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Overview

Susan D. Block is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and health professions, with a significant concentration in public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, radiological and ultrasound technology, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

Their work extensively covers topics related to palliative care and end-of-life issues, patient dignity and privacy, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, family and patient care in intensive care units, patient-provider communication in healthcare, grief, bereavement, and mental health, as well as ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare.

Frequent coauthors of Susan D. Block include Joanna Paladino, Kei Ouchi, Justin J. Sanders, Mara A. Schonberg, and James A. Tulsky.

Their recent papers include:

  • Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance (2020) - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Patient and clinician experience of a serious illness conversation guide in oncology: A descriptive analysis (2020) - Cancer Medicine
  • Impact of cancer on school, work, and financial independence among adolescents and young adults (2020) - Cancer
  • Adherence and Concordance between Serious Illness Care Planning Conversations and Oncology Clinician Documentation among Patients with Advanced Cancer (2020) - Journal of Palliative Medicine
  • Feasibility of a Brief Intervention to Facilitate Advance Care Planning Conversations for Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in the Emergency Department (2020) - Journal of Palliative Medicine

Publication venues where Susan D. Block frequently publishes include the Journal of Palliative Medicine, BMC Palliative Care, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Cancer, and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment.

    Alexi A. Wright;Baohui Zhang;Alaka Ray;Jennifer W. Mack

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder: Psychometric Validation of Criteria Proposed for DSM-V and ICD-11

    Holly G Prigerson;Holly G Prigerson;Mardi J. Horowitz;Selby C. Jacobs;Colin M. Parkes

  • Communication About Serious Illness Care Goals: A Review and Synthesis of Best Practices

    Rachelle E Bernacki;Susan D Block

  • Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life

    Tracy A. Balboni;Lauren C. Vanderwerker;Susan D. Block;M. Elizabeth Paulk

  • Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life Associations With End-of-Life Conversations

    Baohui Zhang;Alexi A. Wright;Haiden A. Huskamp;Matthew E. Nilsson

  • Trends in the Aggressiveness of Cancer Care Near the End of Life

    Craig C. Earle;Bridget A. Neville;Mary Beth Landrum;John Z. Ayanian

  • An empirical examination of the stage theory of grief.

    Paul K. Maciejewski;Baohui Zhang;Susan D. Block;Holly G. Prigerson

  • Identifying Potential Indicators of the Quality of End-of-Life Cancer Care From Administrative Data

    Craig C. Earle;Elyse R. Park;Bonnie Lai;Jane C. Weeks

  • Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health

    Alexi A. Wright;Nancy L. Keating;Tracy A. Balboni;Ursula A. Matulonis

  • End-of-life discussions, goal attainment, and distress at the end of life: predictors and outcomes of receipt of care consistent with preferences.

    Jennifer W. Mack;Jane C. Weeks;Alexi A. Wright;Susan D. Block

  • Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients With Advanced Cancer: Associations With Medical Care and Quality of Life Near Death

    Tracy Anne Balboni;Mary Elizabeth Paulk;Michael J. Balboni;Andrea C. Phelps

  • Religious coping and use of intensive life-prolonging care near death in patients with advanced cancer

    Andrea C. Phelps;Paul K. Maciejewski;Paul K. Maciejewski;Matthew Nilsson;Tracy A. Balboni

  • Palliative Care in Undergraduate Medical Education: Status Report and Future Directions

    J. Andrew Billings;Susan Block

  • The status of medical education in end-of-life care: a national report.

    Amy M. Sullivan;Matthew D. Lakoma;Susan D. Block

  • Psychiatric disorders in advanced cancer

    Michael Miovic;Susan Block

  • Assessing and Managing Depression in the Terminally Ill Patient

    Susan D. Block

  • Psychiatric disorders and mental health service use in patients with advanced cancer: a report from the coping with cancer study.

    M.S.P.H. Nina S. Kadan-Lottick M.D.;Lauren C. Vanderwerker;Lauren C. Vanderwerker;Susan D. Block;Susan D. Block;Baohui Zhang;Baohui Zhang

  • Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance.

    Brendan A McGrath;Michael J Brenner;Stephen J Warrillow;Vinciya Pandian

  • Evaluating claims-based indicators of the intensity of end-of-life cancer care

    Craig C. Earle;Bridget A. Neville;Mary Beth Landrum;Jeffrey M. Souza

  • Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention

    Rachelle Bernacki;Mathilde Hutchings;Judith Vick;Grant Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University
Robert M. Arnold
Robert M. Arnold Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James A. Tulsky
James A. Tulsky Harvard University
Atul A. Gawande
Atul A. Gawande Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stuart R. Lipsitz
Stuart R. Lipsitz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diane E. Meier
Diane E. Meier Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
J. Randall Curtis
J. Randall Curtis University of Washington
David Spiegel
David Spiegel Stanford University
Nicholas A. Christakis
Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University
Stephanie J. Lee
Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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