2011
Parents' Roles in Decision Making for Children With Cancer in the First Year of Cancer Treatment
Mack JW, Wolfe J, Cook EF, Grier HE, Cleary PD, Weeks JC. Parents' Roles in Decision Making for Children With Cancer in the First Year of Cancer Treatment. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2011, 29: 2085-2090. PMID: 21464400, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.32.0507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParents' preferred roleParents of childrenChild's physicianPhysician communicationPreferred roleMost parentsDana-Farber Cancer InstituteCancer treatmentFirst yearCross-sectional surveyChildren's HospitalPhysician judgmentPhysicians' perceptionsCancer InstitutePhysiciansCancerChildrenHospitalTreatmentPassive roleYearsActual roleMore passive rolesParentsRole
2009
Older People's Experiences of Patient-Centered Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study
Teh CF, Karp JF, Kleinman A, Reynolds C, Weiner DK, Cleary PD. Older People's Experiences of Patient-Centered Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study. Pain Medicine 2009, 10: 521-530. PMID: 19207235, PMCID: PMC2841780, DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00556.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-provider relationshipPatient-directed careChronic painOlder adultsTreatment decisionsUniversity-based pain clinicModel of carePatient-centered carePain clinicPain treatmentPatient activationCaucasian older adultsPatients' willingnessPainSpecific treatmentPatient involvementOlder people's experiencesQuality careHealth care environmentCareCare environmentAdultsTreatmentQualitative studyProviders
2003
What do patients value in their hospital care? An empirical perspective on autonomy centred bioethics
Joffe S, Manocchia M, Weeks J, Cleary P. What do patients value in their hospital care? An empirical perspective on autonomy centred bioethics. Journal Of Medical Ethics 2003, 29: 103. PMID: 12672891, PMCID: PMC1733711, DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.2.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital carePatients' overall evaluationCoordination of careLogistic regression analysisPatient autonomyCross-sectional surveyAvailability of staffPatient evaluationMAIN OUTCOMEPatient valuesHospitalCareHealth careSurvey recipientsRegression analysisTreatmentRandom samplePhysical comfortInvolvementOverall evaluationProvidersHospitalisationEvaluation
2001
Quality of informed consent in cancer clinical trials: a cross-sectional survey
Joffe S, Cook E, Cleary P, Clark J, Weeks J. Quality of informed consent in cancer clinical trials: a cross-sectional survey. The Lancet 2001, 358: 1772-1777. PMID: 11734235, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06805-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trialsCancer clinical trialsFuture patientsConsent formCross-sectional surveyNon-standard treatmentAdult patientsInformed consent processTrial participantsIncremental riskProviders' beliefsMultivariate analysisPatientsUncertainty of benefitPatient consentClinical researchStandard questionnaireInformed consentTrialsConsent processTherapeutic misconceptionCancer therapyConsentParticipantsTreatmentUse of Consumer Ratings for Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health Insurance Plans
Shaul J, Eisen S, Stringfellow V, Clarridge B, Hermann R, Nelson D, Anderson E, Kubrin A, Leff H, Cleary P. Use of Consumer Ratings for Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health Insurance Plans. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2001, 27: 216-229. PMID: 11293838, DOI: 10.1016/s1070-3241(01)27019-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBehavioral health plansHealth plansAdult patientsBehavioral health care servicesCommercial health plansAspects of careHealth care servicesHealth plan policiesHealth care plansQuality improvement effortsHealth insurance plansPatient groupPositive responseCare plansAssistance patientsResponse rateCare servicesPatientsLeast positive responsesConsumer AssessmentPublic assistance patientsServices SurveyInsurance plansNational CommitteeTreatment
1995
Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Guadagnoli E, Hauptman P, Ayanian J, Pashos C, McNeil B, Cleary P. Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 1995, 333: 573-578. PMID: 7623908, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199508313330908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related qualityPatterns of treatmentAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac proceduresRate of useCoronary angiographyMyocardial infarctionMore metabolic equivalentsLikelihood of deathYears of ageLarge geographic differencesMetabolic equivalentsClinical subgroupsMortality ratePatientsCase mixGreater riskInfarctionAngiographyEnergy expenditureTwo-year periodFrequency of useHigh rateTreatmentPhysiciansHealth-related quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer: A multinational perspective
Cleary P, Morrissey G, Oster G. Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer: A multinational perspective. Quality Of Life Research 1995, 4: 207-220. PMID: 7613531, DOI: 10.1007/bf02260860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related qualityAdvanced prostate cancerProstate cancerSelf-administered patient questionnaireUntreated metastatic prostate cancerObjective tumor responseDomains of HRQOLMetastatic prostate cancerAntiandrogen therapyPatient questionnaireStudy entryTreatment failureStudy treatmentTumor responseClinical trialsPatientsCancerTrialsTreatmentQuestionnaireHRQoLAntiandrogensTherapyCastrationFocus of concernHealth-related quality of life after coronary revascularization in older patients
Cleary P, Guadagnoli E, Ayanian J. Health-related quality of life after coronary revascularization in older patients. Developments In Cardiovascular Medicine 1995, 161: 167-177. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0209-4_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudy of HRQLPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyHealth-related qualitySurgical conditionsCoronary artery bypassTransluminal coronary angioplastyPatient-based measuresAcademic medical centerArtery bypassCoronary revascularizationOlder patientsCardiac surgeryCoronary angioplastySurgical treatmentSymptom reliefHospital studyWomen's HospitalMedical CenterMedical careHeart attackHRQLPatientsPhysiologic functionCABGTreatment
1989
The Ownership of Health Facilities and Clinical Decisionmaking
Schlesinger M, Cleary P, Blumenthal D. The Ownership of Health Facilities and Clinical Decisionmaking. Medical Care 1989, 27: 244-258. PMID: 2648087, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198903000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseCharacteristics of patientsHealth Care Financing AdministrationLocal health care systemHealth care facilitiesHealth care systemSignificant independent effectKidney transplantRenal failureRenal diseasePeritoneal dialysisHealth facilitiesCare facilitiesHome dialysisPatientsClinical decisionmakingCare systemIndependent effectsFacility ownershipMedical decisionmakingDialysisProfit facilitiesTreatmentFurther researchTransplant
1987
The Response of Primary Care Physicians to Problem Drinkers
Rohman M, Cleary P, Warburg M, Del banco T, Aronson M. The Response of Primary Care Physicians to Problem Drinkers. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 1987, 13: 199-209. PMID: 3687884, DOI: 10.3109/00952998709001509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term alcohol treatmentPrimary care physicians' responsesPatients' drinking problemsPrimary care physiciansPrimary care practitionersTreatment of alcoholismDrinking problemsNecessary clinical skillsCare physiciansAnonymous questionnaire surveyCare practitionersPhysician responsesAlcohol treatmentPatient management skillsGreater Boston areaPhysiciansProblem drinkersClinical skillsAlcohol educationTreatmentBoston areaEducational programsResponseDiagnosisAlcoholism