Spirituality and Care at the End-of-Life Publications

Alcorn, S. R., M. J. Balboni, H. G. Prigerson, A. Reynolds, A. C. Phelps, A. A. Wright, S. D. Block, et al. ""If God Wanted Me Yesterday, I Wouldn't Be Here Today": Religious and Spiritual Themes in Patients' Experiences of Advanced Cancer." J Palliat Med 13, no. 5 (May 2010): 581-8.

Balboni, M. J., A. Babar, J. Dillinger, A. C. Phelps, E. George, S. D. Block, L. Kachnic, et al. ""It Depends": Viewpoints of Patients, Physicians, and Nurses on Patient-Practitioner Prayer in the Setting of Advanced Cancer." [In eng]. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 41, no. 5 (May 2011): 836-47.

Balboni, M. J., A. Sullivan, A. Amobi, A. C. Phelps, D. P. Gorman, A. Zollfrank, J. R. Peteet, et al."Why Is Spiritual Care Infrequent at the End of Life? Spiritual Care Perceptions among Patients, Nurses, and Physicians and the Role of Training." [In eng]. J Clin Oncol 31, no. 4 (Feb 1 2013): 461-7.

Balboni, T. A., M. E. Paulk, M. J. Balboni, A. C. Phelps, E. T. Loggers, A. A. Wright, S. D. Block, et al. "Provision of Spiritual Care to Patients with Advanced Cancer: Associations with Medical Care and Quality of Life near Death." J Clin Oncol 28, no. 3 (Jan 20 2010): 445-52.

Balboni, T. A., L. C. Vanderwerker, S. D. Block, M. E. Paulk, C. S. Lathan, J. R. Peteet, and H. G. Prigerson. "Religiousness and Spiritual Support among Advanced Cancer Patients and Associations with End-of-Life Treatment Preferences and Quality of Life." Journal of Clinical Oncology 25, no. 5 (2007): 555-60.

Balboni, T., M. Balboni, M. E. Paulk, A. Phelps, A. Wright, J. Peteet, S. Block, et al. "Support of Cancer Patients' Spiritual Needs and Associations with Medical Care Costs at the End of Life." [In eng]. Cancer 117, no. 23 (Dec 1 2011): 5383-91.

Balboni TA, Balboni MJ, Phelps AC, Gallivan K, Paulk ME, Wright AA, Steinhauser K, VanderWeele TJ, Prigerson HG. "Provision of Spiritual Support to Advanced Cancer Patients by Religious Communities and Associations with Medical Care at the End of Life." JAMA Internal Medicine epub earlier release (2013).

El Nawawi, N. M., M. J. Balboni, and T. A. Balboni. "Palliative Care and Spiritual Care: The Crucial Role of Spiritual Care in the Care of Patients with Advanced Illness." [In eng]. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 6, no. 2 (Jun 2012): 269-74.

Peteet, J. R. "Should Clinicians Prescribe Forgiveness?". South Med J 100, no. 4 (Apr 2007): 339-40.

Peteet, J. R., and M. J. Balboni. "Spirituality and Religion in Oncology." CA Cancer J Clin  (Apr 26 2013).

Phelps, A. C., K. E. Lauderdale, S. Alcorn, J. Dillinger, M. T. Balboni, M. Van Wert, T. J. Vanderweele, and T. A. Balboni. "Addressing Spirituality within the Care of Patients at the End of Life: Perspectives of Patients with Advanced Cancer, Oncologists, and Oncology Nurses." [In eng].J Clin Oncol 30, no. 20 (Jul 10 2012): 2538-44.

Phelps, A. C., P. K. Maciejewski, M. Nilsson, T. A. Balboni, A. A. Wright, M. E. Paulk, E. Trice, et al."Religious Coping and Use of Intensive Life-Prolonging Care near Death in Patients with Advanced Cancer." Jama 301, no. 11 (Mar 18 2009): 1140-7.

Vallurupalli, M., K. Lauderdale, M. J. Balboni, A. C. Phelps, S. D. Block, A. K. Ng, L. A. Kachnic, T. J. Vanderweele, and T. A. Balboni. "The Role of Spirituality and Religious Coping in the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy." [In eng]. J Support Oncol10, no. 2 (Mar-Apr 2012): 81-7.

Winkelman, W. D., K. Lauderdale, M. J. Balboni, A. C. Phelps, J. R. Peteet, S. D. Block, L. A. Kachnic, T. J. VanderWeele, and T. A. Balboni. "The Relationship of Spiritual Concerns to the Quality of Life of Advanced Cancer Patients: Preliminary Findings." [In eng]. Journal of Palliative Medicine 14, no. 9 (Sep 2011): 1022-8.