DF/HCC Program Affiliation

Palliative Care, Co-Leader

DF/HCC Associations

Member, Center Scientific Council

Research Abstract

Palliative care, palliative care program development, pain management and symptom control, psychosocial and spiritual impact of cancer on patients and families, decision making, advance care planning, home care, hospice, training of physicians and other health care professionals in palliative care, faculty development, educational methodology and evaluation

Publications

• Billings JA, Keeley A, Bauman J, Cist A, Coakley E, Dahlin C, Montgomery P, Thompson BT, Wise M,.Merging cultures: palliative care specialists in the medical intensive care unit.Crit Care Med 2006 Nov;34(11 Suppl):S388-93.
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• Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Billings JA, Peters AS, Block SD,.Teaching and learning end-of-life care: evaluation of a faculty development program in palliative care.Acad Med 2005 Jul;80(7):657-68.
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• Fromme E, Billings JA.Care of the dying doctor: on the other end of the stethoscope.JAMA 2003 Oct 15;290(15):2048-55.
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• Billings JA, Dahlin C, Dungan S, Greenberg D, Krakauer EL, Lawless N, Montgomery P, Reid C.Psychosocial training in a palliative care fellowship.J Palliat Med 2003 Jun;6(3):355-63.
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