2022
Managing Acute Decompensation in Life-Limiting Illness (MADLI): A Novel Simulation Curriculum (S528)
Kozhevnikov D, Wong A, Jubanyik K, Ellman M, Morrison L. Managing Acute Decompensation in Life-Limiting Illness (MADLI): A Novel Simulation Curriculum (S528). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2022, 63: 920-921. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute care settingCare settingsEmergency medicineInternal medicineSimulation curriculumPerceived barriersCommunication skillsGoals-of-care conversationsLife-limiting illnessImminent deathIllness communication skillsInadequate physical spaceIll patientsDidactic videoPrognostic awarenessAcute carePatient goalsEnvironmental barriersImpending deathClinical managementCare conversationsEmergency departmentResidents' perspectivesGroup interviewsNovel curriculum
2014
Raising the Bar for the Care of Seriously Ill Patients
Schaefer KG, Chittenden EH, Sullivan AM, Periyakoil VS, Morrison LJ, Carey EC, Sanchez-Reilly S, Block SD. Raising the Bar for the Care of Seriously Ill Patients. Academic Medicine 2014, 89: 1024-1031. PMID: 24979171, PMCID: PMC4077186, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care competenciesPalliative care expertsCare competenciesCare expertsPain/symptom managementFM residentsPalliative care specialistsNational cross-sectional surveySeriously Ill PatientsPalliative care curriculumLife-threatening illnessQuality of careCross-sectional surveyNational surveyFamily medicine residentsMedical studentsPain managementIll patientsSymptom managementCare specialistsInternal medicineMedicine residentsCare curriculumResident competencyPatients
2010
Managing Cardiac Devices Near the End of Life: A Survey of Hospice and Palliative Care Providers
Morrison LJ, Calvin AO, Nora H, Porter Storey C. Managing Cardiac Devices Near the End of Life: A Survey of Hospice and Palliative Care Providers. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2010, 27: 545-551. PMID: 20713422, DOI: 10.1177/1049909110373363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorEnd of lifeCare providers' attitudesProvider communication skillsPalliative care providersEventual deathSurvey of HospiceProtocols/guidelinesIll patientsInstitutional protocolCardioverter defibrillatorCare providersProvider attitudesTerminal patientsProlong lifeCardiac devicesPatientsPacemakerHospiceVoluntary surveySuch casesLimited involvementCommunication skillsDefibrillatorNurses