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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mike Fillon
National Cancer Institute
2
Elizabeth McLaney
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
3
Margie Burns
University of Prince Edward Island
4
Carrie Printz
Unknown
5
Hannah Bleher
University of Bonn
6
Ashley N. Wercholuk
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
7
Safa Elkefi
Binghamton University
8
Séverine M. Surges
University Hospital Bonn
9
Priya Patel
Pediatric Oncology Group
10
Jip W T M de Kok
Maastricht University Medical Centre

Rising Stars Papers

1
Revised European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) recommended framework on palliative sedation: An international Delphi study
Palliative Medicine|2024
96 cit.
2
Deep embedded clustering generalisability and adaptation for integrating mixed datatypes: two critical care cohorts
Scientific Reports|2024
20 cit.
3
Use of ChatGPT for education by engineering students in developing countries: a mixed-methods study
Behaviour and Information Technology|2024
20 cit.
4
Exploring Health Information–Seeking Behavior and Information Source Preferences Among a Diverse Sample of Cancer Survivors: Implications for Patient Education
Journal of Cancer Education|2024
19 cit.
5
Guideline for the management of Clostridioides difficile infection in pediatric patients with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: 2024 update
EClinicalMedicine|2024
14 cit.
6
Table 0; documenting the steps to go from clinical database to research dataset
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2024
13 cit.
7
Patient-centered communication’s association with trust, satisfaction, and perception of electronic health records use among newly diagnosed patients with cancer
Frontiers in Communication|2024
11 cit.
8
Neue Empfehlungen zur palliativen Sedierung
Der Schmerz|2024
7 cit.
9
Role of Virtual Reality in Improving Home Cancer Care: A Systematic Literature Review
Electronics|2025
7 cit.
10
Supporting rural families during interhospital patient transfers for critical illness events: An exploration of an acceptable communication process
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Michael Fratkin
Foundation for Growth Science
2
Alison E. Turnbull
Johns Hopkins University
3
Katherine R. Courtright
University of Pennsylvania
4
Breffni Hannon
University of Toronto
5
Marleen Kunneman
Leiden University Medical Center
6
Marijke C. Kars
Utrecht University
7
Koen Pardon
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
8
Joanna Brudniak
State University of Applied Sciences in Jaroslaw
9
Aynharan Sinnarajah
Alberta Health Services
10
Justin J. Sanders
McGill University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Shared decision-making as a method of care
BMJ evidence-based medicine|2022
310 cit.
2
Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update
Journal of Clinical Oncology|2024
279 cit.
3
Default Palliative Care Consultation for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients
JAMA|2024
41 cit.
4
Toward a basic science of communication in serious illness
Patient Education and Counseling|2022
36 cit.
5
Acceptability of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Black Americans: Results from a focus group and oncology pilot study
Palliative & Supportive Care|2022
25 cit.
6
Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning: qualitative findings from the ACTION cluster randomised controlled trial of an adapted respecting choices intervention
Mortality|2022
21 cit.
7
Telehealth outpatient palliative care in the COVID-19 pandemic: patient experience qualitative study
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care|2023
17 cit.
8
Advance care planning as perceived by marginalized populations: Willing to engage and facing obstacles
PLoS ONE|2024
17 cit.
9
Stakeholder Perspectives on Minimum Clinically Important Difference and Noninferiority Margin for Hospital-Free Days to Assess Interventions
JAMA Internal Medicine|2023
15 cit.
10
Problem-based shared decision-making in diabetes care: a secondary analysis of video-recorded encounters
BMJ evidence-based medicine|2023
14 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Éduardo Bruera
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2
Irene J Higginson
King's College London
3
Luc Deliëns
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
4
Holly G. Prigerson
Cornell University
5
Robert M. Arnold
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
6
J. Randall Curtis
University of Alabama at Birmingham
7
Lisa M. Pérez
Texas A&M University
8
Diane E. Meier
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9
James A. Tulsky
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
10
R. Sean Morrison
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS): A Simple Method for the Assessment of Palliative Care Patients
Journal of Palliative Care|1991
2.7k cit.
2
Patterns of Positive and Negative Religious Coping with Major Life Stressors
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion|1998
2.4k cit.
3
The many methods of religious coping: Development and initial validation of the RCOPE
Journal of Clinical Psychology|2000
2.1k cit.
4
A Comparison of Symptom Prevalence in Far Advanced Cancer, AIDS, Heart Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Renal Disease
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management|2006
1.2k cit.
5
In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers
Annals of Internal Medicine|2000
1.1k cit.
6
Using quality of life measures in the clinical setting
BMJ|2001
989 cit.
7
Religiousness and Spiritual Support Among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations With End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life
Journal of Clinical Oncology|2007
946 cit.
8
Place of Care in Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review of Patient Preferences
Journal of Palliative Medicine|2000
915 cit.
9
Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life
Archives of Internal Medicine|2009
900 cit.
10
End-of-Life Discussions, Goal Attainment, and Distress at the End of Life: Predictors and Outcomes of Receipt of Care Consistent With Preferences
Journal of Clinical Oncology|2010
824 cit.

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