Publications

Prognosis

N.A. Christakis, Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Link

M. Alexander and N.A. Christakis, "Bias and Asymmetric Loss in Expert Forecasts: A Study of Physician Prognostic Behavior with Respect to Patient Survival," Journal of Health Economics  27(4): 1095-1108 (July 2008) MS#086

M. Maltoni, A. Caraceni, C. Brunelli, B. Broeckaert, N.A. Christakis, S. Eychmueller, P. Glare, M. Nabal, A. Viganò, P. Larkin, F. De Conno, G. Hanks, and S. Kaasa, "Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations," Journal of Clinical Oncology  23(25): 6240-6248 (September 2005) MS#070

P. Glare and N.A. Christakis, "Prognostication at the End of Life," in D. Doyle, G. Hanks, N. Cherny, and K. Calman, eds., Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 3rd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 29-42 BC#08

N.A. Christakis, "Pronostic," in D. Lecourt, ed., Dictionnaire de la Pensée Médicale, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2004, pp. 910-916 BC#09

P. Glare, K. Virik, M. Jones, M. Hudson, S. Eychmuller, J. Simes, and N.A. Christakis, "A Systematic Review of Physicians' Survival Predictions in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients," British Medical Journal  327(7408): 195-200 (July 2003) MS#061

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Complexities in Prognostication in Advanced Cancer," JAMA  290(1): 98-104 (July 2003) MS#060

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Prognostication in Advanced Disease," in A. Berger, R.K. Portenoy, and D.E. Weissman, eds., Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, 2nd ed., Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, pp. 607-614 BC#06

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Prognostic Disclosure to Patients with Cancer Near the End of Life," Annals of Internal Medicine  133(12): 1096-1105 (June 2001)
MS#046  (Editorial)

N.A. Christakis and E.B. Lamont, "Extent and Determinants of Error in Doctors' Prognoses for Terminally Ill Patients: Prospective Cohort Study," British Medical Journal  320(7233): 469-473 (February 2000); reprinted in  The Western Journal of Medicine 172(5): 310-313 (May 2000) MS#041  (Editorial)

N.A. Christakis, "Prognostication and Bioethics," Daedalus  128(4): 197-214 (Fall 1999) MS#040

E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Some Elements of Prognosis in Terminal Cancer," Oncology  13(8): 1165-1170 (August 1999) MS#035

N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Prognostication in a National Sample of Internists," Archives of Internal Medicine 158 (23): 2389-2395  (November 1998) MS#033

N.A. Christakis, "Predicting Patient Survival Before and After Hospice Enrollment," The Hospice Journal  13(1-2): 71-87 (March 1998) MS#031

N.A. Christakis, "The Ellipsis of Prognosis in Modern Medical Thought," Social Science and Medicine  44(3): 301-315 (February 1997) MS#027

N.A. Christakis and G.A. Sachs, "The Role of Prognosis in Clinical Decision Making," Journal of General Internal Medicine  11(7): 422-425 (July 1996) MS#025

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