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Joan M. Teno

Researcher at Oregon Health & Science University

Publications -  354
Citations -  28665

Joan M. Teno is an academic researcher from Oregon Health & Science University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Health care. The author has an hindex of 92, co-authored 318 publications receiving 26270 citations. Previous affiliations of Joan M. Teno include Brown University & Johns Hopkins University.

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Family perspectives on end-of-life care at the last place of care.

TL;DR: Many people dying in institutions have unmet needs for symptom amelioration, physician communication, emotional support, and being treated with respect, according to this evaluation of the US dying experience at home and in institutional settings.
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The Clinical Course of Advanced Dementia

TL;DR: Patients with health care proxies who have an understanding of the prognosis and clinical course are likely to receive less aggressive care near the end of life, and these complications are associated with high 6-month mortality rates.
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Change in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009

TL;DR: Among Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2009 and 2005 compared with 2000, a lower proportion died in an acute care hospital, although both ICU use and the rate of health care transitions increased in the last month of life.