Anthony L. Back

16.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
157 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Anthony L. Back is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony L. Back has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 78 papers in General Health Professions and 40 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Anthony L. Back's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (109 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (51 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (36 papers). Anthony L. Back is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (109 papers), Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (51 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (36 papers). Anthony L. Back collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Anthony L. Back's co-authors include Tait D. Shanafelt, Robert M. Arnold, Joyce E. Wipf, Katharine A. Bradley, James A. Tulsky, Walter F. Baile, Kelly Fryer‐Edwards, J. Randall Curtis, Ruth A. Engelberg and Vicki A. Jackson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Anthony L. Back

153 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Burnout and Self-Reported Patient Care in an Internal Medicine Residency Program

2002 1.7k citations Tait D. Shanafelt, Anthony L. Back et al. profile →
Efficacy of Communication Skills Training for Giving Bad News and Discussing Transitions to Palliative Care

2007 600 citations Anthony L. Back profile →
Effects of Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Lung and GI Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2017 590 citations Areej El‐Jawahri, Anthony L. Back et al. profile →
Approaching Difficult Communication Tasks in Oncology

2005 468 citations Anthony L. Back, Robert M. Arnold et al. profile →
Effect of Communication Skills Training for Residents and Nurse Practitioners on Quality of Communication With Patients With Serious Illness

2013 318 citations J. Randall Curtis, Anthony L. Back et al. JAMA profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evolving Guidelines for the Use of Touch During a Clinical Trial of Group Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy 2024 ·PubMed ·Anthony L. Back, (unknown), John Guy, Juliana Pérez, (unknown), Bonnie A. McGregor	2
2	What Patients and Caregivers Experience When They Receive Palliative Care: A Study Eliciting Metaphors That Could Shape Public Messaging 2023 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Anthony L. Back, (unknown), (unknown), Kathy N. Shaw, Marian Grant, (unknown)	7
3	Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of an Oncologist Group Peer Support Program From ASCO's Clinician Well-Being Task Force 2023 ·JCO Oncology Practice ·Fay J. Hlubocky, Daniel C. McFarland, Anthony L. Back, Christopher R. Friese, Laurie Lyckholm, Colleen M. Gallagher, (unknown), Rebecca Spence, Laura Lynch, (unknown), Tait D. Shanafelt, Piyush Srivastava	1
4	The state of workforce retention among US oncologists. 2023 ·JCO Oncology Practice ·Caroline Schenkel, Laura A. Levit, (unknown), Rebecca Spence, Fay J. Hlubocky, Anthony L. Back, John M. Burke, Christopher R. Friese, Colleen M. Gallagher, Laurie Lyckholm, Ray D. Page, Judith A. Paice, Eric D. Tetzlaff, (unknown), (unknown), Tait D. Shanafelt	1
5	Public Messaging for Serious Illness Care in the Age of Coronavirus Disease: Cutting through Misconceptions, Mixed Feelings, and Distrust 2021 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Anthony L. Back, Marian Grant, Patrick J. McCabe	12
6	Use of Messaging Principles to Design a Facebook Ad Promoting Public Engagement in Serious Illness Care for National Healthcare Decisions Day 2021 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Anthony L. Back, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Patrick J. McCabe	2
7	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Oncologist Burnout, Emotional Well-Being, and Moral Distress: Considerations for the Cancer Organization’s Response for Readiness, Mitigation, and Resilience 2021 ·JCO Oncology Practice ·Fay J. Hlubocky, Banu Symington, Daniel C. McFarland, Colleen M. Gallagher, Konstantin H. Dragnev, John M. Burke, Richard T. Lee, Areej El‐Jawahri, Beth Popp, Abby R. Rosenberg, Michael A. Thompson, Don S. Dizon, Piyush Srivastava, Manali I. Patel, Arif H. Kamal, Christopher K. Daugherty, Anthony L. Back, Mehmet E. Dokucu, Tait D. Shanafelt	51
8	Occupational and Personal Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Oncologist Burnout and Well-Being: A Study From the ASCO Clinician Well-Being Task Force 2021 ·JCO Oncology Practice ·Fay J. Hlubocky, Anthony L. Back, Tait D. Shanafelt, Colleen M. Gallagher, John M. Burke, Arif H. Kamal, Judith A. Paice, Ray D. Page, Rebecca Spence, (unknown), Daniel C. McFarland, Piyush Srivastava	28
9	What Psilocybin Taught Me, One Year Later 2020 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Anthony L. Back	1
10	Impact of a Novel Goals-of-Care Communication Skills Coaching Intervention for Practicing Oncologists 2020 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·(unknown), Cardinale B. Smith, Nina A. Bickell, (unknown), Amy S. Kelley, Elizabeth Lindenberger, Laura Morrison, Jacqueline Kwan Yuk Yuen, Natalia Egorova, Rebeca Franco, Anthony L. Back, Laura P. Gelfman	7
11	Public Perceptions of Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, and Hospice: A Scoping Review 2020 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Marian Grant, Anthony L. Back, (unknown)	79
12	Patient‐hematologist discordance in perceived chance of cure in hematologic malignancies: A multicenter study 2019 ·Cancer ·Kah Poh Loh, Huiwen Xu, Anthony L. Back, Paul R. Duberstein, Supriya G. Mohile, Ronald M. Epstein, Colin McHugh, Heidi D. Klepin, Gregory A. Abel, Stephanie J. Lee, Areej El‐Jawahri, Thomas W. LeBlanc	21
13	The Oncotalk/Vitaltalk model 2017 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Robert M. Arnold, Anthony L. Back, Walter F. Baile, K. A. Edwards, James A. Tulsky	8
14	The Critical Care Communication project: Improving fellows' communication skills 2014 ·Journal of Critical Care ·Robert M. Arnold, Anthony L. Back, Amber E. Barnato, Thomas J. Prendergast, Lillian L. Emlet, Irina Karpov, Patrick White, Judith E. Nelson	102
15	Promoting Resilience among Parents and Caregivers of Children with Cancer 2013 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Abby R. Rosenberg, K. Scott Baker, Karen L. Syrjala, Anthony L. Back, Joanne Wolfe	98
16	“Could I Add Something?”: Teaching Communication by Intervening in Real Time During a Clinical Encounter 2010 ·Academic Medicine ·Anthony L. Back, Robert M. Arnold, James A. Tulsky, Walter F. Baile, Kelly Edwards	26
17	Effect of a Quality-Improvement Intervention on End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Trial 2010 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·J. Randall Curtis, Elizabeth L. Nielsen, Patsy D. Treece, Lois Downey, Danae Dotolo, Sarah E. Shannon, Anthony L. Back, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Ruth A. Engelberg	186
18	Design, Conduct and Evaluation of a Communication Course for Oncology Fellows 2005 ·Journal of Cancer Education ·Renato Lenzi, Walter F. Baile, Jonathan S. Berek, Anthony L. Back, Robert Buckman, Lorenzo Cohen, Patricia A. Parker	34
19	Qualitative Methods in End-of-Life Research 2003 ·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Barbara A. Koenig, Anthony L. Back, LaVera Crawley	36
20	Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in Washington State 1996 ·JAMA ·Anthony L. Back	129

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