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William Breitbart
Researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Publications - 362
Citations - 24382
William Breitbart is an academic researcher from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Psychosocial. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 340 publications receiving 21758 citations. Previous affiliations of William Breitbart include Fordham University & Cornell University.
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Impact of Cancer-Related Fatigue on the Lives of Patients: New Findings From the Fatigue Coalition
Gregory A. Curt,William Breitbart,David Cella,Jerome E. Groopman,Sandra J. Horning,Loretta M. Itri,David H. Johnson,Christine Miaskowski,Susan L. Scherr,Russell K. Portenoy,Nicholas J. Vogelzang +10 more
TL;DR: Cancer-related fatigue is common among cancer patients who have received chemotherapy and results in substantial adverse physical, psychosocial, and economic consequences for both patients and caregivers.
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Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer.
William Breitbart,Barry Rosenfeld,Hayley Pessin,Monique Kaim,Julie Funesti-Esch,Michele Galietta,Christian J. Nelson,Robert Brescia +7 more
TL;DR: Depression and hopelessness are the strongest predictors of desire for hastened death in this population of terminally ill cancer patients and provide independent and unique contributions.
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Patient, caregiver, and oncologist perceptions of cancer-related fatigue: results of a tripart assessment survey. The Fatigue Coalition.
Vogelzang Nj,William Breitbart,David Cella,Curt Ga,Groopman Je,Horning Sj,Itri Lm,Johnson Dh,Scherr Sl,Portenoy Rk +9 more
TL;DR: For patients and oncologists, improving the quality of life of cancer patients requires a heightened awareness of fatigue, a better understanding of its impact, and improve communication and familiarity with interventions that can reduce its debilitating effects.
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Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients
TL;DR: Spiritual well-being offers some protection against end-of-life despair in those for whom death is imminent, and these findings have important implications for palliative care practice.
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The memorial delirium assessment scale
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale is a brief, reliable tool for assessing delirium severity among medically ill populations that can be reliably scored by multiple raters.