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Laura B. Dunn
Researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Publications - 43
Citations - 2540
Laura B. Dunn is an academic researcher from University of California, San Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Informed consent & Therapeutic misconception. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 43 publications receiving 2316 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura B. Dunn include University of California, Berkeley & University of California.
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A conceptual model of medical student well-being: promoting resilience and preventing burnout.
TL;DR: A model of medical student coping termed the “coping reservoir” is developed, conceptualized as consisting of the individual’s personal traits temperament and coping style, with potential outcomes including enhanced resilience and mental health versus distress and burnout.
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Assessing decisional capacity for clinical research or treatment: a review of instruments.
TL;DR: Of the instruments reviewed, the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tools for Clinical Research and for Treatment have the most empirical support, although other instruments may be equally or better suited to certain situations.
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Enhancing informed consent for research and treatment.
Laura B. Dunn,Dilip V. Jeste +1 more
TL;DR: Interventions designed to improve patient understanding of informed consent are reviewed, finding that effective interventions include corrected feedback, multiple learning trials, and more organized or simplified consent forms.
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Improving understanding of research consent in middle-aged and elderly patients with psychotic disorders.
Laura B. Dunn,Laurie A. Lindamer,Barton W. Palmer,Shahrokh Golshan,Lawrence J. Schneiderman,Dilip V. Jeste +5 more
TL;DR: Middle-aged and elderly outpatients with schizophrenia or related psychotic disorders and normal comparison subjects were randomized to receive a routine consent (RC) or enhanced consent (EC) procedure and those who received EC had better comprehension than those whoreceived RC.
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Depression and grief reactions in hospice caregivers: from pre-death to 1 year afterwards.
Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton,Stephen Shucter,Susan Hutchin,Linda Strause,Kathleen Burns,Laura B. Dunn,Marci Miller,Sidney Zisook +7 more
TL;DR: Depression is at least as likely to emerge in the context of caregiving as it is in the postbereavement period and depression and other indices of psychological distress are highest during the caregiving period and during the first few months after the death, before decreasing over the duration of the first year.