Papers

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

N.A. Christakis, "The Similarity and Frequency of Proposals to Reform U.S. Medical Education: Constant Concerns" JAMA, 274(9): 706-711 (September 1995)

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)

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)

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)