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Medicine

D-Index
74
Citations
21413
World Ranking
19375
National Ranking
9646

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Best Publications

  • The relationship of depression and stressors to immunological assays: a meta-analytic review.

    Eric P. Zorrilla;Lester Luborsky;James R. McKay;Robert Rosenthal

  • Development of a symptom distress scale.

    Ruth Mccorkle;Katherine Young

  • Self-management: Enabling and empowering patients living with cancer as a chronic illness†‡

    Ruth McCorkle;Elizabeth Ercolano;Mark Lazenby;Mark Lazenby;Dena Schulman-Green

  • Processes of Self-Management in Chronic Illness

    Dena Schulman-Green;Sarah Jaser;Faith Martin;Angelo Alonzo

  • Fatigue and quality of life outcomes of exercise during cancer treatment.

    Victoria Mock;Mary Pickett;Mary E. Ropka;Esther Muscari Lin

  • Psychosocial Care for Family Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

    Laurel Northouse;Anna-leila Williams;Barbara Given;Ruth McCorkle

  • Exercise manages fatigue during breast cancer treatment: a randomized controlled trial

    Victoria Mock;Constantine Frangakis;Nancy E. Davidson;Mary E. Ropka

  • Symptom distress, current concerns and mood disturbance after diagnosis of life-threatening disease.

    Ruth McCorkle;Jeanne Quint-Benoliel

  • A specialized home care intervention improves survival among older post-surgical cancer patients.

    Ruth Mccorkle;Neville E. Strumpf;Isaac F. Nuamah;Diane C. Adler

  • Impact of Financial Burden of Cancer on Survivors' Quality of Life?

    Kathleen M. Fenn;Suzanne B. Evans;Ruth McCorkle;Michael P. DiGiovanna

  • Enhancing Patient-Provider Communication With the Electronic Self-Report Assessment for Cancer: A Randomized Trial

    Donna L. Berry;Brent A. Blumenstein;Barbara Halpenny;Seth Wolpin

  • A randomized clinical trial of home nursing care for lung cancer patients

    Ruth McCorkle;Jeanne Q. Benoliel;Gary Donaldson;Fotini Georgiadou

  • A framework for the study of self- and family management of chronic conditions

    Margaret Grey;Kathleen Knafl;Ruth McCorkle

  • Effect of a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention on Reducing Symptom Severity During Chemotherapy

    Charles Given;Barbara Given;Mohammad Rahbar;Sangchoon Jeon

  • Pain and fatigue management: results of a nursing randomized clinical trial.

    Barbara Given;Charles W. Given;Ruth McCorkle;Sharon Kozachik

  • Cancer family caregivers during the palliative, hospice, and bereavement phases: a review of the descriptive psychosocial literature.

    Anna-Leila Williams;Ruth McCorkle

  • Gender bias in the measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D).

    Manfred Stommel;Barbara A. Given;Charles W. Given;Hripsime A. Kalaian

  • Use of family proxies in quality of life research for cancer patients at the end of life: a literature review.

    Siew Tzuh Tang;Ruth McCorkle

  • Nurse Navigators in Early Cancer Care: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Edward H. Wagner;Evette J. Ludman;Erin J. Aiello Bowles;Robert Penfold

  • Goal setting as a shared decision making strategy among clinicians and their older patients

    Dena J. Schulman-Green;Aanand D. Naik;Elizabeth H. Bradley;Ruth McCorkle

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth H. Bradley
Elizabeth H. Bradley Vassar College
Barbara A. Given
Barbara A. Given Michigan State University
Charles W. Given
Charles W. Given Michigan State University
Frances K. Barg
Frances K. Barg University of Pennsylvania
Peter E. Schwartz
Peter E. Schwartz Yale University
Melinda L. Irwin
Melinda L. Irwin Yale University
Colleen L. Barry
Colleen L. Barry Johns Hopkins University
Clifford Y. Ko
Clifford Y. Ko University of California, Los Angeles
Harvey A. Risch
Harvey A. Risch Yale University
Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University

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