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Joan M. Teno publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan M. Teno sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 377 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Joan M. Teno D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joan M. Teno sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joan M. Teno is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed to academic research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Clinical Psychology, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

A selection of their recent papers includes:

  • "Trends in Noninvasive and Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life," 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Garbage in, Garbage out-Words of Caution on Big Data and Machine Learning in Medical Practice," 2023, JAMA Health Forum
  • "Evolution of Palliative Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs: Lessons from an Integrated Health Care Model," 2021, Journal of Palliative Medicine
  • "Differences in Caregiver Reports of the Quality of Hospice Care Across Settings," 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • "Effect of a Video-Assisted Advance Care Planning Intervention on End-of-Life Health Care Transitions Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents," 2021, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joan M. Teno include:

  • Pedro Gozalo
  • Jennifer Bunker
  • Emmanuelle Bélanger
  • Rebecca Anhang Price
  • Marc N. Elliott

Their work is regularly published in several venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Journal of Palliative Medicine
  • JAMA Health Forum
  • Innovation in Aging

Best Publications

  • A controlled trial to improve care for seriously ill hospitalized patients: The study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and risks of treatments (SUPPORT)

    Alfred F Connors;Neal V Dawson;N. A. Desbiens;W. J. Fulkerson

  • Family perspectives on end-of-life care at the last place of care.

    Joan M. Teno;Brian R. Clarridge;Virginia Casey;Lisa C. Welch

  • The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia

    Susan L. Mitchell;Joan M. Teno;Dan K. Kiely;Michele L. Shaffer

  • Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel

    Rebecca L. Sudore;Rebecca L. Sudore;Hillary D. Lum;John J. You;Laura C. Hanson

  • Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

    Joan M. Teno;Pedro L. Gozalo;Julie P. W. Bynum;Natalie E. Leland

  • Perceptions by Family Members of the Dying Experience of Older and Seriously Ill Patients

    Joanne Lynn;Joan M. Teno;Russell S. Phillips;Albert W. Wu

  • The influence of the probability of survival on patients' preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    Donald J. Murphy;David Burrows;Sara Santilli;Anne W. Kemp

  • The Impact of Serious Illness on Patients' Families

    Kenneth E. Covinsky;Kenneth E. Covinsky;Lee Goldman;E. Francis Cook;Robert Oye

  • Association between advance directives and quality of end-of-life care: a national study.

    Joan M. Teno;Andrea Gruneir;Zachary Schwartz;Aman Nanda

  • Advance Directives for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients: Effectiveness with the Patient Self‐Determination Act and the SUPPORT Intervention

    Joan Teno;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger;Russell S. Phillips

  • Driven to Tiers: Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in the Quality of Nursing Home Care

    Vincent Mor;Jacqueline Zinn;Joseph Angelelli;Joan M. Teno;Joan M. Teno

  • End-of-life transitions among nursing home residents with cognitive issues.

    Pedro Gozalo;Joan M Teno;Susan L Mitchell;Jon Skinner

  • Patient Preferences for Communication with Physicians about End-of-Life Decisions

    Joe Hofmann;Neil S. Wenger;Roger B. Davis;Joan M. Teno

  • Influence of Patient Preferences and Local Health System Characteristics on the Place of Death

    Robert S. Pritchard;Elliott S. Fisher;Elliott S. Fisher;Joan M. Teno;Sandra M. Sharp

  • Do Advance Directives Provide Instructions That Direct Care

    Joan M Teno;Sandra Licks;Joanne Lynn;Neil Wenger

  • The concept of quality of life of dying persons in the context of health care.

    Anita L Stewart;Joan Teno;Donald L Patrick;Joanne Lynn

  • A National Study of the Location of Death for Older Persons with Dementia

    Susan L. Mitchell;Joan M. Teno;Susan C. Miller;Vincent Mor

  • Communication and Decision-Making in Seriously Ill Patients: Findings of the SUPPORT Project

    Kenneth E. Covinsky;Jon D. Fuller;Kristine Yaffe;C. Bree Johnston

  • Patient-Focused, Family-Centered End-of-Life Medical Care: Views of the Guidelines and Bereaved Family Members

    Joan M. Teno;Virginia A. Casey;Lisa C. Welch;Susan Edgman-Levitan

  • Validation of Toolkit After-Death Bereaved Family Member Interview

    Joan M Teno;Brian Clarridge;Virginia Casey;Susan Edgman-Levitan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Lynn
Joanne Lynn Altarum Institute
Vincent Mor
Vincent Mor Brown University
Russell S. Phillips
Russell S. Phillips Harvard University
Susan L. Mitchell
Susan L. Mitchell Harvard University
Alfred F. Connors
Alfred F. Connors Case Western Reserve University
Neil S. Wenger
Neil S. Wenger University of California, Los Angeles
Albert W. Wu
Albert W. Wu Johns Hopkins University
Roger B. Davis
Roger B. Davis Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Frank E. Harrell
Frank E. Harrell Vanderbilt University
Luc Deliens
Luc Deliens Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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