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Ramona L. Rhodes
Researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Publications - 54
Citations - 2054
Ramona L. Rhodes is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Advance care planning. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 48 publications receiving 1670 citations. Previous affiliations of Ramona L. Rhodes include Duke University & Rutgers University.
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Timing of Referral to Hospice and Quality of Care: Length of Stay and Bereaved Family Members' Perceptions of the Timing of Hospice Referral
TL;DR: Although the bereaved family member perceptions of the quality of end-of-life care did not vary by length of stay for each of the FEHC domains, the perception of being referred "too late" was associated with more unmet needs, higher reported concerns, and lower satisfaction.
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Comfort Feeding Only: A Proposal to Bring Clarity to Decision-Making Regarding Difficulty with Eating for Persons with Advanced Dementia
Eric J. Palecek,Joan M. Teno,David Casarett,Laura C. Hanson,Ramona L. Rhodes,Susan L. Mitchell +5 more
TL;DR: Comfort feeding only through careful hand feeding, if possible, offers a clear goal‐oriented alternative to tube feeding and eliminates the apparent care–no care dichotomy imposed by current orders to forgo artificial hydration and nutrition.
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Does feeding tube insertion and its timing improve survival
Joan M. Teno,Pedro Gozalo,Susan L. Mitchell,Sylvia Kuo,Ramona L. Rhodes,Julie P.W. Bynum,Vincent Mor +6 more
TL;DR: To examine survival with and without a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube using rigorous methods to account for selection bias and to examine whether the timing of feeding tube insertion affected survival.
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Natural history of feeding-tube use in nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
TL;DR: Feeding-tube insertions are also associated with poor survival and significant rate of health care use after insertion, and most feeding tubes are inserted in an acute care hospital.
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Decision - Making and Outcomes of Feeding Tube Insertion: A Five - State Study
Joan M. Teno,Susan L. Mitchell,Sylvia Kuo,Pedro Gozalo,Ramona L. Rhodes,Julie C. Lima,Vincent Mor +6 more
TL;DR: Examination of family member's perceptions of decision‐making and outcomes of feeding tubes finds that some believe that feeding tubes should be placed in the diet and others believe that they should be removed.