2026 Marion Danis: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	60	1455	1298	694	609	208	14988

Overview

Marion Danis is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans over multiple aspects of health professions and medicine, with significant contributions in ethics and health systems.

The primary fields of study for Danis include:

Health Professions
Medicine

The main subfields explored are:

General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Economics and Econometrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medical Services

The major topics of their work cover a diverse range of issues such as:

Ethics in medical practice
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Patient Dignity and Privacy
Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
Global Maternal and Child Health
Disaster Response and Management
Ethics in Clinical Research

Danis has a notable record of published research, including papers such as:

"Ethics Consultation in U.S. Hospitals: A National Follow-Up Study" (2021) published in The American Journal of Bioethics
"Patient and Family Descriptions of Ethical Concerns" (2020) published in The American Journal of Bioethics
"Ethics Consultation in U.S. Hospitals: Opinions of Ethics Practitioners" (2021) published in The American Journal of Bioethics
"Covid-19 Vaccine Trials and Incarcerated People - The Ethics of Inclusion" (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
"Health care ethics programs in U.S. Hospitals: results from a National Survey" (2021) published in BMC Medical Ethics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Danis include:

Susan Dorr Goold
Lydia Kapiriri
Claudia Marcela Vélez
Beverley M. Essue
Élysée Nouvet

Danis' work appears predominantly in several publication venues with multiple papers, such as:

The American Journal of Bioethics
UNC Libraries
Health Policy
Abstracts
AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Best Publications

A prospective study of advance directives for life-sustaining care.

M Danis;L I Southerland;J M Garrett;J L Smith

680
Citations
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: The Ethics Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Robert D. Truog;Alexandra F. M. Cist;Sharon E. Brackett;Jeffrey P. Burns

657
Citations
What is wrong with end-of-life care? Opinions of bereaved family members.

Laura C. Hanson;Marion Danis;Joanne Garrett

635
Citations
Ethical climate, ethics stress, and the job satisfaction of nurses and social workers in the United States.

Connie Ulrich;Patricia O'Donnell;Carol Taylor;Adrienne Farrar

582
Citations
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit.

Ellen B. Clarke;J. Randall Curtis;John M. Luce;Mitchell Levy

490
Citations
Shared Decision Making in ICUs: An American College of Critical Care Medicine and American Thoracic Society Policy Statement.

Alexander A. Kon;Judy E. Davidson;Wynne Morrison;Marion Danis

468
Citations
Everyday ethics: ethical issues and stress in nursing practice.

Connie M. Ulrich;Carol Taylor;Karen Soeken;Patricia O’Donnell

445
Citations
Life-sustaining treatments during terminal illness: who wants what?

Joanne Mills Garrett;Russell P. Harris;Jean K. Norburn;Donald L. Patrick

345
Citations
Patients?? and Families?? Preferences for Medical Intensive Care

M. Danis;D. L. Patrick;L. I. Southerland;M. L. Green

344
Citations
Effect of Palliative Care–Led Meetings for Families of Patients With Chronic Critical Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Shannon S. Carson;Christopher E. Cox;Sylvan Wallenstein;Laura C. Hanson

336
Citations
Quality of life following intensive care.

Donald L. Patrick;Marion Danis;Leslie I. Southerland;Guiyoung Hong

330
Citations
Stability of Choices about Life-Sustaining Treatments

Marion Danis;Joanne Garrett;Russell Harris;Donald L. Patrick

329
Citations
Association between Critical Care Physician Management and Patient Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit

Mitchell M. Levy;John Rapoport;Stanley Lemeshow;Donald B. Chalfin

311
Citations
Differences in end-of-life decision making among black and white ambulatory cancer patients

Elizabeth D. McKinley;Joanne M. Garrett;Arthur T. Evans;Marion Danis

307
Citations
End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey.

Judith E. Nelson;Derek C. Angus;Lisa A. Weissfeld;Kathleen A. Puntillo

302
Citations
Views of US Physicians About Controlling Health Care Costs

Jon C. Tilburt;Matthew K. Wynia;Matthew K. Wynia;Robert D. Sheeler;Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir

297
Citations
A national survey of U.S. internists’ experiences with ethical dilemmas and ethics consultation

Gordon DuVal;Brian Clarridge;Gary Gensler;Marion Danis

277
Citations
Can Clinical Interventions Change Care at the End of Life

Laura C. Hanson;James A. Tulsky;Marion Danis

264
Citations
Does Ethics Education Influence the Moral Action of Practicing Nurses and Social Workers

Christine Grady;Marion Danis;Karen L. Soeken;Patricia O'Donnell

261
Citations
Ethical difficulties in clinical practice: experiences of European doctors

Samia Hurst;Arnaud Perrier;Renzo Pegoraro;Stella Reiter-Theil

258
Citations
Consensus Statement on the Triage of Critically III Patients

Charles L. Sprung;Marion Danis;Mary Ann Baily;Donald B. Chalfin

252
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Grady National Institutes of Health

Susan Dorr Goold University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Benjamin S. Wilfond University of Washington

David Wendler National Institutes of Health

Elizabeth J. Mutran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Matthew K. Wynia University of Colorado Denver

Karen L. Soeken University of Maryland, Baltimore

Mildred K. Cho Stanford University

Ole Frithjof Norheim University of Bergen

Craig Mitton University of British Columbia

External Links

Personal website of Marion Danis

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