Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN
Articles
Impact of Goals of Care on Resource Use at End of Life
September 13, 2018
Article
Researchers exam­ined whether there were differences in resource use at end of life between patients with advanced cancer who identified goals of care focused heavily upon survival versus those who identified goals of care heavily focused on quality of life.
Family Caregiver Satisfaction With End-of-Life Care Following Advanced Cancer
March 21, 2018
Article
Family caregiver satisfaction with end-of-life care is key to better understanding patient experiences.
How Race Can Influence Care Goals and Treatment Decisions in Advanced Cancer
October 03, 2017
Article
An ongoing study found some differences by ethnicity regarding the importance of factors influencing treatment decisions at end of life, which reinforces the need for EOL communication to be tailored.
Factors Influencing Care Decisions for Patients With Advanced Cancer
March 12, 2015
Article
A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NRO14856), "Factors Influencing Cancer Care Decisions," is currently underway at the Frances Payne Bolton (FPB) School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Seidman Cancer Center at Case Medical Center. The study focuses on the complex practice of shared decision-making in advanced cancer patients.
Sara Douglas Discusses Focusing on Caregivers
January 20, 2014
Article
Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN, associate professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, discusses the importance of focusing on the caregiver of a patient with cancer.
Sara Douglas on the Benefits of a Distance Caregiver
January 09, 2014
Article
Sara L. Douglas, PhD, RN, discusses the results of a pilot study that examined the benefit of having a distance caregiver (a relative) present via live video while the cancer patient met with doctors.
The Benefits for Nurses of Using Psychosocial Cancer Registry Data
October 30, 2013
Article
Registries, large databases of patient information collected in a systematic, standardized fashion, most often focus on biologic measures, such as pathology, radiology, and laboratory results, to track incidence and prevalence of disease as well as causative factors.