E
Elizabeth Ercolano
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 52
Citations - 1826
Elizabeth Ercolano is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Distress. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1443 citations. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth Ercolano include Yale Cancer Center.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Self-management: Enabling and empowering patients living with cancer as a chronic illness†‡
Ruth McCorkle,Elizabeth Ercolano,Mark Lazenby,Mark Lazenby,Dena Schulman-Green,Lynne S. Schilling,Kate Lorig,Edward H. Wagner +7 more
TL;DR: The Chronic Care Model is presented as a model of care that oncology practices can use to enable and empower patients and families to engage in self‐management in order to build strong relationships with their patients and formulate mutually agreed upon care plans.
Journal ArticleDOI
Effects of a nursing intervention on quality of life outcomes in post-surgical women with gynecological cancers
Ruth McCorkle,Michael F. Dowd,Elizabeth Ercolano,Dena Schulman-Green,Anna Leila Williams,Mary Lou Siefert,Jeanne L. Steiner,Peter E. Schwartz +7 more
TL;DR: Women with gynecological cancers have reported poor health‐related quality of life (QOL), with complex physical and psychological needs post‐surgery and during chemotherapy treatment, and there are no studies reporting interventions addressing these needs post-hospital discharge.
Journal ArticleDOI
Self-management for adult patients with cancer: an integrative review.
Marilyn J. Hammer,Elizabeth Ercolano,Fay Wright,Victoria Vaughan Dickson,Deborah Chyun,Gail D'Eramo Melkus +5 more
TL;DR: Current interventions that direct patients in self-care management of symptoms and associated challenges with cancer/survivorship are helpful, but incomplete.
Journal ArticleDOI
A chronic care ostomy self-management program for cancer survivors
Robert S. Krouse,Robert S. Krouse,Marcia Grant,Ruth McCorkle,Christopher S. Wendel,Christopher S. Wendel,Martha D. Cobb,Nancy J. Tallman,Elizabeth Ercolano,Virginia Sun,Judith H. Hibbard,Mark C. Hornbrook +11 more
TL;DR: Individuals with ostomies experience extensive changes in health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and daily routine and patients and families are typically forced to use trial and error to improve self‐management.
Journal ArticleDOI
An Advanced Practice Nurse Coordinated Multidisciplinary Intervention for Patients with Late-Stage Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
Ruth McCorkle,Sangchoon Jeon,Elizabeth Ercolano,Mark Lazenby,Amanda Reid,Marianne Davies,Diane Viveiros,Scott N. Gettinger +7 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that if patients newly diagnosed with late-stage cancer were managed by disease-specific multidisciplinary teams who palliated their symptoms, providing whole-patient care, patient outcomes remained stable or improved.