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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)

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)

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

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)

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 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 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)

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)