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David Spiegel
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 838
Citations - 50967
David Spiegel is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 106, co-authored 733 publications receiving 46276 citations. Previous affiliations of David Spiegel include Tel Aviv University & University of Adelaide.
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Concerns About Sexuality After Breast Cancer
Patricia Fobair,David Spiegel +1 more
TL;DR: Cancer treatment, especially chemotherapy, creates changes in the female body that affect sexual desire, sexual functioning, and emotional relationships, and relationship problems occur when couples experience sexual problems, sometimes threatening their attachment.
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Family Environment as a Predictor of Adjustment to Metastatic Breast Carcinoma
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that the family is a crucial factor in patient adjustment, and that 'conspiracies of silence' in the family may be harmful, in women with metastatic carcinoma of the breast.
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Determinants of survival and recovery in acute renal failure patients dialyzed in intensive-care units
TL;DR: The clinical course of 43 consecutive critically ill patients who developed acute renal failure and were first dialyzed in an intensive-care unit setting was reviewed to define comorbid conditions, present at the time of first dialysis, that were predictive of outcome.
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Health caring. Psychosocial support for patients with cancer.
TL;DR: Psychosocial treatments, including group, individual, and family therapies, are of proven efficacy and deserve inclusion as standard components of biomedical treatment for patients with cancer, and four issues regarding such treatment are reviewed.
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Psychosocial Influences on Cancer Incidence and Progression
David Spiegel,Pamela M. Kato +1 more
TL;DR: There is a nonrandom relationship among various psychosocial factors and cancer incidence and progression that can only partially be explained by behavioral, structural, or biological factors.