University of Rochester School of Medicine

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Families, Systems and Health (The Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare)

Edited by Thomas L. Campbell, M.D. and Susan H. McDaniel, Ph.D., Chair and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Research Faculty Publications

Steven Barnett, M.D.

Richard J. Botelho, M.D.

Jennifer K. Carroll, M.D., M.P.H.

Ronald M. Epstein, M.D.

Kevin A. Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H.

Robert E. Gramling, M.D., D.Sc.

Kathleen D. Holt, Ph.D.

Steven J. Lurie, M.D., Ph.D.

Sean C. Meldrum, M.S.

Vincent M. B. Silenzio, M.D., M.P.H.

STEVEN BARNETT, M.D.

Steinberg AG, Barnett S, Meador HE, Wiggins EA, Zazove P. Health care system accessibility: Experiences and perceptions of deaf people. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:260-6.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Barnett S. Racial disparity in surgical complications in New York State. Ann Surg 2005;242:151-5.

Barnett S. Cross-cultural communication with patients who use American Sign Language. Fam Med 2002;34:376-82.

Barnett S. Communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing people: A guide for medical education. Acad Med 2002;77:694-700.

Barnett S. A hearing problem. Am Fam Physician 2002;66:911-2.

Barnett S, Franks P. Health care utilization and adults who are deaf: Relationship with age at onset of deafness. Health Serv Res 2002;37:105-20.

Stein MT, Barnett S, Padden CA. Parental request to withhold a hearing test in a newborn of deaf parents. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2001;22:S77-80.

Barnett S. Clinical and cultural issues in caring for deaf people. Fam Med 1999;31:17-22.

Barnett S, Franks P. Deafness and mortality: analyses of linked data from the National Health Interview Survey and National Death Index. Public Health Rep 1999;114:330-6.

Barnett S, Franks P. Smoking and deaf adults: Associations with age at onset of deafness. Am Ann Deaf 1999;144:44-50.

Barnett S, Franks P. Telephone ownership and deaf people: implications for telephone surveys. Am J Public Health 1999;89:1754-6.

Stein MT, Barnett S, Padden CA. Parental request to withhold a hearing test in a newborn of deaf parents. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1999;20:177-80.

Barnett S, Mulligan E, Wagerle LC, Lahiri S. Measurement of carotid body blood flow in cats by use of radioactive microspheres. J Appl Physiol 1988;65:2484-9.

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RICHARD J. BOTELHO, M.D.

Articles

Larivaara P, Torppa M, Winell K. But I Don't Have Time to Exercise! What About Improving Your Own Health Habits Before Helping Your Patients Change? Laaketiede 2007;5:18-22

Smith T, Botelho R, Mathers N. Making Healthy Choices Easier: An Evaluation of a Motivational Practice Workshop. Primary Care Education 2007;18:76-83.

Botelho R, Fiscella K. Protect Children From Environmental Tobacco Smoke, But Avoid Stigmatization of Parents: A Commentary on Pyle et al. Families, Systems, & Health 2005;23:17-20.

Chan SS, Lam TH, Salili F, et al. A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Individualized Motivational Intervention On Smoking Cessation for Parents of Sick Children: A Pilot Study. Appl Nurs Res 2005;18:178-81.

Peterson KA, Mendenhall T, Allen S, et al. Minnesota Clinicians Motivating Health Improvement (MINIT) Study: Motivating Healthy Habits. Ann Fam Med 2005;3:S56-8.

Botelho R. The UK Healthcare Renaissance: A Transatlantic Perspective. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2000;14:89-95.

Fiscella K, Roman-Diaz M, Lue BH, Botelho R, Frankel R. 'Being a Foreigner, I May Be Punished if I Make a Small Mistake': Assessing Transcultural Experiences in Caring For Patients. Fam Pract 1997;14:112-6.

Botelho RJ, Lue BH, Fiscella K. Family Involvement in Routine Health Care: A Survey of Patients' Behaviors and Preferences. J Fam Pract 1996;42:572-6.

Botelho RJ, Richmond R. Secondary Prevention of Excessive Alcohol Use: Assessing the Prospects of Implementation. Fam Pract 1996;13:182-93.

Willey C, Laforge R, Blais L, Pallonen U, Prochaska J, Botelho R. Public Health and the Science of Behavior Change. Curr Issues Public Health 1996;2:18-25.

Lue BH, Botelho R, Lee Y. Patient Preferences of Family Involvement in a Family Medicine Clinic. Chinese Journal of Family Medicine 1995;5:84.

Skinner H, Botelho R. Negotiating Changes in Health Behaviors: Using Motivational Approaches. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 1995;17 (Supplement).

Botelho RJ, Grumbach K. The Role of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine in Health Care Reform: A Membership Survey. Fam Med 1994;26:212-6.

Botelho RJ, Harp JJ, Seaburn D. Brief Group Consultations for Residents. Acad Med 1993;68:843-4.

Botelho RJ. A Family Health Care System. Am Fam Physician 1992;46:685-6.

Botelho RJ. A Negotiation Model for the Doctor-Patient Relationship. Fam Pract 1992;9:210-8.

Botelho RJ, Dudrak II R,. Home Assessment of Adherence to Long-Term Medication in the Elderly. J Fam Pract 1992;35:61-5.

Botelho RJ, Shields CG. "Using the Kvebaek Board for Brief Systems Consultations: A Teaching Technique for Preceptor-Resident Encounters". Family Systems Medicine 1992;10:91-7.

Franks P, Shields C, Campbell TL, McDaniel S, Harp J, Botelho RJ. Association of Social Relationships with Depressive Symptoms: Testing an Alternative to Social Support. Journal of Family Psychology 1992;6:49-59.

Botelho RJ. Overcoming the Prejudice Against Establishing a National Health Care System. Arch Intern Med 1991;151:863-9.

Botelho RJ, Seaburn D, Harp JJ. "Isomorphism in Resident Consultations: Implications for Education and Patient Care". Family Systems Medicine 1991;9:137-49.

Botelho RJ, McDaniel SH, Jones JE. Using a Family Systems Approach in a Balint-Style Group: An Innovative Course For Continuing Medical Education. Fam Med 1990;22:293-5.

Botelho RJ, McDaniel SH, Jones JE. "A Family System Balint Group: A Case Report". Family Systems Medicine 1990;8:265-71.

Botelho RJ. Acute Umbilical Sepsis and Pilonidal Disease. J Fam Pract 1989;29:205.

Botelho RJ. Cholelithiasis, Ascending Cholangitis and Septicaemia. Report of a Case in an 89-Year-Old Woman. Practitioner 1982;226:1444-5.

Botelho RJ, Ebrahim SB, Sainsbury R, Bendall MJ. Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria With Renal, Infective and Immunological Abnormalities. Postgrad Med J 1981;57:736-8.

Books

Botelho RJ. Motivational Practice: Promoting Healthy Habits and Self-care of Chronic Diseases. MHH Publications, 2004.

Botelho RJ. Motivate Healthy Habits: Stepping Stones to Lasting Change. MHH Publications, 2004.

Botelho RJ. My Healthy Habits Journal: Stepping Stones to Lasting Change (low literacy version). MHH Publications, 2003.

Botelho RJ. Beyond Advice: Becoming a Motivational Practitioner (H. Skinner, contributing author to Chapters 1, 5 and 6). MHH Publications, 2002.

Botelho RJ. Beyond Advice: Developing Motivational Skills. MHH Publications, 2002.

Botelho RJ. Motivate Healthy Habits: Change Yourself Before Helping Others. MHH Publications, 2000.

Suchman A, Hinton-Walker P, Botelho RJ. Partnerships in Healthcare: Transforming Relational Process. University of Rochester Press, 1998.

Book Chapters and Monographs

Botelho RJ. Changing Risk Behavior. In: Sahler OJ, Carr J, ed. The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care. 2nd revised and updated edition ed. Cambridge: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, 2007:294-301.

Botelho RJ. Developing Motivation for Change (Chapter 9), Strengthening Capacities for Improvement (Chapter 10), Conducting a Critical Functions Analysis (Chapter 12), and Computer Systems that Motivate Behavior Change (Chapter 16). In: Skinner H, Botelho RJ, ed. Promoting Health through Organizational Change. Benjamin Cummings, 2002.

Botelho RJ, Skinner HA, Williams GC, Wilson D. Patients with Alcohol Problems in Primary Care: Understanding Their Resistance and Motivating Change. In: Stuart MR, Lieberman JA, ed. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1999:279-298.

Ryan S, Kirschling JM, Botelho RJ, Bennett NM, Schmitt M. Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health: Partnering to Improve the Community's Health. In: Cohen E, DeBack V, ed. Outcomes and Collaboration in Case Management. Saint Louis: Mosby, Inc., 1999:384-388.

Botelho RJ. Negotiating Partnerships in Healthcare: Contexts and Methods. In: Suchman AL, Botelho RJ, Hinton-Walker P, ed. Partnerships in Healthcare: Transforming Relational Process. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1998:19-49.

Hinton-Walker P, Botelho RJ, Suchman AL. Partnerships, Power, and Process: An Introduction. In: Suchman AL, Botelho RJ, Hinton-Walker P, ed. Partnerships in Healthcare: Transforming Relational Process. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 1998:3-7.

Liepman MR, Keller DM, Botelho RJ, Monroe AD, Sloane MA. Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse by Adolescents. In: Saunders WB, eds. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 25(1) ed. W.B. Saunders Company, 1998:137-162.

Botelho RJ. Motivating Behavioral Change. In: AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment. 222nd ed. Kansas City: American Academy of Family Physicians, 1997.

Botelho RJ. Hazardous and Harmful Drinkers. In: AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment. 219th ed. Kansas City: American Academy of Family Physicians, 1997.

Botelho RJ. When 'Quit Smoking' Advice Doesn't Work: Use Motivational Approaches. In: Richmond R, eds. Educating Medical Students About Tobacco: Planning and Implementation. Paris: Tobacco Prevention Section, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 1996:61-84.

Botelho RJ, Hall W. Dementia. In: Mengel M, Schweibert L, ed. Ambulatory Medicine: The Primary Care of Families. A Lange Clinical Manual. 2nd Edition ed. Connecticut: Appleton & Lange, 1996.

Botelho RJ, Skinner HA. Motivating Change in Health Behavior: Implications for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In: Primary Care Series. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1995:565-589.

Botelho RJ, Novak SJ. Dealing with Substance Misuse, Abuse and Dependency. In: Primary Care. W. B. Saunders Company ed. Philadelphia, 1993.

Botelho RJ, Cooley FC. Dealing with At-Risk and Problem Drinkers: Substance Abuse Education for Family Physicians. Kansas City: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1992.

Botelho RJ. Initial Management of Alcohol Problems Workshop Manual: Substance Abuse Education for the Family Physician. In: First Edition ed. Kansas City: Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1991.

Other Publications

Jason H, Botelho RJ. Influencing health behavior: why it matters; learning what to do (Editorial) Special Joint Journal Edition between Education for Health and Association of Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education, 2000.

Botelho RJ. Geriatric Home Care (Book Review). In: Ferrell BA, Rubenstein LA, ed. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Volume 7, No. 4). Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 1992.

Botelho RJ. A Family Health Care System (Editorial). American Family Physician 1992;46:685-6.

Botelho RJ. The Town Forum Debate? [Comment]. Fam Med 1991;23:253-4.

Botelho RJ. Health Care: A Human Right (Editorial). Democrat and Chronicle/Times Union 1989.

Botelho RJ. "Update: The Postgraduate" (Letter to the Editor). Postgrad.Med.J. 1981:1982.

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JENNIFER K. CARROLL , M.D., M.P.H.

In press

Carroll JK, Abukar I, Abukar K, Omar S, Gudie N, Fogarty CT, Bennett L. Translational science: Revisiting linguistic competency through the lens of community-based participatory research. In: Political Refugees: Law, Social conditions, and Health. Frank Columbus, Ed. Nova Publishers, New York

Articles

Hawkins NA, Pollack La, Leadbetter S, Steele WR, Carroll J, Dolan JG, Ryan EP, Ryan JL, Morrow GR. Informational needs of patients and perceived adequacy of information available before and after treatment of cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 2008;26(2):1-16.

Carroll JK, Fiscella K, Epstein RM, Jean-Pierre P, Figueroa-Moseley C, Williams GC, Mustian KM, Morrow GR. Getting patients to exercise more: A systematic review of underserved populations. Journal of Family Practice 2008;57(3):170-175.

Carroll JK, Fiscella K, Meldrum SC, Williams GC, Sciamanna CN, Jean-Pierre P, Morrow GM, Epstein RM. Clinician-Patient Communication about Physical Activity in an Underserved Population. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2008;21(2):118-127.

Epstein RM, Mauksch L, Carroll JK, Jaen CR. Have You Really Addressed Your Patient's Concerns? Family Practice Management 2008;15(3):35-40.

Carroll J, Epstein R, Fiscella K, Volpe E, Diaz K, Omar S. Knowledge and Beliefs About Health Promotion and Preventive Health Care Among Somali Women in the United States. Health Care for Women International 2007;28:360-80.

Carroll J, Kohli S, Mustian K, Roscoe JA, Morrow G. Pharmacologic Treatment of Cancer-Related Fatigue. The Oncologist 2007;12:S43-51.

Epstein R, Hadee T, Carroll JK, Meldrum S, Lardner J, Shields CG. "Could this be something serious? Reassurance, Uncertainty, and Empathy in Response to Patients' Expressions of Worry." JGIM 2007;22(12):1731-1739.

Carroll JK, Epstein RM, Fiscella K, Jean-Pierre P, Volpe E, Gipson T. Caring for Somali Women Implications for Clinician-Patient Communication. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;66:337-45.

Carroll JK, Herrick B, Gipson T. Update on Management of Acute Pancreatitis. American Family Physician 2007;75:1513-20.

Carroll JK, Herrick B, Gipson T, Lee SP. Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment. Am Fam Physician 2007;75:1513-20.

Figueroa-Moseley C, Jean-Pierre P, Roscoe JA, et al. Treating Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting: Theoretical Models, Basic Mechanisms, and Clinical Management. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2007;5:44-59.

Mustian K, Morrow G, Carroll J, Figueroa-Moseley C, Jean-Pierre P, Williams DR. Integrative Nonpharmacologic Behavioral Interventions for the Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue. The Oncologist 2007;12:S52-67.

Ryan J, Carroll J, Ryan E, Mustian K, Fiscella K, Morrow G. Mechanisms of Cancer Related Fatigue. The Oncologist 2007;12:S22-34.

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Meldrum SC, et al. Physicians' Responses to Patients' Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Psychosom Med 2006;68:269-76.

Prudent N, Johnson P, Carroll J, Culpepper L. Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Presentation and Management in the Haitian American Child. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2005;7:190-7.

Carroll JK. Murug, gini, waali: Expressions of Distress in Refugees From Somalia. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2004;6:119-25.

Book/Monograph Chapters

Carroll JK, Quill TE. Decision-making in Cancer Care. In Epstein RM, Street RL, Jr. Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering. National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No. 07-6225. Bethesda, MD, 2007

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RONALD M. EPSTEIN, M.D.

In press

Fiscella K, Epstein RM. So much to do, so little time: Care for the socially disadvantaged and the 15 minute visit. Archives of Internal Medicine.

Silberman J, Tentler A, Ramgopal R, Epstein RM. Recall-Promoting Physician Behaviors in Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Lurie SJ, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Nofziger AN, Epstein RM. Further Challenges in Measuring Communication Skills: Accounting for Actor Effects in Standardized Patient Assessments. Medical Education.

Articles

Young HN, Bell RA, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, Kravitz RL. Physicians' Shared Decision-Making Behaviors in Depression Care. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008; 168(130):1404-1408.

Mauksch LB, Dugdale DC, Dodson S, Epstein RM. Relationship, Communication and Efficiency in the Medical Encounter: Creating a Clinical Model From a Literature Review. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008;168(13):1-9.

Formicola A, Valachovic RW, Chmar JE, et al. Curriculum and clinical training in oral health for physicians and dentists: Report of panel 2 of the Macy study. Journal of Dental Education. 2008;72:73-85.

Epstein RM, Siegel DJ, Silberman J. Self-monitoring in clinical practice: a challenge for medical educators. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2008;28(1):5-13.

Epstein RM, Mauksch L, Carroll JK, Jaen CR. Have You Really Addressed Your Patient's Concerns? Family Practice Management 2008;15(3):35-40.

Tentler A, Silberman J, Paterniti D, Kravitz RL, Epstein RM. Factors Affecting Physicians' Responses to Patients' Requests for Antidepressants: A Focus Group Study. JGIM 2008;23(1):51-57.

Lurie SJ, Meldrum S, Nofziger AN, Sillin L, Mooney CM, Epstein RM. Changes in self-perceived abilities among male and female medical students after the first year of clinical training. Medical Teacher 2007;29:921-926.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Srinivasan M, Kravitz RL, Epstein RM. Who Should Assess Physician Communication Skills? A Comparison of Patient and Unannounced, Standardized Patient Ratings. Ann Fam Med. 2007;5:151-8.

Epstein RM. Assessment in Medical Education. New England Journal of Medicine 2007;356:387-96.

Feldman MD, Franks P, Duberstein PR, Vannoy S, Epstein RM, Kravitz RL. Let’s Not Talk About It: Suicide Inquiry in Primary Care. Annals of Family Medicine 2007;5(5):412-418

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Franks P, Meldrum SC, Feldman M, Kravitz RL. Exploring and Validating Patient Concerns: Relation to Prescribing for Depression. Ann Fam Med 2007;5:21-8.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Srinivasan M, Kravitz RL, Epstein RM. Ratings of Physician Communication by Real and Standardized Patients. Annals of Family Medicine 2007;5:151-8.

Duberstein PR, Meldrum S, Shields CG, Fiscella K, Epstein RM. Influences on Patients' Ratings of Physicians: Physician Demographics and Personality. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;65:270-4.

McDaniel SH, Beckman HB, Morse DS, Silberman J, Seaburn DB, Epstein RM. Physician Self-disclosure in Primary Care Visits: Enough About You, What About Me? Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167:1321-6.

Carroll JK, Epstein RM, Fiscella K, Jean-Pierre P, Volpe E, Gipson T. Caring for Somali Women Implications for Clinician-Patient Communication. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;66:337-45.

Lurie SJ, Lambert D, Grady-Weliky TA, Epstein RM. Relationship between Dean's Letter Rankings and Later Evaluations by Residency Program Directors. Teaching & Learning in Medicine 2007;19:251-6.

Lurie SJ, Lambert DR, Nofziger AC, Epstein RM, Grady-Weliky TA. Relationship between Peer Assessment During Medical School, Dean's Letter Rankings, and Ratings by Internship Directors. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007;22:13-6.

Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein RM, Pardell AH. [Professional integrity and professional practice]. Revista Chilena de Medicina Familiar. 2007;8:21-23.

Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein RM, Pardell AH. Professionality and Professionalism: Basis, Contents, Praxis, and Teaching. Medicina Clinica 2006;127:337-42.

Epstein RM. Making Communication Research Matter: What do Patients Notice, What do Patients Want, and What do Patients Need? Patient Educ Couns 2006;60:272-8.

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Meldrum SC, et al. Physicians' Responses to Patients' Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Psychosom Med 2006;68:269-76.

Feldman MD, Franks P, Epstein RM, Franz CE, Kravitz RL. Do Patient Requests for Antidepressants Enhance or Hinder Physicians' Evaluation of Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Med Care 2006;44:1107-13.

Franks P, Jerant AF, Fiscella K, Shields CG, Tancredi DJ, Epstein RM. Studying Physician Effects on Patient Outcomes: Physician Interactional Style and Performance on Quality of Care Indicators. Soc Sci Med 2006;62:422-32.

Franz CE, Epstein RM, Miller KN, et al. Caught in the Act? Prevalence, Predictors, and Consequences of Physician Detection of Unannounced Standardized Patients. Health Serv Res 2006;41:2290-302.

Kravitz RL, Franks P, Feldman M, et al. What Drives Referral from Primary Care Physicians to Mental Health Specialists? A Randomized Trial Using Actors Portraying Depressive Symptoms. J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:584-9.

Lurie SJ, Nofziger AC, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Epstein RM. Temporal and Group-Related Trends in Peer Assessment Amongst Medical Students. [erratum appears in Med Educ. 2006 Oct;40(10):1055]. Med Educ 2006;40:840-7.

Lurie SJ, Nofziger AC, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Epstein RM. Effects of Rater Selection on Peer Assessment Among Medical Students. Medical Education 2006;40:1088-97.

Srinivasan M, Franks P, Meredith LS, Fiscella K, Epstein R, Kravitz RL. Connoisseurs of Care? Unannounced Standardized Patients' Ratings of Physicians. Medical Care 2006;44:1092-8.

Young HN, Bell RA, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, Kravitz RL. Types of Information Physicians Provide when Prescribing Antidepressants. JGIM 2006;21:1172-7.

Dannefer EF, Henson LC, Bierer SB, et al. Peer Assessment of Professional Competence: Feasibility and Outcomes with Undergraduate Medical Students. Med Educ 2005;39:713-22.

Epstein RM, Borrell i Carrio F. The Biopsychosocial Model: Exploring Six Impossible Things. Families, Systems, & Health 2005;23:426-31.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Fiscella K, et al. Measuring Patient-Centered Communication in Patient-Physician Consultations: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Soc Sci Med 2005;61:1516-28.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Shields CG, et al. Patient-Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing. Ann Fam Med 2005;3:415-21.

Franks P, Fiscella K, Shields CG, et al. Are Patients' Ratings of their Physicians Related to Health Outcomes? Ann Fam Med 2005;3:229-34.

Kravitz RL, Epstein RM, Feldman MD, et al. Influence of Patients' Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Antidepressants: a Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2005;293:1995-2002.

Schirmer JM, Mauksch L, Lang F, et al. Assessing Communication Competence: A Review of Current Tools. Fam Med 2005;37:184-92.

Seaburn DB, Morse D, McDaniel SH, Beckman H, Silberman J, Epstein R. Physician Responses to Ambiguous Patient Symptoms. J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:525-30.

Shields CG, Epstein RM, Fiscella K, et al. Influence of Accompanied Encounters on Patient-Centeredness with Older Patients. J Am Board Fam Pract 2005;18:344-54.

Shields CG, Epstein RM, Franks P, et al. Emotion Language in Primary Care Encounters: Reliability and Validity of an Emotion Word Count Coding System. Patient Educ Couns 2005;57:232-8.

Shields CG, Franks P, Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Epstein RM. Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity. Ann Fam Med 2005;3:436-42.

Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein RM. Preventing Errors in Clinical Practice: a Call for Self-Awareness. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:310-6.

Borrell i Carrio F, Suchman AL, Epstein RM. The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:576-82.

Duffy FD, Gordon GH, Whelan G, et al. Assessing Competence in Communication and Interpersonal Skills: The Kalamazoo II Report (Participants, Epstein,R.M. in the American Academy on Physician and Patient's Conference on Education and Evaluation of Competence in Communication and Interpersonal Skills). Academic Medicine 2004;79:495-507.

Epstein RM. Embedding Professionalism in Medical Education and Practice. Aten Primaria 2004;34:33-4.

Epstein RM, Alper BS, Quill TE. Communicating Evidence for Participatory Decision Making. JAMA 2004;291:2359-66.

Epstein RM, Dannefer EF, Nofziger AC, et al. Comprehensive Assessment of Professional Competence: the Rochester Experiment. Teach Learn Med 2004;16:186-96.

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Franks P, et al. Patient Trust: is it Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians? Med Care 2004;42:1049-55.

Cleries Costa X, Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein RM, Kronfly Rubiano E, Escoda Areste JJ, Martinez-Carretero JM. [Aspects of Communication: the Challenge of Competition in the Medical Profession]. Aten Primaria 2003;32:110-7.

Epstein RM. Mindful Practice in Action (II): Cultivating Habits of Mind. Families, Systems and Health 2003;21:11-7.

Epstein RM. Mindful Practice in Action (I): Technical Competence, Evidence-Based Medicine and Relationship-Centered Care. Families, Systems, & Health 2003;21:1-10.

Miller WL, Crabtree BF, Duffy MB, Epstein RM, Stange KC. Research Guidelines for Assessing the Impact of Healing Relationships in Clinical Medicine. [erratum appears in Altern Ther Health Med. 2003 Sep-Oct;9(5):17]. Altern Ther Health Med 2003;9:A80-95.

Quill TE, Dannefer E, Markakis K, et al. An Integrated Biopsychosocial Approach to Palliative Care Training of Medical Students. J Palliat Med 2003;6:365-80.

Ruiz Moral R, Rodriguez JJ, Epstein RM. [What Style of Consultation with my Patients Should I Adopt? Practical Reflections on the Doctor-Patient Relationship]. Aten Primaria 2003;32:594-602.

Zoppi K, Epstein RM. Is Communication a Skill? Communication Behaviors and Being in Relation. Fam Med 2002;34:319-24.

Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein R. [The International Conference on Communication and Health of Barcelona 2000. One more step in the right direction]. Aten Primaria 2001;27:449-51.

Epstein RM. [Communication, Burnout and Clinical Results: more Questions than Answers]. Aten Primaria 2001;27:511-3.

Epstein RM. Just Being. West J Med 2001;174:63-5.

Epstein RM, Borrell i Carrio F. Pudor, Honor, and Autoridad: the Evolving Patient-Physician Relationship in Spain. Patient Educ Couns 2001;45:51-7.

Epstein RM, Levenkron JC, Frarey L, Thompson J, Anderson K, Franks P. Improving Physicians' HIV Risk-Assessment Skills using Announced and Unannounced Standardized Patients. J Gen Intern Med 2001;16:176-80.

Garcia-Campayo J, Claraco LM, Orozco R, et al. A Program for Training in Mental Health for Family Medicine Residents: The Zaragoza Model de Navarra. Atencion Primaria 2001;27:667-72.

McWhinney IR, Epstein RM, Freeman TR. Rethinking Somatization. Adv Mind Body Med 2001;17:232-9.

Rodriguez JJ, Epstein RM, Ruiz R. The Patient-Physician Relationship. Atencion Primaria 2001;28:164-71.

Stein MT, Coleman WL, Epstein RM. "We've Tried Everything and Nothing Works": Family-Centered Pediatrics and Clinical Problem-Solving. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2001;22:S55-60.

Zoppi K, Epstein RM. Is Communication a Skill? Communications Behaviors and Being in Relation. Anales de Navarra 2001;24:23-31.

Dugdale DC, Epstein RM, Pantilat SZ. Time and the Patient-Physician Relationship. J Gen Intern Med 1999;14:S34-40.

Epstein RM. Mindful Practice. JAMA 1999;282:833-9.

Epstein RM. Francesc Borell, M.D. (Biographical Portrait). Medical Encounter 1999;14:20-3.

Epstein RM, Frarey L, Beckman HB. Talking about AIDS. AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999;13:545-53.

Epstein RM, Quill TE, McWhinney IR. Somatization Reconsidered: Incorporating the Patient's Experience of Illness. Arch Intern Med 1999;159:215-22.

Marvel MK, Epstein RM, Flowers K, Beckman HB. Soliciting the Patient's Agenda: Have We Improved? JAMA 1999;281:283-7.

McDaniel SH, Harkness JL, Epstein RM. Differentiation Before Death: Medical Family Therapy for a Woman with End-Stage Crohn’s Disease and Her Son. Sistemas Familiares 1999;15(2):55-72.

Novack DH, Epstein RM, Paulsen RH. Toward Creating Physician-Healers: Fostering Medical Students' Self-Awareness, Personal Growth, and Well-Being. Acad Med 1999;74:516-20.

Epstein RM, Cole DR, Gawinski BA, Piotrowski-Lee S, Ruddy NB. How Students Learn from Community-Based Preceptors. Arch Fam Med 1998;7:149-54.

Epstein RM, Morse DS, Frankel RM, Frarey L, Anderson K, Beckman HB. Awkward Moments in Patient-Physician Communication about HIV Risk. Ann Intern Med 1998;128:435-42.

Kaplan CB, Siegel B, Madill JM, Epstein RM. Communication and the Medical Interview. Strategies for Learning and Teaching. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:S49-55.

McWhinney IR, Epstein RM, Freeman TR. Rethinking Somatization. Ann Intern Med 1997;126:747-50.

Novack DH, Suchman AL, Clark W, Epstein RM, Najberg E, Kaplan C. Calibrating the Physician. Personal Awareness and Effective Patient Care. Working Group on Promoting Physician Personal Awareness, American Academy on Physician and Patient. JAMA 1997;278:502-9.

Stein MT, Coleman WL, Epstein RM. "We've Tried Everything and Nothing Works": Family-Centered Pediatrics and Clinical Problem-Solving. J Dev Behav Pediatr 1997;18:114-9.

Epstein RM, Seaburn DB. Simulated Families in Clinical Teaching. Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education 1995;2:75-82.

Epstein RM. Taking Care Of. Archives of Family Medicine 1994;3:9-10.

Epstein RM. Communication Between Primary Care Physicians and Consultants. Arch Fam Med 1994;49:1718-20.

Epstein RM, Beckman HB. Health Care Reform and Patient-Physician Communication. Am Fam Physician 1994;49:1718-20.

Epstein RM, Christie M, Frankel R, Rousseau S, Shields C, Suchman AL. Understanding Fear of Contagion among Physicians who Care for HIV Patients. Fam Med 1993;25:264-8.

Epstein RM, Christie M, Frankel R, et al. Primary Care of Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. The Physician's Perspective. Arch Fam Med 1993;2:159-67.

Schaffer CR, Epstein RM, Christie M, et al. Primary Care Physicians' Responses to Death and Dying in HIV Patients. Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center 1993;5:15-22.

Woolever R, Epstein RM, Frankel RM, Suchman AL. Strategies for Improving Primary Care Physicians' Involvement in the Care of Patients Infected with HIV. Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center 1993;5:5-11.

Epstein RM. Patient Attitudes and Knowledge about HIV Infection and AIDS. J Fam Pract 1991;32:373-7.

Epstein RM, Rice P, Wallace P. Teenagers' Health Concerns: Implications for Primary Health Care Professionals. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1989;39:247-9.

Books and Book Chapters

Street RL, Epstein RM. Key interpersonal functions and health outcomes: Lessons from theory and research on clinician-patient communication. In: Glanz K, Rimer BK, Viswanath KV, eds. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research and Practice. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc.; 2008.

Epstein RM. Mindful Practice. In: Christensen J, Feldman M, ed. Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Pratice. 3rd Edition New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 49-54, 2008.

Epstein RM, Street RL. Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering (Commissioned by the National Cancer Institute). Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, NIH Publ. No. 07-6225, 2007.

Epstein RM. Mindful Practice and the Tacit Ethics of the Moment. In: Kenny N, Shelton W, ed. Lost Virtue: Professional Character Development and Medical Education. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 2006.

Epstein RM. Mindfulness and Reflection in Clinical Training and Practice. Webtext, www.doc.com. 2005.

Epstein RM, Morse DS, Williams GC, LeRoux P, Suchman AL, Quill TE. Clinical Practice and the Biopsychosocial Approach. In: Quill TE, Frankel RM, McDaniel SH, ed. The Biopsychosocial Approach: Past, Present, Future. 1st ed. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2003:33-66.

Epstein RM. The Patient-Physician Relationship. In: Mengel MB, Holleman WL, Fields SA, ed. Fundamentals of Clinical Practice. 2nd Edition ed. New York, New York: Plenum, 2002:403-429.

Epstein RM. A Day in the Life: Philosophy and Action in Family Medicine. In: Cogil V, Garcia-Shelton L, Mariotti M, ed. Improving Family Health. Rome, Italy: 2002.

McDaniel SH, Harkness JL, Epstein RM. Differentiation Before Death: Medical Family Therapy for a Woman with End-Stage Crohn’s Disease and Her Son. In: Casebook for Integrating Family Therapy: An Ecosystemic Approach. Washington, DC: APA Publishers, 2001:323-336.

Zoppi K, Epstein RM. Interviewing in Medical Settings. In: Gubrium J, Holstein J, ed. Handbook of Interviewing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001:355-383.

Epstein RM. Family Medicine and the Medical School: The Situation in the USA and Implications for Spain. In: Pablo Bonal Pitz, eds. Medicina de Familia y Universidad. Seville, Spain: Secretariado de Publicaciones, 1999:35-45.

Epstein RM, Borrell i Carrio F, Caterina M. Communication and Mental Health in Primary Care. In: Gelder MG, Lopez-Ibor JJ, Andreasen NC, ed. The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford Press, 1999:87-93.

Epstein RM. Communication between Primary Care Physicians and Consultants. In: Suchman AL, Botelho RJ, Hinton-Walker P, ed. Partnerships in Health Care: Transforming Relational Process. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1998.

Epstein RM. A Biopsychosocial Approach to AIDS. In: vonUexkul T, Adler R, ed. Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine. München-Wien-Baltimore, Uraban and Schwartzenberg, 1997.

Epstein RM, Cole DR, Gawinski BA, Ruddy NB, Lee SP. How Students Learn from Ambulatory Preceptors: Critical Incidents. In: Scherpbier AJJA, van der Vleuten CPM, Rethans JJ, ed. Advances in Medical Education. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

Epstein RM. The Patient-Physician Relationship. In: Mengel MB, Holleman WL, ed. Fundamentals of Clinical Practice: A Textbook on the Patient, Doctor and Society. New York, New York: Plenum, 1996.

Other Publications

Epstein RM. Decisions, Discomfort and Self-Deception. E-letter comment (Sava GW, Wong ST, Schillinger D, et al. Shared Decision Making and the Experience of Partnership in Primary Care.) Annals of Family Medicine, 4:54-62), 2006 http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/eletters/4/1/54#top. Annals of Family Medicine 2006.

Nofziger AC, Lurie SJ, Epstein RM. In Response to "Medical Students' Views on Peer Assessment of Professionalism" (Letter). J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:398-9.

Scherger J, Epstein RM. Should Physicians Communicate with Patients Via E-Mail? Internal Medicine News 2006;39:11 (also in Family Practice News, 2006).

Epstein RM. Non-Cognitive Factors in Diagnostic Errors (Letter to Editor). Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;142:115-20.

Epstein RM. The White Coat. Medicos de Familia 2004;2:8-10.

Epstein RM. Virtual Physicians, Health Systems, and the Healing Relationship (Editorial). J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:404-6.

Epstein RM. Somatization (Letter to Editor). Annals of Family Medicine 2003;1:235.

Epstein RM, Thomas JC, Rutecki GW. Virtual Mentor. Please Don't Say Anything. Partner Notification and the Patient-Physician Relationship. Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association 2003;5.

Epstein RM, Borrell i Carrio F, Visser A. Hearing Voices: Patient-Centered Care with Diverse Populations. (Editorial) Patient Educ Couns 2002;48:1-3.

Epstein RM. The Costs of Making Practice More Cost-Effective (Letter to Editor). JAMA 2002;287:1648-9.

Epstein RM. Steps Toward Assessing the Professional Competence of Residents. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Bulletin 2002;1-4.

Epstein RM. Teaching Communication in Democratic Spain. Dimension Humana 2002;6:44-5.

Epstein RM, Henson L, Schultz S, et al. Beyond the OSCE: Comprehensive Assessment of Professional Competence. JGIM 2002;17.

Epstein RM, Hundert EM. Defining and Assessing Professional Competence. (Editorial). JAMA 2002;287:226-35.

Epstein RM. Reflective, Present and Attentive Practice: Professional Competence and the Tacit Ethics of the Moment. Eidon-Journal of the Institute of Health Sciences, Madrid 2000;3:26-33.

Epstein RM. The Science of Patient-Centered Care (Comment). J Fam Pract 2000;49:805-7.

Epstein RM. Family History (Comment). Fam Systems Health 2000;18:123-4.

Epstein RM. Time, Autonomy, and Satisfaction (Editorial). J Gen Intern Med 2000;15:517-8.

Marvel MK, Epstein RM, Beckman HB. Patients, interrupted? (Comment Letter). J Fam Pract 2000;49:471.

Epstein RM. Francesc Borrell, M.D. (Biographical Portrait). Med 1999;14:21-3.

Borrell i Carrio F, Epstein RM. Emociones: Quosa E? Dimension Humana 1998;2:17-26.

Epstein RM. Communication and Somatic Distress: International Perspectives (Symposium). Patient Education & Counseling 1998;34:S54.

Epstein RM. Letters from Spain. Medical Encounter 1998;14:8-11.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Shields CG, et al. Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method (Symposium). Patient Education & Counseling 1998;34:S44.

Novack DH, Kaplan C, Epstein RM, et al. Personal Awareness and Professional Growth: A Proposed Curriculum. Medical Encounter 1997;13:3-8.

Epstein RM. DNR Orders and Medical Futility (Comment Letter). JAMA 1995;274:299-300.

Epstein RM. Cocaine and HIV Prevalence in an Alcohol Treatment Center (Comment Letter). JAMA 1994;272:435.

Epstein RM. Physician, Know thy Family: Looking at One's Family-of-Origin as a Method of Physician Self-Awareness. Medical Encounter 1993;8:159-67.

Epstein RM. A Call for In-Depth Qualitative Research on Career Choices (Comment Letter). Fam Med 1993;25:620-1.

Epstein RM. Qualitative Research on Career Choices (Letter). Fam Med 1993;25:555-6.

Epstein RM, Campbell TL, Cohen-Cole SA, McWhinney IR, Smilkstein G. Perspectives on Patient-Doctor Communication. J Fam Pract 1993;37:377-88.

Epstein RM. HIV Notes for the Family Physician (A Clinical Guidebook). 1991-1992-1993-1994-1997.

Epstein RM. Chronic Pain and the Family by Ranjan Roy (Book Review). Family Systems Medicine 1991;9:203-6.

Epstein RM. Current Therapy of Pain by Kathleen M. Foley, M.D. and Richard M. Payne, M.D. (Book Review). 1991;23:394-5.

Epstein RM, Levenkron JC, Frarey L, Thompson J, Anderson K, Franks P. Improving Physician’s HIV Risk-Assessment Skills: A Feasibility Study Using Announced and Unannounced Standardized Patients in Physicians’ Offices. (Proceedings of the 8th Ottawa International Conference on Medical Education and Assessment. Philadelphia 2000).

Loayssa JR, Epstein RM. The Role of the Tutor and Models of Teaching (Monograph). Madrid, Spain.

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KEVIN FISCELLA, M.D., M.P.H.

In Press

Franks P, Fiscella K. Reducing disparities downstream: prospects and challenges. Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Fiscella K, Holt K. The toll of racial disparity in hypertension control: Tallying deaths. Annals of Family Medicine

Fiscella K. Eliminating disparities in health care through quality improvement (Book Chapter). In: Williams RA, eds. Eliminating healthcare disparities in America: beyond the IOM report. Totowa: Humana Press.

Fiscella K. Achieving the Healthy People 2010 goal of elimination of health disparities: what will it take? (Book Chapter). In: Kaestner R, ed. Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing

Fiscella P, Gold M, Fiscella K. The sociodemographic determinants of health status in the U.S. Statistics Canada.

Fiscella K, Epstein RM. So much to do, so little time: Care for the socially disadvantaged and the 15 minute visit. Archives of Internal Medicine.

Wu J, Meldrum S, Dozier A, Fiscella K. Contraceptive nonuse among U.S. women at risk for unplanned pregnancy. Contraception.

Articles

Fiscella K, Meldrum S. Race and ethnic coding agreement between hospitals and between hospital and death data. Medical Science Monitor 2008:14;9-13.

Carroll J, Fiscella K, Epstein RM, Jean-Pierre, P, Figueroa-Moseley, C, Williams G, Mustian K, Morrow G. Physical Activity Interventions Targeting Underserved Populations: A Systematic Review with Recommendations. J Fam Pract 2008:57:170-75.

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Barnett S. Hospital Discharges Against Advice after Myocardial Infarction: Deaths and Readmissions. Am J Med 2007;120:1047-1053

Fiscella K, Holt K. Impact of Primary Care Patient Visits on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care in the United States. J Am Board Fam Med 2007;20:587-97

Carroll JK, Epstein RM, Fiscella K, Jean-Pierre P, Volpe E, Gipson T. Caring for Somali Women Implications for Clinician-Patient Communication. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;66:337-45.

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Franks P. Post partum discharge against medical advice: who leaves and does it matter? Maternal & Child Health Journal 2007;11(5):431-36.

Fiscella K, Dressler R, Meldrum S, Holt K. Impact of influenza vaccination disparities on elderly mortality in the United States. Preventive Medicine 2007;45(1):83-7.

Duberstein PR, Meldrum S, Shields CG, Fiscella K, Epstein RM. Influences on Patients' Ratings of Physicians: Physician Demographics and Personality. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;65:270-4.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Srinivasan M, Kravitz RL, Epstein RM. Ratings of Physician Communication by Real and Standardized Patients. Annals of Family Medicine 2007;5:151-8.

Li C, Friedman B, Conwell Y, Fiscella K. Validity of the PHQ-2 in Identifying Major Depression among the Elderly. JAGS 2007;55:596-602.

Pascal J, Figueroa-Moseley C, Kohli S, Fiscella K, Palesh O, Morrow G. Assessment of Cancer-Related Fatigue: Implications for Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment. The Oncologist 2007;12:S11.

Ryan J, Carroll J, Ryan E, Mustian K, Fiscella K, Morrow G. Mechanisms of Cancer Related Fatigue. The Oncologist 2007;12:S22-34.

Wu J, Fielding S, Fiscella K. The effect of polycarbophil gel (ReplensTM) on bacterial vaginosis: a pilot study. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 2007;130:132-6.

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Meldrum SC, et al. Physicians' Responses to Patients' Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Psychosom Med 2006;68:269-76.

Fiscella K, Eisinger SH, Meldrum S, Feng C, Fisher SG, Guzick DS. Effect of Mifepristone For Symptomatic Leiomyomata on Quality of Life and Uterine Size: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2006;108:1381-7.

Fiscella K, Holt K, Franks P. Disparities in preventive procedures: Comparisons of self-report and Medicare claims data. BMC Health Serv.Res. 2006;6:122.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Does the content of primary care visits differ by the racial composition of physicians' practices? Am J Med 2006;119:348-53.

Fiscella K, Fremont AM. Use of geocoding and surname analysis to estimate race and ethnicity. Health Serv Res 2006;41:1482-500.

Fiscella K, Geiger HJ. Health information technology and quality improvement for community health centers. Health Aff (Millwood) 2006;25:405-12.

Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K. Discharges against medical advice: are race/ethnicity predictors? J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:955-60.

Harris LM, Chin NP, Fiscella K, Humiston S. Barrier to pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations in Black elderly communities: mistrust. J Natl Med Assoc 2006;98:1678-84.

Holt K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K. Mammography self-report and mammography claims: racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic discrepancies among elderly women. Med Care 2006;44:513-8.

Srinivasan M, Franks P, Meredith LS, Fiscella K, Epstein R, Kravitz RL. Connoisseurs of Care? Unannounced Standardized Patients' Ratings of Physicians. Medical Care 2006;44:1092-8.

Botelho R, Fiscella K. Protect Children From Environmental Tobacco Smoke, But Avoid Stigmatization of Parents: A Commentary on Pyle et al. Families, Systems, & Health 2005;23:17-20.

Eisinger SH, Bonfiglio T, Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Guzick DS. Twelve-month safety and efficacy of low-dose mifepristone for uterine myomas. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2005;12:227-33.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Fiscella K, et al. Measuring Patient-Centered Communication in Patient-Physician Consultations: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Soc Sci Med 2005;61:1516-28.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Shields CG, et al. Patient-Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing. Ann Fam Med 2005;3:415-21.

Fiscella K. Race, genes and preterm delivery. J Natl Med Assoc 2005;97:1516-26.

Fiscella K. Socioeconomic disparities in health: the impact of pharmacotherapy. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 2005;5:205-14.

Fiscella K. George Engel Storytelling. Fam Systems Health 2005;23:410-2.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Is patient HMO insurance or physician HMO participation related to racial disparities in primary care? Am J Manag Care 2005;11:397-402.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Barnett S. Racial disparity in surgical complications in New York State. Ann Surg 2005;242:151-5.

Fiscella K, Moore A, Engerman J, Meldrum S. Management of opiate detoxification in jails. J Addict Dis 2005;24:61-71.

Fiscella K, Shin P. The inverse care law: Implications for healthcare of vulnerable populations. J Ambulatory Care Manage 2005;28:304-12.

Franks P, Fiscella K, Meldrum S. Racial disparities in the content of primary care office visits. J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:599-603.

Franks P, Fiscella K, Shields CG, et al. Are Patients' Ratings of their Physicians Related to Health Outcomes? Ann Fam Med 2005;3:229-34.

Shields CG, Epstein RM, Fiscella K, et al. Influence of Accompanied Encounters on Patient-Centeredness with Older Patients. J Am Board Fam Pract 2005;18:344-54.

Shields CG, Epstein RM, Franks P, et al. Emotion Language in Primary Care Encounters: Reliability and Validity of an Emotion Word Count Coding System. Patient Educ Couns 2005;57:232-8.

Shields CG, Franks P, Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Epstein RM. Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity. Ann Fam Med 2005;3:436-42.

Doescher MP, Saver BG, Fiscella K, Franks P. Preventive care. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:632-7.

Edwardsen EA, Pless NA, Fiscella KA, Horwitz SH, Meldrum SC. Pilot educational outreach project on partner violence. Prev Med 2004;39:536-42.

Fiscella K. Racial disparity in infant and maternal mortality: confluence of infection, and microvascular dysfunction. Matern Child Health J 2004;8:45-54.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Should years of schooling be used to guide treatment of coronary risk factors? Ann Fam Med 2004;2:469-73.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Meldrum S. Estimating racial/ethnic disparity in mammography rates: it all depends on how you ask the question. Prev Med 2004;39:399-403.

Fiscella K, Klebanoff MA. Are racial differences in vaginal pH explained by vaginal flora? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004;191:747-50.

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Franks P, et al. Patient Trust: is it Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians? Med Care 2004;42:1049-55.

Fiscella K, Moore A, Engerman J, Meldrum S. Jail management of arrestees/inmates enrolled in community methadone maintenance programs. J Urban Health 2004;81:645-54.

Fiscella K, Pless N, Meldrum S, Fiscella P. Alcohol and opiate withdrawal in US jails. Am J Public Health 2004;94:1522-4.

Fiscella K, Pless N, Meldrum S, Fiscella P. Benign neglect or neglected abuse: drug and alcohol withdrawal in U.S. jails. J Law Med Ethics 2004;32:129-36.

Zeldman A, Ryan RM, Fiscella K. Motivation, Autonomy Support and Entity Beliefs: Their Role in Methadone Maintenance Treatment. J Soc Clin Psychology 2004;23:675-96.

Eisinger SH, Meldrum S, Fiscella K, le Roux HD, Guzick DS. Low-dose mifepristone for uterine leiomyomata. Obstet Gynecol 2003;101:243-50.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Doescher MP, Saver BG. Do HMOs affect educational disparities in health care? Ann Fam Med 2003;1:90-6.

Franks P, Fiscella K, Beckett L, Zwanziger J, Mooney C, Gorthy S. Effects of patient and physician practice socioeconomic status on the health care of privately insured managed care patients. Med Care 2003;41:842-52.

Franks P, Gold M, Fiscella K. Sociodemographics, self rated health, and mortality in the United States Soc.Sci.Med. 2003;56:2505-14.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Doescher MP, Saver BG. Disparities in health care by race, ethnicity, and language among the insured: findings from a national sample. Med Care 2002;40:52-9.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Kendrick JS, Meldrum S, Kieke Jr.,BA. Risk of preterm birth that is associated with vaginal douching. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002;186:1345-50.

Fiscella K, Goodwin MA, Stange KC. Does patient educational level affect office visits to family physicians? J Natl Med Assoc 2002;94:157-65.

Franks P, Fiscella K. Effect of patient socioeconomic status on physician profiles for prevention, disease management, and diagnostic testing costs. Med Care 2002;40:717-24.

Doescher MP, Saver BG, Fiscella K, Franks P. Racial/ethnic inequities in continuity and site of care: location, location, location. Health Serv Res 2001;36:78-89.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Impact of patient socioeconomic status on physician profiles: a comparison of census-derived and individual measures. Med Care 2001;39:8-14.

Hashim MJ, Franks P, Fiscella K. Effectiveness of telephone reminders in improving rate of appointments kept at an outpatient clinic: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Board Fam Pract 2001;14:193-6.

Bruce FC, Fiscella K, Kendrick JS. Vaginal douching and preterm birth: an intriguing hypothesis. [erratum appears in Med Hypotheses 2000 May;54(5):859]. Med Hypotheses 2000;54:448-52.

Campbell TL, Franks P, Fiscella K, et al. Do physicians who diagnose more mental health disorders generate lower health care costs? J Fam Pract 2000;49:305-10.

Chin NP, Monroe A, Fiscella K. Social determinants of (un)healthy behavior. Education for Health 2000;13:317-28.

Doescher MP, Saver BG, Franks P, Fiscella K. Racial and ethnic disparities in perceptions of physician style and trust. Arch Fam Med 2000;9:1156-63.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Individual income, income inequality, health, and mortality: what are the relationships? Health Serv Res 2000;35:307-18.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Gold MR, Clancy CM. Inequality in quality: addressing socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities in health care. JAMA 2000;283:2579-84.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Zwanziger J, Mooney C, Sorbero M, Williams GC. Risk aversion and costs: a comparison of family physicians and general internists. J Fam Pract 2000;49:12-7.

Bayer WH, Fiscella K. Patients and community together. A family medicine community-oriented primary care project in an urban private practice. Arch Fam Med 1999;8:546-9.

Fiscella K. Is lower income associated with greater biopsychosocial morbidity? Implications for physicians working with underserved patients. J Fam Pract 1999;48:372-7.

Fiscella K, Campbell TL. Association of perceived family criticism with health behaviors. J Fam Pract 1999;48:128-34.

Fiscella K, Franks P. The adequacy of Papanicolaou smears as performed by family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists. J Fam Pract 1999;48:294-8.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Influence of patient education on profiles of physician practices. Ann Intern Med 1999;131:745-51.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Clancy CM, Doescher MP, Banthin JS. Does skepticism towards medical care predict mortality? Med Care 1999;37:409-14.

Epstein RM, Franks P, Shields CG, et al. Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method (Symposium). Patient Education & Counseling 1998;34:S44.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Clancy CM. Skepticism toward medical care and health care utilization. Med Care 1998;36:180-9.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Kendrick JS, Bruce FC. The risk of low birth weight associated with vaginal douching. Obstet Gynecol 1998;92:913-7.

Fiscella K, Kitzman HJ, Cole RE, Sidora K, Olds D. Delayed first pregnancy among African-American adolescent smokers. J Adolesc Health 1998;23:232-7.

Fiscella K, Kitzman HJ, Cole RE, Sidora KJ, Olds D. Does child abuse predict adolescent pregnancy? Pediatrics 1998;101:620-4.

Franks P, Fiscella K. Primary care physicians and specialists as personal physicians. Health care expenditures and mortality experience. J Fam Pract 1998;47:105-9.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Does psychological distress contribute to racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality? Soc Sci Med 1997;45:1805-9.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Poverty or income inequality as predictor of mortality: longitudinal cohort study. BMJ 1997;314:1724-7.

Fiscella K, Franks P, Shields CG. Perceived family criticism and primary care utilization: psychosocial and biomedical pathways. Fam Process 1997;36:25-41.

Botelho RJ, Lue BH, Fiscella K. Family Involvement in Routine Health Care: A Survey of Patients' Behaviors and Preferences. J Fam Pract 1996;42:572-6.

Fiscella K. Race, perinatal outcome, and amniotic infection. Obstet Gynecol Surv 1996;51:60-6.

Fiscella K. Racial disparities in preterm births. The role of urogenital infections. Public Health Rep 1996;111:104-13.

Fiscella K, Franks P. Cost-effectiveness of the transdermal nicotine patch as an adjunct to physicians' smoking cessation counseling. JAMA 1996;275:1247-51.

Fiscella K. Does prenatal care improve birth outcomes? A critical review. Obstet Gynecol 1995;85:468-79.

Other Publications

Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Szilagyi PG. Nomenclature in translational research (Letter to Editor). JAMA 2008;299:2148-49

Fiscella K. Vulnerable Populations in the United States by Leiyu Shi and Gregory D. Sevens (Book Review). JAMA 2005;293:1924-5.

Fiscella K. Update on outpatient treatment of systolic heart failure (Letter to Editor). Am Fam Physician 2005;72:1172.

Fiscella K. Anatomy of racial disparity in influenza vaccination (Invited Commentary). Health Serv Res 2005;40:539-49.

Fiscella K. Socioeconomic status disparities in healthcare outcomes: selection bias or biased treatment? (Editorial/Invited Commentary) Med Care 2004;42:939-42.

Fiscella K, Williams DR. Health disparities based on socioeconomic inequities: implications for urban health care (Editorial/Invited Commentary). Acad Med 2004;79:1139-47.

Fiscella K. Reducing health care disparities through collaborative care (Invited Editorial/Commentary). Fam Systems Health 2002;20:365-74.

Fiscella K. The Relationship Code by David Reiss (Book Review). Families, Systems and Health 2001.

Fiscella K, Frankel R. Overcoming cultural barriers: international medical graduates in the United States (Editorial/Invited Commentary). JAMA 2000;283:1751.

Fiscella K. Health Psychology in Global Perspective by Francis Aboud (Book Review). Soc Sci Med 1999;48:1301.

Fiscella K. Ethnicity, Poverty, Health and the American Dream (Editorial/Invited Commentary). Fam Systems Health 1996;14:361-3.

Fiscella K. The Birth of the Family: An Empirical Inquiry by Jerry M. Lewis (Book Review). New York State Journal of Medicine 1990:623.

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ROBERT E. GRAMLING, M.D., Sc.D.

In press

Eaton CB, Gramling R, Parker DR, Roberts M, Lue BH, Ridker P. Prospective association of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) with CHD mortality in southeastern New England. Atherosclerosis.

Eaton CB, Roberts M, Gramling R, Lue BH. Prospective association of selenium and CHD, stroke, CVD and all-cause mortality: NHANES III motrality follow-up study. Circulation.

Gramling R, Clarke J, Simmons E. Racial distribution of patient population and family physician endorsed importance of screening patients for inherited predisposition to cancer. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

Gramling R, Roberts M, Klein W, Waring M, Gramling D, Eaton CB. Self-rated cariovascular risk and 15-year cardiovascular mortality. Ann Fam Med.

Articles

Parker DR, Gramling R, Goldman RE, et al. Physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators regarding adoption of the national cholesterol education program guidelines. Preventive Cardiology 2008;11:29-35.

Burke M, Gramling R, Lavallee L, Chandran R. Family medicine resident confidence with screening for, and communicating about, genomic susceptibility to breast cancer. Fam Med 2008;40:161.

Farrell T, Chandran C, Gramling R. Shame and the process of screening for low health literacy in primary care. Fam Med 2008;40:235.

Gramling R. Risk factors for breast cancer in the women's health initiative (Dissertation) 2008;1-135 Boston University Press.

Gramling R, Anthony D, Frierson G, Bowen D. The cancer worry chart: A single-item screening measure of worry about developing breast cancer. Psychooncology 2007;16:593-597.

Goldman RE, Parker DR, Eaton CB, et al. Patients' perceptions of cholesterol, cardiovascular disease risk, and risk communication strategies. Annals of Family Medicine 2006;4:205-212.

Gramling R, Anthony D, Simmons E, Bowen D. Self-rated breast cancer risk among women reporting a first-degree family history of breast cancer on office screening questionnaires in routine medical care: The role of physician-delivered risk feedback. Genetics in Medicine 2006;8:658-664.

Crouch MA, Gramling R. Family history of coronary heart disease: Evidence-based applications. Primary Care; Clinics in Office Practice 2005;32:995-1010.

Gramling R, Anthony D, Lowery J, et al. Association between screening family medical history in general medical care and lower burden of cancer worry among women with a close family history of breast cancer. Genetics in Medicine 2005;7:640-645.

David SP, Eaton CB, Taylor JS, et al. Envisaging and applying a unifying three-dimensional theoretical framework for generalist physicians. Medicine & Health, Rhode Island 2004;87:336-340.

Fine LJ, Philogene GS, Gramling R, Coups EJ, Sinha S. Prevalence of multiple chronic disease risk factors. 2001 national health interview survey. Am J Prev Med 2004;27:18-24.

Gramling R, Duffy C, David S. Does providing hereditary breast cancer risk assessment support to practicing physicians decrease the likelihood of them discussing such risk with their patients? Genetics in Medicine 2004;6:542.

Gramling R, Irvin JE, Nash J, Sciamanna C, Culpepper L. Numeracy and medicine: Key family physician attitudes about communicating probability with patients. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 2004;17:473.

Gramling R, Nash J, Siren K, Eaton C, Culpepper L. Family physician self-efficacy with screening for inherited cancer risk. Annals of Family Medicine 2004;2:130-132.

Gramling R, Goldman RE, Parker DR, et al. HeartAge: A meaningful method for communicating cardiovascular risk. Ann Beh Med 2004;27.

Gramling R, Trask P, Nash J, Culpepper L. Family physicians' beliefs about genetic testing. Fam Med 2004;36:691-692.

Sciamanna CN, Novak SP, Houston TK, Gramling R, Marcus BH. Visit satisfaction and tailored health behavior communications in primary care. Am J Prev Med 2004;26:426-430.

Gramling R. Beyond math: risk and perceptions in doctor-patient communication. Annals of Family Medicine e:2004; 2(6)

Gramling R, David S. Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer: Teaching points. Fam Med 2003;35:466-468.

David SM, Gramling R. Teaching genetics in primary care through a Transatlantic videoconference. Nature Reviews Genetics 2003; 4:e2

Gramling R, Nash J, Siren K, Culpepper L. Predictive genetics in primary care: Expectations for the motivational impact of genetic testing affects the importance family physicians place on screening for familial cancer risk. Genetics in Medicine 2003;5:172-175.

Wiecha JM, Gramling R, Joachim P, Vanderschmidt H. Collaborative e-learning using streaming video and asynchronous discussion boards to teach the cognitive foundation of medical interviewing: A case study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2003;5:e13.

Westfall J, Gramling R, O'Brian-Gonzales A, Barley G. Health-related knowledge and preparedness of high-altitude wilderness hikers in Colorado. International Journal of Wilderness 1999;5:27-33.

Brown RL, Gramling R, Bert RJ, Karpen JW. Cyclic GMP contact points within the 63-kDa subunit and a 240-kDa associated protein of retinal rod cGMP-activated channels. Biochemistry 1995;34:8365-8370.

Karpen JW, Gramling R, Bert RJ, Brown RL. Cyclic-GMP binding sites within two different subunits of the retinal rod cGMP-gated channel. Biophys J 1995;68:A253.

Brown RL, Gramling R, Bert RJ, Karpen JW. Identification of photoaffinity labeling of peptide regions within retinal rod cGMP-activated channel subunits involved in cGMP binding. Invest Opthalmol Vis Sci Suppl 1994;35:1473.

Other

Gramling R. Book review of Society's Choices: Social and Ethical Decision-Making in Biomedicine by Bulger RE et al. 1995. Dartmouth Ethics Institute Newsletter 1998

Gramling R. Book review of Case Studies in public Health Ethics by Coughlin SS et al. 1999. Dartmouth Ethics Institute Newsletter. 1999.

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KATHLEEN D. HOLT, PH.D.

In press

Fiscella K, Holt K. The toll of racial disparity in hypertension control: Tallying deaths. Annals of Family Medicine

Articles

Fiscella K, Dressler R, Meldrum S, Holt K. Impact of influenza vaccination disparities on elderly mortality in the United States. Preventive medicine 2007;45(1):83-7.

Fiscella K, Holt K, Franks P. Disparities in preventive procedures: Comparisons of self-report and Medicare claims data. BMC Health Serv.Res. 2006;6:122.

Holt K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K. Mammography self-report and mammography claims: racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic discrepancies among elderly women. Med Care 2006;44:513-8.

Lynch D, Swing S, Horowitz S, Holt K, Messer J. Assessing practice-based learning and improvement. Teach Learn Med 2004;16:85-92.

Pine M, Holt K, Lou YB. Surgical mortality and type of anesthesia provider. AANA J 2003;71:109-16.

Bekhuis T, Cook H, Holt K, et al. Ethnicity, Church Affiliation, and beliefs about the casual agents of health: a comparative Study Employing a Multivariate Analysis of Covariance. Health Education Research 1995;10:73-82.

Kotch JB, Browne DC, Ringwalt CL, et al. Risk of Child Abuse or Neglect in a Cohort of Low-income Children. Child Abuse and Neglect 1995;19:1115-30.

Blalock SJ, DeVellis BM, Holt K, Hahn PM. Coping With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is One Problem The Same As Another? Health Education Quarterly 1993;20:119-32.

Ciccheti D, Rogosch F, Lynch M, Holt K. Resilience in Maltreated Children: Processes Leading in Adaptive Outcomes. Development and Psychopathology 1993;5:629-47.

Meece JL, Holt K. A Pattern Analysis of Students' Achievement Goals. Journal of Educational Psychology 1993;80:514-23.

DeVellis RF, Blalock SJ, Holt K, Renner BR, Blanchard LW, Klotz ML. Arthritis Patients' Reactions to Unavoidable Social Comparisons. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1991;17:392-9.

Ringwalt C, Ennett ST, Holt K. An Outcome Evaluation of Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). Health Education Research 1991;6:327-37.

Blalock SJ, Afifi RA, DeVellis BM, Holt K, DeVellis RF. Adjustment to Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Role of Social Comparison Processes. Health Education Research 1990;5:361-70.

DeVellis RF, Holt K, Renner BR, et al. The Relationship of Social Comparison to Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms and Affect. Basic Applied Social Psychology 1990;11:1-18.

DeVellis RF, Blalock SJ, Holt K, Renner BR, Blanchard LW, Cook HL. Effects of Social Comparisons Provided to RA Patients. Arthritis and Rheumatism 1988;31:S157.

Holt K. Implementing Innovation: An Annotated Bibliography. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 1988.

Blanchard LW, Holt K, DeVellis RF. Social Comparison Among Arthritis Patients: Quantitative Findings. Arthritis and Rheumatism 1987;30:S198.

Pyszczynski T, Holt K, Greenberg J. Depression, Self-Focused Attention, and Expectancies for Positive and negative Future Life Events for Self and Others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1987;52:994-1001.

Gryskiewicz SS, Hills DW, Holt K, Hills K. Understanding Managerial Creativity: The Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory and Other Assessment Measures. 1986:Greensboro:Center for Creative Leadership.

Pyszczynski T, Greenberg J, Holt K. Maintaining Consistency Between Self-Serving Beliefs and Available Data: A Bias in Information Processing. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1985;11:179-90.

Koestner R, Ryan RM, Bernieri F, Holt K. Setting Limits On Children's Behavior: The Differential Effects of Controlling Versus Informational Styles on Children's Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity. Journal of Personality 1984;54:233-48.

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STEPHEN J. LURIE, M.D., PH.D.

In press

Lurie SJ, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Nofziger AN, Epstein RM. Further challenges in measuring communication skills: accounting for actor effects in standardized patient assessments. Medical Education.

Lurie SJ. Les reveries du promeneur solitaire. Academic Medicine.

Articles

Lurie SJ, Lambert D, Grady-Weliky TA, Epstein RM. Relationship between Dean's Letter Rankings and Later Evaluations by Residency Program Directors. Teaching & Learning in Medicine 2007;19:251-6.

Lurie SJ, Gawinski B, Pierce D, Rousseau SJ. Seasonal affective disorder. Am Fam Physician 2006;74:1521-4.

Lurie SJ, Nofziger AC, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Epstein RM. Effects of Rater Selection on Peer Assessment Among Medical Students. Medical Education 2006;40:1088-97.

Nofziger AC, Lurie SJ, Epstein RM. In Response to "Medical Students' Views on Peer Assessment of Professionalism" (Letter). J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:398-9.

Lurie SJ. Futility as applied to the biopsychosocial model. Fam Systems Health 2005;23:432-5.

Lurie SJ. Raising the passing grade for studies of medical education (Editorial). JAMA 2003;290:1210-2.

Lurie SJ. JAMA 2001 medical education issue: a call for papers. JAMA 2001;285:465-6.

Lurie SJ. A piece of my mind. Holding the bag. JAMA 2000;283:2073-4.

Lurie SJ. A parametric model of utility for two-person distributions. Psychol Rev 1987;94:60.

DeVellis RF, DeVellis BM, Revicki DA, Lurie SJ, Runyan DK. Development and Validation of the Child Improvement Locus of Control (CILC) Scales. Journal of Clinical Psychology 1985;3:307-24.

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SEAN C. MELDRUM, M.S.

Articles

Fiscella K, Meldrum S. Race and ethnic coding agreement between hospitals and between hospital and death data. Medical Science Monitor 2008:14;9-13.

Duberstein PR, Meldrum S, Shields CG, Fiscella K, Epstein RM. Influences on Patients' Ratings of Physicians: Physician Demographics and Personality. Patient Education & Counseling 2007;65:270-4.

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Franks P, Meldrum SC, Feldman M, Kravitz RL. Exploring and Validating Patient Concerns: Relation to Prescribing for Depression. Ann Fam Med 2007;5:21-8.

Fiscella K, Meldrum S, Franks P. Post partum discharge against medical advice: who leaves and does it matter? Matern Child Health J 2007;11:431-6.

Fiscella K. Impact of influenza vaccination disparities on elderly mortality in the United States. Preventive Medicine 2007;45:83.

Conner KR, Hesselbrock VM, Schuckit MA, et al. Precontemplated and impulsive suicide attempts among individuals with alcohol dependence. J Stud Alcohol 2006;67:95-101.

Epstein RM, Shields CG, Meldrum SC, et al. Physicians' Responses to Patients' Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Psychosom Med 2006;68:269-76.

Fiscella K, Holt K, Meldrum S, Franks P. Disparities in preventive procedures: Comparisons of self-report and Medicare claims data. BMC Health Serv.Res. 2006;6:122.

Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K. Discharges against medical advice: are race/ethnicity predictors? J Gen Intern Med 2006;21:955-60.

Holt K, Franks P, Meldrum S, Fiscella K. Mammography self-report and mammography claims: racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic discrepancies among elderly women. Med Care 2006;44:513-8.

Lurie SJ, Nofziger AC, Meldrum S, Mooney C, Epstein RM. Effects of Rater Selection on Peer Assessment Among Medical Students. Medical Education 2006;40:1088-97.

Conner KR, Phillips MR, Meldrum S, Knox KL, Zhang Y, Yang G. Low-planned suicides in China. Psychol Med 2005;35:1197-204.