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Dee W. Ford
Researcher at Medical University of South Carolina
Publications - 87
Citations - 2061
Dee W. Ford is an academic researcher from Medical University of South Carolina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Palliative care. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 72 publications receiving 1666 citations.
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An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units.
Gabriel T. Bosslet,Thaddeus Mason Pope,Gordon D. Rubenfeld,Bernard Lo,Robert D. Truog,Cynda Hylton Rushton,J. Randall Curtis,Dee W. Ford,Molly L. Osborne,Cheryl Misak,David H. Au,Elie Azoulay,Baruch A. Brody,Brenda G. Fahy,Jesse B. Hall,Jozef Kesecioglu,Alexander A. Kon,Kathleen O. Lindell,Douglas B. White +18 more
TL;DR: The multisociety statement on responding to requests for potentially inappropriate treatments in intensive care units provides guidance for clinicians to prevent and manage disputes in patients with advanced critical illness.
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Effect of Communication Skills Training for Residents and Nurse Practitioners on Quality of Communication With Patients With Serious Illness: A Randomized Trial
J. Randall Curtis,Anthony L. Back,Dee W. Ford,Lois Downey,Sarah E. Shannon,Ardith Z. Doorenbos,Erin K. Kross,Lynn F. Reinke,Laura C. Feemster,Barbara J Edlund,Richard W. Arnold,Kim M. O’Connor,Ruth A. Engelberg +12 more
TL;DR: Among internal medicine and nurse practitioner trainees, simulation-based communication training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end- of- life care but was associated with a small increase in patients' depressive symptoms.
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Frequency, Cost and Risk Factors of Readmissions among Severe Sepsis Survivors
TL;DR: The 30-day and 180-day readmissions are common in sepsis survivors with significant resultant cost and mortality and patient sociodemographics and comorbidities as well as index hospitalization characteristics are associated with 30- day readmission rates.
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Interprofessional Communication Skills Training for Serious Illness: Evaluation of a Small-Group, Simulated Patient Intervention
Alison M. Bays,Ruth A. Engelberg,Anthony L. Back,Dee W. Ford,Lois Downey,Sarah E. Shannon,Ardith Z. Doorenbos,Barbara J Edlund,Phyllis Christianson,Richard W. Arnold,Kim M. O’Connor,Erin K. Kross,Lynn F. Reinke,Laura C. Feemster,Kelly Fryer-Edwards,Stewart C. Alexander,James A. Tulsky,J. Randall Curtis +17 more
TL;DR: A communication skills intervention using newly trained facilitators was associated with improvement in trainees' skills in giving bad news and expressing empathy.
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Internal medicine trainee self-assessments of end-of-life communication skills do not predict assessments of patients, families, or clinician-evaluators.
Robert P. Dickson,Ruth A. Engelberg,Anthony L. Back,Anthony L. Back,Dee W. Ford,J. Randall Curtis +5 more
TL;DR: Trainee self-evaluations do not predict assessments by their patients, patients' families, or their clinician-evaluators regarding the quality of end-of-life communication, and efforts to improve communication about end- of-life care should consider outcomes other than physician self-assessment to determine intervention success.