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Eric L. Krakauer

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  74
Citations -  2231

Eric L. Krakauer is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 63 publications receiving 1744 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric L. Krakauer include Yale University & Oregon Health & Science University.

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Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to provide evidence that palliative care and pain relief research should be considered as a continuum of treatment for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
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Barriers to Optimum End‐of‐life Care for Minority Patients

TL;DR: Efforts should include quality assurance programs to better assess inequalities in access to end‐of‐life care, political action to address inadequate health insurance and access to medical school for minorities, and undergraduate and continuing medical education in cultural sensitivity.
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Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition

Dean T. Jamison, +80 more
- 25 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: DCP3 is particularly relevant as achievement of EUHC relies increasingly on greater domestic finance, with global developmental assistance in health focusing more on global public goods.
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Sedation for Intractable Distress of a Dying Patient: Acute Palliative Care and the Principle of Double Effect

TL;DR: The case presented is of a young man dying of recurrent epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, distressed with stridor and severe pain, whose poorly controlled symptoms were successfully treated with an infusion of propofol, titrated to provide effective comfort in the last few hours of the patient's life.
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Time to Revise the Approach to Determining Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Status

TL;DR: Instead of assuming that CPR must always be offered, it is suggested that 3 distinct approaches based on the likelihood and degree of potential benefits and harms of resuscitation are suggested.