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Multilevel barriers and facilitators of communication in pediatric oncology: A systematic review. View Abstract
Thinking ahead: Parents' worries about late effects of childhood cancer treatment. View Abstract
Communication Priorities and Experiences of Caregivers of Children With Cancer in Guatemala. View Abstract
Broaching goals-of-care conversations in advancing pediatric cancer. View Abstract
Patient, Family, and Clinician Perspectives on End-of-Life Care Quality Domains and Candidate Indicators for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. View Abstract
Facilitators Associated With Building and Sustaining Therapeutic Alliance in Advanced Pediatric Cancer. View Abstract
Communication around palliative care principles and advance care planning between oncologists, children with advancing cancer and families. View Abstract
Who is coordinating pediatric concurrent hospice care? View Abstract
A Reliability Generalization Meta-Analysis of 17 Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Positive Psychosocial Constructs in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cancer. View Abstract
Clinicians' Perspectives on the Functions of Communication in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Patients, caregivers, and clinicians differ in performance status ratings: Implications for pediatric cancer clinical trials. View Abstract
Factors related to specialized palliative care use and aggressive care at end of life in Japanese patients with advanced solid cancers: a cohort study. View Abstract
A National Profile of Children Receiving Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care, 2011 to 2013. View Abstract
Differences in characteristics of children with cancer who receive standard versus concurrent hospice care. View Abstract
Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Positive Psychosocial Constructs in Children and Adolescent/Young Adults with Cancer: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties. View Abstract
Conflicting goals and obligations: Tensions affecting communication in pediatric oncology. View Abstract
Prognostic Communication Between Oncologists and Parents of Children With Advanced Cancer. View Abstract
The evolution of parents' beliefs about childhood cancer during diagnostic communication: a qualitative study in Guatemala. View Abstract
"What Matters to Me": What pediatric stem cell transplant patients want their providers to know. View Abstract
"Don't be afraid to speak up": Communication advice from parents and clinicians of children with cancer. View Abstract
Assume It Will Break: Parental Perspectives on Negative Communication Experiences in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Medical complexity and concurrent hospice care: A national study of Medicaid children from 2011 to 2013. View Abstract
Caregiver Reported Quality of End-of-Life Care of Adolescent and Young Adult Decedents With Cancer. View Abstract
Multilevel barriers to communication in pediatric oncology: Clinicians' perspectives. View Abstract
Barriers to Optimal End-of-Life Care for Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: Bereaved Caregiver Perspectives. View Abstract
Parental views on communication between children and clinicians in pediatric oncology: a qualitative study. View Abstract
Patients' understanding of communication about palliative care and health condition in Japanese patients with unresectable or recurrent cancer: a cross-sectional survey. View Abstract
Identification of Evidence for Key Positive Psychological Constructs in Pediatric and Adolescent/Young Adult Patients with Cancer: A Scoping Review. View Abstract
Validation of the caregiver Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events measure. View Abstract
Interdisciplinary care of pediatric oncology patients in Central America and the Caribbean. View Abstract
Agreement Between Child Self-report and Caregiver-Proxy Report for Symptoms and Functioning of Children Undergoing Cancer Treatment. View Abstract
Validity and Reliability of the Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events. View Abstract
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as a pleural effusion: An atypical presentation of a malignancy. View Abstract
Subjective Toxicity Profiles of Children in Treatment for Cancer: A New Guide to Supportive Care? View Abstract
Characteristics of uncertainty in advanced pediatric cancer conversations. View Abstract
Variation In State Medicaid Implementation Of The ACA: The Case Of Concurrent Care For Children. View Abstract
Pediatric cancer communication in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. View Abstract
Communication in Pediatric Oncology: A Qualitative Study. View Abstract
Care experiences that foster trust between parents and physicians of children with cancer. View Abstract
Exercise and Well-being in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer-Time for Interventions. View Abstract
Role of Surgery in Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Head and Neck in Children. View Abstract
The use of interval-compressed chemotherapy with the addition of vincristine, irinotecan, and temozolomide for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed desmoplastic small round cell tumor. View Abstract
Impact of cancer on school, work, and financial independence among adolescents and young adults. View Abstract
Qualitative Study of Pediatric Early Warning Systems' Impact on Interdisciplinary Communication in Two Pediatric Oncology Hospitals With Varying Resources. View Abstract
Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: A Scoping Review and Directions for Future Nursing Research. View Abstract
Early information needs of adolescents and young adults about late effects of cancer treatment. View Abstract
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Communication and Care for Children With Advanced Cancer. View Abstract
Parental Considerations Regarding Cure and Late Effects for Children With Cancer. View Abstract
Humour and laughing in patients with prolonged incurable cancer: an ethnographic study in a comprehensive cancer centre. View Abstract
Psychosocial care for children receiving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. View Abstract
Oncologists' Communication and Decision-Making Behaviors Affect Perceptions of Sensitive Information Exchange for Adolescent and Young Adult Patients. View Abstract
Communication Regarding Therapeutic Clinical Trial Enrollment Between Oncologists and Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer. View Abstract
Teamwork in prognostic communication: Addressing bottlenecks and barriers. View Abstract
Expanding construct validity of established and new PROMIS Pediatric measures for children and adolescents receiving cancer treatment. View Abstract
On listening. View Abstract
Peace of mind among adolescents and young adults with cancer. View Abstract
Communication during childhood cancer: Systematic review of patient perspectives. View Abstract
End-of-life care among adolescent and young adult patients with cancer living in poverty. View Abstract
Emotional Communication in Advanced Pediatric Cancer Conversations. View Abstract
Helping parents prepare for their child's end of life: A retrospective survey of cancer-bereaved parents. View Abstract
Unrealistic parental expectations for cure in poor-prognosis childhood cancer. View Abstract
Longitudinal prognostic communication needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer. View Abstract
Mapping child and adolescent self-reported symptom data to clinician-reported adverse event grading to improve pediatric oncology care and research. View Abstract
Communication interventions in adult and pediatric oncology: A scoping review and analysis of behavioral targets. View Abstract
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parental Decision-Making Roles in Pediatric Oncology. View Abstract
Knowing versus doing: The value of behavioral change models for emotional communication in oncology. View Abstract
Recovery of offline and online sentence processing in aphasia: Language and domain-general network neuroplasticity. View Abstract
The evolution of regret: decision-making for parents of children with cancer. View Abstract
Things that matter: Adolescent and young adult patients' priorities during cancer care. View Abstract
Effective Communication for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Patients With Cancer: Considerations for the Patients, Family Members, Providers, and Multidisciplinary Team. View Abstract
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients' Experiences With Treatment Decision-making. View Abstract
How Do Blood Cancer Doctors Discuss Prognosis? Findings from a National Survey of Hematologic Oncologists. View Abstract
The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years. View Abstract
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck in children. View Abstract
Inclusion of children in the initial conversation about their cancer diagnosis: impact on parent experiences of the communication process. View Abstract
Duality of purpose: Participant and parent understanding of the purpose of genomic tumor profiling research among children and young adults with solid tumors. View Abstract
Persistently low peace of mind in parents of cancer patients: A five-year follow-up study. View Abstract
Decisional burden among parents of children with cancer. View Abstract
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in children. View Abstract
Patient perceptions of curability and physician-reported disclosures of incurability in Japanese patients with unresectable/recurrent cancer: a cross-sectional survey. View Abstract
Parental distress and desire for information regarding long-term implications of pediatric cancer treatment. View Abstract
The PRISM intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer: Paying attention to the patient as a whole person. View Abstract
Pediatric vincristine-related vocal fold paralysis. View Abstract
Closing the Gap on Pediatric Palliative Oncology Disparities. View Abstract
How Should We Enhance the Process and Purpose of Prognostic Communication in Oncology? View Abstract
Communication About Prognosis With Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer: Information Needs, Prognostic Awareness, and Outcomes of Disclosure. View Abstract
Parent understanding of the risk of future limitations secondary to pediatric cancer treatment. View Abstract
Reply to: Comment on: Adolescent patient involvement in discussions about relapsed or refractory cancer with oncology clinicians. View Abstract
Reply to Cross-cultural communication in pediatric oncology: Catch them when they're young. View Abstract
Parent perspectives on information about late effects of childhood cancer treatment and their role in initial treatment decision making. View Abstract
Sources of parental hope in pediatric oncology. View Abstract
Intended and unintended consequences: Ethics, communication, and prognostic disclosure in pediatric oncology. View Abstract
Adolescent patient involvement in discussions about relapsed or refractory cancer with oncology clinicians. View Abstract
How Parents of Children With Cancer Learn About Their Children's Prognosis. View Abstract
Child and adolescent self-report symptom measurement in pediatric oncology research: a systematic literature review. View Abstract
Disparities in prognosis communication among parents of children with cancer: The impact of race and ethnicity. View Abstract
A Research Agenda for Communication Between Health Care Professionals and Patients Living With Serious Illness. View Abstract
Evaluation of Patient and Family Outpatient Complaints as a Strategy to Prioritize Efforts to Improve Cancer Care Delivery. View Abstract
Pediatric Palliative Care-A Shared Priority. View Abstract
Longitudinal parental preferences for late effects communication during cancer treatment. View Abstract
Communication in pediatric oncology: State of the field and research agenda. View Abstract
Fatalism and educational disparities in beliefs about the curability of advanced cancer. View Abstract
How a Child With Cancer Moved From Vulnerability to Resilience. View Abstract
Holding hope. View Abstract
Prognostic disclosures over time: Parental preferences and physician practices. View Abstract
Cognitive Interview-Based Validation of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events in Adolescents with Cancer. View Abstract
Development of quality indicators for transition from pediatric to adult care in sickle cell disease: A modified Delphi survey of adult providers. View Abstract
Communication preferences of pediatric cancer patients: talking about prognosis and their future life. View Abstract
Difficult relationships between parents and physicians of children with cancer: A qualitative study of parent and physician perspectives. View Abstract
Decisional Regret Among Parents of Children With Cancer. View Abstract
Eliciting the child's voice in adverse event reporting in oncology trials: Cognitive interview findings from the Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events initiative. View Abstract
Prognostic Disclosures to Children: A Historical Perspective. View Abstract
What Adult Cancer Care Can Learn From Pediatrics. View Abstract
Care in the Final Month of Life among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. View Abstract
Patient/parent perspectives on genomic tumor profiling of pediatric solid tumors: The Individualized Cancer Therapy (iCat) experience. View Abstract
Home care for children with multiple complex chronic conditions at the end of life: The choice of hospice versus home health. View Abstract
Lower Patient Ratings of Physician Communication Are Associated With Unmet Need for Symptom Management in Patients With Lung and Colorectal Cancer. View Abstract
Parental preparedness for late effects and long-term quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer. View Abstract
"Don't Try to Cover the Sky with Your Hands": Parents' Experiences with Prognosis Communication About Their Children with Advanced Cancer. View Abstract
Communication Skills Training in Pediatric Oncology: Moving Beyond Role Modeling. View Abstract
Clusters of Multiple Complex Chronic Conditions: A Latent Class Analysis of Children at End of Life. View Abstract
Severe Tumor Lysis Syndrome and Acute Pulmonary Edema Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Following Initiation of Chemotherapy for Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. View Abstract
High Intensity of End-of-Life Care Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients in the New York State Medicaid Program. View Abstract
Young Adult Perspectives on a Successful Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care in Sickle Cell Disease. View Abstract
Intensity of Medical Interventions between Diagnosis and Death in Patients with Advanced Lung and Colorectal Cancer: A CanCORS Analysis. View Abstract
Cancer treatment decision-making among young adults with lung and colorectal cancer: a comparison with adults in middle age. View Abstract
Deeper Conversations Need Not Wait Until the End. View Abstract
End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer in Kaiser Permanente Southern California. View Abstract
Parental hope for children with advanced cancer. View Abstract
Association of Actual and Preferred Decision Roles With Patient-Reported Quality of Care: Shared Decision Making in Cancer Care. View Abstract
When to say when: How aggressively to care for children with multiply relapsed cancer? View Abstract
The role of families in decisions regarding cancer treatments. View Abstract
Patient beliefs that chemotherapy may be curative and care received at the end of life among patients with metastatic lung and colorectal cancer. View Abstract
Association of lower patient ratings of physician communication with need for symptom management in lung and colorectal cancer patients. View Abstract
Pediatric hospice and palliative care: designing a mobile app for clinical practice. View Abstract
Symptom prevalence in lung and colorectal cancer patients. View Abstract
Physicians' propensity to discuss prognosis is associated with patients' awareness of prognosis for metastatic cancers. View Abstract
Evaluating the quality of supportive oncology using patient-reported data. View Abstract
Communicating about prognosis: ethical responsibilities of pediatricians and parents. View Abstract
Deliberation and the life cycle of informed consent. View Abstract
Parent perceptions of the quality of information received about a child's cancer. View Abstract
Underuse of hospice care by Medicaid-insured patients with stage IV lung cancer in New York and California. View Abstract
The presentation and management of mandibular tumors in the pediatric population. View Abstract
Talking with patients about dying. View Abstract
Evaluating the quality of supportive oncology using patient-reported survey data. View Abstract
Associations between end-of-life discussion characteristics and care received near death: a prospective cohort study. View Abstract
Patients' expectations about effects of chemotherapy for advanced cancer. View Abstract
Profit status and delivery of hospice care for infants: the mediating role of pediatric knowledge. View Abstract
Selecting ambulatory emergency care (AEC) patients from the medical emergency in-take: the derivation and validation of the Amb score. View Abstract
Enough is indeed enough: ACGME required changes in pediatric training. View Abstract
Reasons why physicians do not have discussions about poor prognosis, why it matters, and what can be improved. View Abstract
Improving timeliness of antibiotic delivery for patients with fever and suspected neutropenia in a pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Research participation experiences of parents of children with cancer who were asked about their child's prognosis. View Abstract
End-of-life care discussions among patients with advanced cancer: a cohort study. View Abstract
Communication and decision support for children with advanced cancer and their families. View Abstract
Discussions about end-of-life care planning between physicians and patients with stage IV lung or colorectal cancer. View Abstract
Parents' roles in decision making for children with cancer in the first year of cancer treatment. View Abstract
Influence of patients' preferences and treatment site on cancer patients' end-of-life care. View Abstract
Training program in cancer and blood diseases: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Children's Hospital Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. View Abstract
Racial disparities in the outcomes of communication on medical care received near death. View Abstract
Absorbing information about a child's incurable cancer. View Abstract
End-of-life discussions, goal attainment, and distress at the end of life: predictors and outcomes of receipt of care consistent with preferences. View Abstract
Sinonasal and laryngeal carcinoma in children: correlation of imaging characteristics with clinicopathologic and cytogenetic features. View Abstract
Measuring therapeutic alliance between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer: the Human Connection Scale. View Abstract
Peace of mind and sense of purpose as core existential issues among parents of children with cancer. View Abstract
Personalized end-of-life care: Associations between patient preferences and treatment intensity near death. View Abstract
Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. View Abstract
Parents' views of cancer-directed therapy for children with no realistic chance for cure. View Abstract
A qualitative study of oncologists' approaches to end-of-life care. View Abstract
Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in the Cancer Experience (PEACE): validation of a scale to assess acceptance and struggle with terminal illness. View Abstract
Peace of mind and sense of purpose as core existential issues among parents of children with cancer. View Abstract
Hope and prognostic disclosure. View Abstract
Common gastrointestinal symptoms in pediatric palliative care: nausea, vomiting, constipation, anorexia, cachexia. View Abstract
Quality of health care for children: role of health and chronic illness in inpatient care experiences. View Abstract
Understanding of prognosis among parents of children with cancer: parental optimism and the parent-physician interaction. View Abstract
Communication about prognosis between parents and physicians of children with cancer: parent preferences and the impact of prognostic information. View Abstract
Understanding of prognosis among parents of children with cancer: Parental optimism and the role of the parent-physician interaction. View Abstract
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland in children: A 10-year experience. View Abstract
Early integration of pediatric palliative care: for some children, palliative care starts at diagnosis. View Abstract
Can end of life care for the pediatric patient suffering with escalating and intractable symptoms be improved? View Abstract
Parent and physician perspectives on quality of care at the end of life in children with cancer. View Abstract
Factors associated with the quality of care at the end of life in children with cancer. View Abstract
The Day One Talk. View Abstract
Iatrogenic pleuropulmonary charcoal instillation in a teenager. View Abstract
Cardiothoracic surgery in the United States Air Force. View Abstract
Massive hemoptysis in cystic fibrosis. View Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus. View Abstract