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Original, Peer Reviewed Articles
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Social Networks and Interpersonal Health Effects
Bereavement and Caregiver Burden
Neighborhood Effects on Health
Medical Education and Physician Training
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N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives, New York: Little, Brown and Company, forthcoming, 2009.
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G. Hanks, N. Cherny, S. Kaasa, R. Portenoy, N.A. Christakis, and M. Fallon, eds., Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 4th ed., Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, forthcoming, 2009.
P. Glare and N.A. Christakis, eds., Prognosis in Advanced Cancer, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008.
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N.A. Christakis, Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999. (Japanese translation published by Minerva Press, Tokyo, 2006.)
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Original, Peer Reviewed Articles
K.P. Smith and N.A. Christakis, "Association Between Widowhood and Risk of Diagnosis with Sexually Transmitted Infection in Older Adults," American Journal of Public Health 99(11): 2055-2062 (November 2009) MS#103
M. Collins, S. Block, R. Arnold, and N.A. Christakis, "On the Prospects for a Blame-Free Medical Culture," Social Science and Medicine 69(9): 1287-1290 (November 2009) MS#102
L.L. Chen, N. Blumm, N.A. Christakis, A.L. Barabasi, T.S. Deisboeck, "Cancer Metastasis Networks and the Prediction of Progression Patterns," British Journal of Cancer 101(5): 749-758 (August 2009) MS#101
L. Jin and N.A. Christakis, "Investigating the Mechanism of Marital Mortality Reduction: The Transition to Widowhood and Quality of Health Care," Demography 46(3): 605-625 (August 2009) MS#100
J. Park, D.S Lee, N.A. Christakis, and A.L. Barabasi, "The Impact of Cellular Networks on
Disease Co-Morbidity," Molecular Systems Biology 5: Article number: 262
doi:10.1038/msb.2009.16 (April 2009) MS#099
C.A. Hidalgo, N. Blumm, A.L. Barabasi, and N.A. Christakis, "A Dynamic Network Approach for the Study of Human Phenotypes," PLoS Computational Biology 5(4): e1000353. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000353 (April 2009) MS#098
N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "Social Network Visualizations in Epidemiology," Norwegian Journal of Epidemiology 19(1): 5-16 (March 2009) MS#097
J.H. Fowler, C.T. Dawes, and N.A. Christakis, "Model of Genetic Variation in Human Social Networks," PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(6): 1720-1724 (February 2009) MS#096 [Supplementary Information | Supplementary Appendix] (Editorial)
J.H. Fowler and N.A. Christakis, "The Dynamic Spread of Happiness in a Large Social Network: Longitudinal Analysis Over 20 Years in the Framingham Heart Study," British Medical Journal 2008; 337: a2338 (doi:10.1136/bmj.a2338) (December 2008) MS#095 (Editorial I | Editorial II) (For supplementary online material about this paper, click here.)
K. Lewis, J. Kaufman, and N.A. Christakis, "The Taste for Privacy: An Analysis of College Student Privacy Settings in an Online Social Network," Journal of Computer Mediated Communication 14(1): 79-100 (December 2008) MS#094
D. Davis, N. Chawla, N. Blumm, N.A. Christakis, A.L. Barabasi. "Predicting Individual Disease Risk Based on Medical History," Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) 769-778 (2008) MS#093
F. Elwert and N.A. Christakis, "Variation in the Effect of Widowhood on Mortality by the Causes of Death of Both Spouses," American Journal of Public Health 98(11): 2092-2098 (November 2008) MS#092
F. Elwert and N.A. Christakis, "Wives and Ex-Wives: A New Test for Homogamy Bias in the Widower Effect," Demography 45(4): in press (November 2008) MS#091
K. Lewis, J. Kaufman, M. Gonzalez, A. Wimmer, and N.A. Christakis, "Tastes, Ties, and Time: A New (Cultural, Multiplex, and Longitudinal) Social Network Dataset Using Facebook.com," Social Networks 30(4): 330-342 (October 2008) MS#090
J.H. Fowler and N.A. Christakis, "Estimating Peer Effects on Health in Social Networks," Journal of Health Economics 27(5): 1386-1391 (September 2008) MS#089 (For an earlier version of this paper, with full Monte Carol simulations and supplementary material, click here.)
K.P. Smith and N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Health," Annual Review of Sociology 34: 405-429 (August 2008) MS#088
D.S. Lee, J. Park, K.A. Kay, N.A. Christakis, Z.N. Oltvai, and A.L. Barabasi, "The Implications of Human Metabolic Network Topology for Disease Comorbidity," PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(29): 9880-9885 (July 2008) MS#087 (Editorial)
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
W. Cadge, J. Freese, and N.A. Christakis, "The Provision of Hospital Chaplaincy in the United States: A National Overview," Southern Medical Journal 101(6): 626-630 (June 2008) MS#085
S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Palliative Medicine 22(3): 205-213 (April 2008) MS#084
N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network," New England Journal of Medicine 358(21): 2249-2258 (May 2008) MS#083 (For supplementary online material about this paper, click here.)
Watch video here. For a downloadable copy of the original animation of the collective dynamics of smoking [without narration], click here. (PC users right click link, MAC users click and hold.) (Editorial)
E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J. C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, R. Lilenbaum, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, "Measuring Clinically Significant Chemo-therapy-Related Toxicities Using Medicare Claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Trial Participants," Medical Care 46(3): 303-308 (March 2008) MS#082
S.V. Subramanian, F. Elwert, and N.A. Christakis, "Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals" Social Science and Medicine 66(4): 873-884 (February 2008) MS#081
S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002," Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 34(3): 277-285 (September 2007) MS#080
K. Zivin and N.A. Christakis, "The Emotional Toll of Spousal Morbidity and Mortality," American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 15(9): 772-779 (September 2007) MS#079
N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years," New England Journal of Medicine 357(4): 370-379 (July 2007) MS#078 (For supplementary online material about this paper, click here.) Watch video here. For a downloadable copy of the original animation of the spread of obesity [without narration], click here. (PC users right click link, MAC users click and hold.) (Editorial)
K. E. Steinhauser, E. C. Clipp, J. C. Hays, M. Olsen, R. Arnold, N.A. Christakis, J.H. Lindquist, and J.A. Tulsky, "Identifying, Recruiting, And Retaining Seriously-Ill Patients And Their Caregivers in Longitudinal Research At The End Of Life," Palliative Medicine 20(8): 745-754 (December 2006) MS#077
E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J.C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, C.C. Earle, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, "Measuring Disease-Free Survival and Cancer Relapse Using Medicare Claims from CALGB Breast Cancer Trial Participants," Journal of the National Cancer Institute 98(18): 1335-1338(September 2006) MS#076
P.D. Allison and N.A. Christakis, "Fixed Effects Methods for the Analysis of Non-Repeated Events," Sociological Methodology 36(1): 155-172 (Summer 2006) MS#075
M. Wen and N.A. Christakis, "Prospective Effect of Community Distress and Subcultural Orientation on Mortality Following Life-Threatening Disease in Later Life," Sociology of Health and Illness 28(5): 558-582 (July 2006) MS#074
F. Elwert and N.A. Christakis, "Widowhood and Race," ASR: American Sociological Review 71(1): 16-41 (February 2006) MS#073 (For supplementary online material about this paper, click here.)
N.A. Christakis and P.D. Allison, "Mortality After the Hospitalization of a Spouse," New England Journal of Medicine 354(7): 719-730 (February 2006) MS#072
K.E. Steinhauser, C.I. Voils, E.C. Clipp, H.B. Bosworth, N.A. Christakis, and J.A. Tulsky, "'Are You at Peace?' One Item to Probe Spiritual Concerns at the End of Life," Archives of Internal Medicine 166(1): 101-105 (January 2006) MS#071
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
M. Wen, K.A. Cagney, and N.A. Christakis, "Effect of Specific Aspects of Community Social Environment on the Mortality of Individuals Diagnosed with Serious Illness," Social Science and Medicine 61(6): 1119-1134 (September 2005) MS#069
M. Wen and N.A. Christakis, "Neighborhood Effects on Post-Hospitalization Mortality: A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Elderly in Chicago," Health Services Research 40(4): 1108-1127 (August 2005) MS#068
E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J. C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, R. Lilenbaum, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, "Criterion Validity of Medicare Chemotherapy Claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B Breast and Lung Cancer Trial Participants," Journal of the National Cancer Institute 97(14): 1080-1083 (July 2005) MS#067
V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Income Inequality and Weight Status in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Social Science and Medicine 61(1): 83-96 (July 2005) MS#066
N.A. Christakis, "Social Networks and Collateral Health Effects – Have Been Ignored in Medical Care and Clinical Trials, But Need to Be Studied," British Medical Journal 329(7459): 184-185 (July 2004) MS#065
K.E. Steinhauser, E.C. Clipp, H.B. Bosworth, M. McNeilly, N.A. Christakis, C.I. Voils, and J.A. Tulsky, "Measuring Quality of Life at the End of Life: Validation of the QUAL-E," Palliative and Supportive Care 2(2): 3-14 (March 2004) MS#064
T.J. Iwashyna and N.A. Christakis, "Marriage, Widowhood, and Health Care Use," Social Science and Medicine 57(11): 2137-2147 (December 2003) MS#063
N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Health Impact on Families of Health Care: A Matched Cohort Study of Hospice Use by Decedents and Mortality Outcomes in Surviving, Widowed Spouses," Social Science and Medicine 57(3): 465-475 (August 2003) MS#062
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, N.A. Christakis, and D.S. Lauderdale, "Favorable Cardiovascular Risk Among Elderly Breast Carcinoma Survivors," Cancer 98(1): 2-10 (July 2003) MS#059
V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Self-Perception of Weight Appropriateness in the U.S.," American Journal of Preventive Medicine 24(4): 332-339 (May 2003) MS#058
K.E. Steinhauser, H.B. Bosworth, E.C. Clipp, M. McNeilly, N.A. Christakis, J. Parker, and J.A. Tulsky, "Initial Assessment of a New Instrument to Measure Quality of Life at the End of Life," Journal of Palliative Medicine 5(6): 829-841 (December 2002) MS#057
T.J. Iwashyna, V.W. Chang, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "The Lack of Effect of Market Structure on Hospice Use," Health Services Research 37(6): 1531-1551 (December 2002) MS#056
T.J. Iwashyna, G. Brennan, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "Finding Married Couples in Medicare Claims Data," Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 3(1): 75-86 (December 2002) MS#055
T.J. Iwashyna, F. Curlin, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial, Ethnic, and Affluence Differences in Elderly Patients' Use of Teaching Hospitals," Journal of General Internal Medicine 17(9): 696-703 (September 2002) MS#054
T.J. Iwashyna, J.X. Zhang, and N.A. Christakis, "Disease-Specific Patterns of Hospice and Related Healthcare Use in an Incidence Cohort of Seriously Ill Elderly Patients," Journal of Palliative Medicine 5(4): 531-538 (August 2002) MS#053
N.A. Christakis, T.J. Iwashyna, and J.X. Zhang, "Care After the Onset of Serious Illness (COSI): A Novel Claims-Based Dataset Exploiting Substantial Cross-Set Linkages to Study End-of-Life Care," Journal of Palliative Medicine 5(4): 515-529 (August 2002) MS#052
E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Physician Factors in the Timing of Cancer Patient Referral to Hospice Palliative Care," Cancer 94(10): 2733-2737 (May 2002) MS#051
V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Medical Modeling of Obesity: A Transition from Action to Experience in a 20th Century American Medical Textbook," Sociology of Health and Illness 24(2): 151-177 (March 2002) MS#050
E.B. Lamont, D.S. Lauderdale, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, "Construct Validity of Medicare Chemotherapy Claims: The Case of 5FU," Medical Care 40(3): 201-211 (March 2002) MS#049
K.E. Steinhauser, N.A. Christakis, E.C. Clipp, M. McNeilly, S. Grambow, J. Parker, and J.A. Tulsky, "Preparing for the End of Life: Preferences of Patients, Families, Physicians, and Other Care Providers," Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 22(3): 727-737 (September 2001) MS#048
V.W. Chang and N.A. Christakis, "Extent and Determinants of Discrepancy Between Self-Evaluations of Weight Status and Clinical Standards," Journal of General Internal Medicine 16(8): 538-543 (August 2001) MS#047
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)
K.E. Steinhauser, N.A. Christakis, E.C. Clipp, M. McNeilly, L. McIntyre, and J.A. Tulsky, "Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patients, Family, Physicians, and Other Care Providers," JAMA 284(19): 2476-2482 (November 2000) MS#045
T.J. Iwashyna, J. Zhang, D. Lauderdale, and N.A. Christakis, "Refinements of a Methodology for Detecting Married Couples in the Medicare Data," Demography 37(2): 251-252 (May 2000) MS#044
N.A. Christakis and T.J. Iwashyna, "The Impact of Individual and Market Factors on the Timing of Initiation of Hospice Terminal Care," Medical Care 38(5): 528-541 (May 2000) MS#043
K.E. Steinhauser, E.C. Clipp, M. McNeilly, N.A. Christakis, L.M. McIntyre, and J.A.Tulsky, "In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers," Annals of Internal Medicine 132(10): 825-832 (May 2000) MS#042
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
J. Zhang, T.J. Iwashyna, N.A. Christakis, "The Performance of Different Lookback Periods and Sources of Information for Charlson Comorbidity Adjustment in Medicare Claims," Medical Care 37(11): 1128-1139 (November 1999) MS#039
T.J. Iwashyna, N.A. Christakis, and L.B. Becker, "Neighborhoods Matter: A Population-Based Study of Provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," Annals of Emergency Medicine 34(4): 459-468 (October 1999) MS#038
E. Becher and N.A. Christakis, "Firearm Injury Prevention Counseling: Are We Missing the Mark?" Pediatrics 104(3): 530-535 (September 1999) MS#037
D.A. Asch, K. Faber-Langendoen, J.A. Shea, and N.A. Christakis, "The Sequence of Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment from Patients," American Journal of Medicine 107(2): 153-156 (August 1999) MS#036
E.B. Lamont and N.A. Christakis, "Some Elements of Prognosis in Terminal Cancer," Oncology 13(8): 1165-1170 (August 1999) MS#035
T.J. Iwashyna, J. Zhang, D. Lauderdale, and N.A. Christakis, "A Methodology for Identifying Married Couples in Medicare Data: Mortality, Morbidity, and Health Care Use Among the Married Elderly," Demography 35(4): 413-419 (November 1998) MS#034
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
T.J. Iwashyna and N.A. Christakis, "Attitude and Self-Reported Practice Regarding Hospice Referral in a National Sample of Internists," Journal of Palliative Medicine 1(3): 241-248 (September 1998) MS#032
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 and T.J. Iwashyna, "Spousal Illness Burden Is Associated with Delayed Use of Hospice Care in Terminally Ill Patients," Journal of Palliative Medicine 1(1): 3-10 (March 1998) MS#030
D.A. Asch, N.A. Christakis, and P.A. Ubel, "Conducting Physician Mail Surveys on a Limited Budget: A Randomized Trial Comparing $2 Bill Versus $5 Bill Incentives," Medical Care 36(1): 95-99 (January 1998) MS#029
D.A. Asch, M.K. Jedrziewski, and N.A. Christakis, "Response Rates to Mail Surveys Published in Medical Journals," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 50(10): 1129-1136 (October 1997) MS#028
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 J.J. Escarce, "Survival of Medicare Patients After Enrollment in Hospice Programs," New England Journal of Medicine 335(3): 172-178 (July 1996); partially reprinted in A.O. Berg, Year Book of Family Practice, St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1998 MS#026
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
D.A. Asch and N.A. Christakis, "Why Do Physicians Prefer to Withdraw Some Forms of Life Support Over Others? Intrinsic Attributes of Life Sustaining Treatments Are Associated with Physicians' Preferences," Medical Care 34(2): 103-111 (February 1996) MS#024
R.C. Fox and N.A. Christakis, "Perish and Publish: Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donation and Unduly Iterative Ethical Review," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 5(4): 335-342 (December 1995) MS#023
N.A. Christakis and D.A. Asch, "Medical Specialists Prefer to Withdraw Familiar Technologies When Discontinuing Life Support," Journal of General Internal Medicine 10(9): 491-494 (September 1995) MS#022
N.A. Christakis, "The Similarity and Frequency of Proposals to Reform U.S. Medical Education: Constant Concerns," JAMA 274(9): 706-711 (September 1995) MS#021
N.A. Christakis and D.A. Asch, "Physician Characteristics Associated with Decisions to Withdraw Life Support," American Journal of Public Health 85(3): 367-372 (March 1995) MS#020 (Editorial)
N.A. Christakis, J.A. Jacobs, and C.M. Messikomer, "Change in Self-Definition from Specialist to Generalist in a National Sample of Physicians," Annals of Internal Medicine 121(9): 669-675 (November 1994) MS#019
C. Feudtner, D.A. Christakis, and N.A. Christakis, "Do Clinical Clerks Suffer Ethical Erosion? Students' Perceptions of Their Ethical Environment and Their Personal Development," Academic Medicine 69(8): 670-679 (August 1994) MS#018
P.D. Allison and N.A. Christakis, "Logit Models for Sets of Ranked Items," Sociological Methodology 24: 199-228 (1994) MS#017
N.A. Christakis, "Timing of Referral of Terminally Ill Patients to an Outpatient Hospice," Journal of General Internal Medicine 9(6): 314-320 (June 1994) MS#016
D.A. Asch and N.A. Christakis, "Different Response Rates in a Trial of Two Envelope Styles in Mail Survey Research," Epidemiology 5(5): 364-365 (May 1994) MS#015
K.A. Schulman, R. McDonald, I. Frank, L.A. Lynn, N.A. Christakis, and J.S. Schwartz, "Screening Surgeons for HIV Infection: Assessment of a Potential Public Health Program," Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 15(3): 147-155 (March 1994) MS#014 (Editorial)
N.A. Christakis and D.A. Asch, "Biases in How Physicians Choose to Withdraw Life Support," The Lancet 342(8872): 642-646 (September 1993); reprinted in Monash Bioethics Review 13(3): 24-33 (July 1994) MS#013
N.A. Christakis, "Ethics Are Local: Engaging Cross-Cultural Variation in the Ethics for Clinical Research," Social Science and Medicine 35(9): 1079-1091 (October 1992); partially reprinted in Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research, E. Emanuel, R. Crouch, J. Arras, J. Moreno, and C. Grady, eds., Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. MS#012
E.T. Ryan, J.L. Ecker, N.A. Christakis, and J. Folkman, "Hirschsprung's Disease: Associated Abnormalities and Demography," Journal of Pediatric Surgery 27(1): 76-81 (January 1992) MS#011
N.A. Christakis and M.J. Panner, "Existing International Ethical Guidelines for Human Subjects Research: Some Open Questions," Law, Medicine & Health Care 19(3-4): 214-221 (Winter 1991); partially reprinted in Emerging Policies for Biomedical Research, W.N. Kelley, M. Osterweis, E. Rubin, eds., Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 1993 MS#010
N.A. Christakis, L.A. Lynn, and A. Castelo, "Clinical AIDS Research that Evaluates Cost-Effectiveness in the Developing World," IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 13(4): 6-8 (August 1991) MS#009 (Editorial)
N.A. Christakis and M.J. Panner, "Appropriate Collaboration Between Industry and Government in the Development of an AIDS Vaccine," Law, Medicine & Health Care 17(2): 130-138 (Summer 1989) MS#008
N.A. Christakis, "Responding to a Pandemic: International Interests in AIDS Control," Daedalus 118(2): 113-134 (Spring 1989); reprinted in Living with AIDS, S.R. Graubard, ed., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990, p. 329-351 MS#007
N.A. Christakis, "The Ethical Design of an AIDS Vaccine Trial in Africa," Hastings Center Report 18(3): 31-37 (June 1988); reprinted in Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach, L. May and S.C. Sharratt, eds., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1994, p. 421-430 MS#006
N.A. Christakis, "Should IRB's Monitor Research More Strictly?" IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 10(2): 8-10 (April 1988) MS#005
M.J. Panner and N.A. Christakis, "The Limits of Science in On-The-Job Drug Screening," Hastings Center Report 16(6): 7-12 (December 1986); partially reprinted in Drug Abuse, J.S. Bach, ed., St. Paul, MN: Greenhaven Press, 1988, p. 106-111 MS#004
N.A. Christakis and M.J. Panner, "Baby Fae and the Media: How the Law Allows Appropriate Access," IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 8(2): 5-7 (April 1986) MS#003
B. Kachar, N.A. Christakis, T.S. Reese, and N.J. Lane, "The Intramembrane Structure of Septate Junctions Based on Direct Freezing," Journal of Cell Science 80(1): 13-28 (February 1986) MS#002
N.A. Christakis, "Do Medical Student Research Subjects Need Special Protection?" IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 7(3): 1-4 (June 1985) MS#001 (Editorial)
N.A. Christakis, "The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life," in J. Malpas and N. Lickiss, eds., Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation, London: Springer, 2008, 199-207 BC#10
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 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, "On the Sociological Anxiety of Physicians," in C.M. Messikomer, J.P. Swazey, and A. Glicksman, eds., Essays in Honor of Renee C. Fox: Society and Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2003, pp. 135-144 BC#07
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
N.A. Christakis, "Managing Death: The Growing Acceptance of Euthanasia in Contemporary American Society," in R.P. Hamel and E.R. DuBose, eds., Must We Suffer Our Way to Death? Cultural and Theological Perspectives on Death by Choice,Dallas, TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1996, pp. 15-44 BC#05
N.A. Christakis, "The Distinction Between Ethical Pluralism and Ethical Relativism: Implications for the Conduct of Transcultural Clinical Research," in H.Y. Vanderpool, ed., Research Ethics on Human Subjects: Facing the 21st Century, Frederick, MD: University Publishing Group, 1996, pp. 261-280 BC#04
N.A. Christakis and R.J. Levine, "Multinational Research," in W.T. Reich, ed., Encyclopedia of Bioethics, revised edition, New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1995, pp. 1780-1787 BC#03
N.A. Christakis, N.C. Ware, and A. Kleinman, "Illness Behavior and the Health Transition in the Developing World," in L.C. Chen, A. Kleinman, and N. Ware, eds., Health and Social Change in International Perspective, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994, pp. 275-302 BC#02
N.C. Ware, N.A. Christakis, and A. Kleinman, "An Anthropological Approach to Social Science Research on the Health Transition," in L.C. Chen, A. Kleinman, and N. Ware, eds., Advancing Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Social Research, New York, NY: Auburn House Publishing Co., 1992, pp. 23-38 BC#01
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