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Psychiatric Consultation Service Division, Director, Renal Palliative Care Initiative

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Present	Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Present	Psychiatric Consultation Service Division, Director, Renal Palliative Care Initiative, Baystate Health
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Medicine and Health Sciences

Rockefeller Scholars Bellagio Residency Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Tufts University School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award

Baystate Education and Research

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Springfield, MA 01199

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Advance care planning with patients on hemodialysis: an implementation study (Sarah Goff, Jamie Klingensmith, Michael Germain, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on hemodialysis have limited life expectancy, yet their palliative care needs often go unmet. The aim of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators for implementation of ...

Derivation and validation of a prognostic model to predict mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (Daniel Landry, Lewis Cohen and Michael Germain) All Scholarly Works (2018)

Background: Guiding patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) through advance care planning about future treatment obliges an assessment of prognosis. A patient-specific integrated model to predict mortality could inform shared decision-making for patients with ...

Assisted Suicide/Aid in Dying: What Is the Nurse's Role? (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2018)

This article presents the discussion that occurred during a policy dialogue on aid in dying (AID) presented at the American Academy of Nursing's annual conference in October 2016. Panelists explored the arguments for and against ...

Shared decision-making in end-stage renal disease: a protocol for a multi-center study of a communication intervention to improve end-of-life care for dialysis patients (Sarah Goff, Jamie Klingensmith, Michael Germain, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2015)

BACKGROUND: End-stage renal disease carries a prognosis similar to cancer yet only 20 % of end-stage renal disease patients are referred to hospice. Furthermore, conversations between dialysis team members and patients about end-of-life planning are ...

Advance care planning: a qualitative study of dialysis patients and families (Sarah Goff, Rebecca Feinberg, Jennifer Germain, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2015)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: More than 90,000 patients with ESRD die annually in the United States, yet advance care planning (ACP) is underutilized. Understanding patients' and families' diverse needs can strengthen systematic efforts to improve ACP. ...

A palliative approach to dialysis care: a patient-centered transition to the end of life (Lewis Cohen and Michael Germain) All Scholarly Works (2014)

As the importance of providing patient-centered palliative care for patients with advanced illnesses gains attention, standard dialysis delivery may be inconsistent with the goals of care for many patients with ESRD. Many dialysis patients with ...

Ethical Challenges and the Role of Palliative Care in Kidney Disease (Michael J. Germain and Lewis M. Cohen) (2019)

Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients (Jack Fanton, Michael Germain and Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Caregiver burden and hemodialysis (Lewis Cohen and Michael Germain) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Dialysis withdrawal and palliative care (Arkadiy Pinkashov, Lewis Cohen and Michael Germain) All Scholarly Works (2014)

What determines whether a patient initiates chronic renal replacement therapy? (Michael Germain and Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Murder and euthanasia accusations against physicians (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Sleep and pain management are key components of patient care in ESRD (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Medical Ethics (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Palliative care: Help me die with dignity (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Renal Palliative Care (Michael Germain and Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Prevalence of formal accusations of murder and euthanasia against physicians (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

BACKGROUND: Little is known about how often physicians are formally accused of hastening patient deaths while practicing palliative care. METHODS: We conducted an Internet-based survey on a random 50% sample of physician-members of a national ...

Dialysis should be discontinued more often (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Psychiatric issues for patients with renal disease (Jack Fanton and Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2011)

The "no dialysis" option (Lewis Cohen and Michael Germain) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Increasing numbers of patients are starting dialysis who have limited prognoses for 6-month survival. The presence of multiple comorbidities, aging, and frailty contributes to this phenomenon. The rate of dialysis withdrawal has been accelerating over ...

Medical ethics in dialysis decision making (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2011)

The wedding (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Should there be an expanded role for palliative care in end-stage renal disease (Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2010)

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this review, we outline the rationale for expanding the role of palliative care in end-stage renal disease (ESRD), describe the components of a palliative care model, and identify potential barriers in ...

An integrative approach to advanced kidney disease in the elderly (Michael Germain and Lewis Cohen) All Scholarly Works (2010)

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increasingly become a "geriatric" disease, with a dramatic rise in incidence in the aging population. Patients aged >75 years have become the fastest growing population initiating dialysis. These patients have ...