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Ronald M. Epstein is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and health professions, with a specific focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and oncology.

The main areas of study in Epstein's work include palliative care and end-of-life issues, patient-provider communication in healthcare, patient dignity and privacy, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, cancer survivorship and care, ethics in medical practice, and innovations in medical education.

Epstein has published extensively in several respected journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Geriatric Oncology
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • JCO Oncology Practice

Examples of recent papers associated with Epstein's research are:

  • A Call to Action: Ethics Committee Roundtable Recommendations for Addressing Burnout and Moral Distress in Oncology, 2020, JCO Oncology Practice
  • Dialysis Regret, 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Associations of Uncertainty With Psychological Health and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Advanced Cancer, 2020, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Prognostic Awareness in Adult Oncology and Palliative Care, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Is physician implicit bias associated with differences in care by patient race for metastatic cancer-related pain?, 2021, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Epstein include:

  • Paul R. Duberstein
  • Supriya G. Mohile
  • Kah Poh Loh
  • Fahad Saeed
  • Kevin Fiscella

Epstein's research addresses multiple aspects of medicine, with 82 publications in general medicine and 52 in health professions. Within subfields, a particular emphasis is evident in public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and oncology.

Their work explores the ethical dimensions of medical practice, patient experiences at the end of life, communication challenges in healthcare, and factors affecting healthcare professionals' wellbeing. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a commitment to understanding both clinical and psychosocial aspects of healthcare delivery and education.

Best Publications

  • Defining and Assessing Professional Competence

    Ronald M. Epstein;Edward M. Hundert

  • How does communication heal? Pathways linking clinician-patient communication to health outcomes.

    Richard L. Street;Gregory Makoul;Neeraj K. Arora;Ronald M. Epstein

  • Association of an Educational Program in Mindful Communication With Burnout, Empathy, and Attitudes Among Primary Care Physicians

    Michael S. Krasner;Ronald M. Epstein;Howard Beckman;Anthony L. Suchman

  • The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry

    Francesc Borrell-Carrió;Anthony L. Suchman;Ronald M. Epstein

  • The Values and Value of Patient-Centered Care

    Ronald M. Epstein;Richard L. Street

  • Patient-centered communication in cancer care: Promoting healing and reducing suffering

    Ronald M. Epstein;Richard L. Street Jr.

  • Measuring patient-centered communication in patient-physician consultations: theoretical and practical issues.

    Ronald M. Epstein;Peter Franks;Kevin Fiscella;Cleveland G. Shields

  • Soliciting the Patient's Agenda: Have We Improved?

    M K Marvel;R M Epstein;K Flowers;H B Beckman

  • Why The Nation Needs A Policy Push On Patient-Centered Health Care

    Ronald M. Epstein;Kevin Fiscella;Cara S. Lesser;Kurt C. Stange

  • Developing physician communication skills for patient-centered care

    Wendy Levinson;Cara S. Lesser;Ronald M. Epstein

  • Communicating evidence for participatory decision making

    Ronald M. Epstein;Brian S. Alper;Timothy E. Quill

  • Influence of Patients’ Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Antidepressants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Richard L Kravitz;Ronald M. Epstein;Mitchell D. Feldman;Carol E. Franz

  • Time and the patient-physician relationship.

    David C. Dugdale;Ronald Epstein;Steven Z. Pantilat

  • Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline

    Timothy Gilligan;Nessa Coyle;Richard M. Frankel;Donna L. Berry

  • Calibrating the Physician: Personal Awareness and Effective Patient Care

    Dennis H. Novack;Anthony L. Suchman;William Clark;Ronald M. Epstein

  • Patient Trust: Is It Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians?

    Kevin Fiscella;Sean Meldrum;Peter Franks;Cleveland G. Shields

  • Physician resilience: what it means, why it matters, and how to promote it.

    Ronald M. Epstein;Michael S. Krasner

  • Calibrating the physician. Personal awareness and effective patient care. Working Group on Promoting Physician Personal Awareness, American Academy on Physician and Patient.

    Novack Dh;Suchman Al;Clark W;Epstein Rm

  • Patient-Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing

    Ronald M. Epstein;Peter Franks;Cleveland G. Shields;Sean C. Meldrum

  • Self-monitoring in clinical practice: a challenge for medical educators

    Ronald M. Epstein;Daniel J. Siegel;Jordan Silberman

Frequent Co-Authors

D. D. Meyerhofer
D. D. Meyerhofer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Paul R. Duberstein
Paul R. Duberstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
Kevin Fiscella
Kevin Fiscella University of Rochester Medical Center
J. P. Knauer
J. P. Knauer University of Rochester
Richard L. Kravitz
Richard L. Kravitz University of California, Davis
Supriya G. Mohile
Supriya G. Mohile University of Rochester Medical Center
Peter Franks
Peter Franks University of California, Davis
Cleveland G. Shields
Cleveland G. Shields Purdue University West Lafayette

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