Balfour M. Mount

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Balfour M. Mount is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Balfour M. Mount has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 13 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Balfour M. Mount's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (31 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (11 papers) and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (8 papers). Balfour M. Mount is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (31 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (11 papers) and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (8 papers). Balfour M. Mount collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Vietnam. Balfour M. Mount's co-authors include S. Robin Cohen, F. Bui, Patricia Boston, Jon Tomas, Mary L. S. Vachon, Michael Kearney, Richard L. Harrison, John F. Scott, Shannon Munro and Éduardo Bruera and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Balfour M. Mount

61 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability

1995 601 citations S. Robin Cohen, Balfour M. Mount et al. Palliative Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Balfour M. Mount Canada	28	2.1k	898	855	802	737	64	3.6k
Eleni Tsilika Greece	35	1.2k 0.6×	567 0.6×	818 1.0×	685 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	108	3.0k
Efi Parpa Greece	35	1.2k 0.6×	598 0.7×	860 1.0×	701 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	109	3.1k
Kyriaki Mystakidou Greece	39	1.5k 0.7×	733 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	764 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	182	4.4k
Janet Bull United States	25	2.4k 1.1×	904 1.0×	650 0.8×	866 1.1×	458 0.6×	79	3.7k
Nessa Coyle United States	30	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	655 0.8×	1.5k 2.0×	95	5.1k
Mari Lloyd‐Williams United Kingdom	35	2.0k 0.9×	792 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	942 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	136	3.6k
Shirley Otis‐Green United States	21	1.6k 0.8×	460 0.5×	753 0.9×	893 1.1×	887 1.2×	59	3.1k
Yasuo Shima Japan	40	2.7k 1.3×	826 0.9×	909 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	1.4k 1.9×	239	5.1k
Mary Jane Massie United States	26	932 0.4×	513 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	562 0.7×	2.3k 3.1×	42	4.3k
Carmen R. Green United States	28	976 0.5×	636 0.7×	945 1.1×	343 0.4×	281 0.4×	52	3.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mount, Balfour M.. (2021). Ten Thousand Crossroads. McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Allen, Dawn, Megan Wainwright, Balfour M. Mount, & Tom A. Hutchinson. (2008). The wounding path to becoming healers: medical students’ apprenticeship experiences. Medical Teacher. 30(3). 260–264. 35 indexed citations

Mount, Balfour M., Patricia Boston, & S. Robin Cohen. (2007). Healing Connections: On Moving from Suffering to a Sense of Well-Being. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 33(4). 372–388. 119 indexed citations

Mount, Balfour M.. (2006). The 10 Commandments of Healing. Journal of Cancer Education. 21(1). 50–51. 8 indexed citations

Boston, Patricia & Balfour M. Mount. (2006). The Caregiver's Perspective on Existential and Spiritual Distress in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 32(1). 13–26. 68 indexed citations

Mount, Balfour M.. (2003). Palliative Care: A Personal Odyssey. Illness Crisis & Loss. 11(1). 90–103. 3 indexed citations

Cohen, S. Robin & Balfour M. Mount. (2000). Living with cancer: ?Good? days and ?bad? days?What produces them?. Cancer. 89(8). 1854–1865. 100 indexed citations

Cohen, S. Robin, et al.. (1996). Existential well-being is an important determinant of quality of life: Evidence from the McGill quality of life questionnaire. Cancer. 77(3). 576–586. 337 indexed citations

Cohen, S. Robin, et al.. (1996). Quality of life in HIV disease as measured by the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire. AIDS. 10(12). 1421–1427. 106 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M.. (1996). Morphine drips, terminal sedation, and slow euthanasia: definitions and facts, not anecdotes.. PubMed. 12(4). 31–7. 66 indexed citations

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Cohen, S. Robin, et al.. (1995). The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire: a measure of quality of life appropriate for people with advanced disease. A preliminary study of validity and acceptability. Palliative Medicine. 9(3). 207–219. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen, S. Robin, Warren Steiner, & Balfour M. Mount. (1994). Phototherapy in the treatment of depression in the terminally ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 9(8). 534–536. 16 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Neil, et al.. (1993). The Canadian palliative care undergraduate curriculum. Journal of Cancer Education. 8(3). 197–201. 46 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M.. (1992). Volunteer Support Services, a Key Component of Palliative Care. Journal of Palliative Care. 8(1). 59–64. 22 indexed citations

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Thirlwell, Michael P., Paul A. Sloan, Jean A. Maroun, et al.. (1989). Pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of oral morphine solution and controlled-release morphine tablets in cancer patients. Cancer. 63(11). 2275–2283. 90 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M., et al.. (1986). Que sont les soins palliatifs terminaux. La Revue du praticien. 36(9).

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Melzack, Ronald, et al.. (1979). The Brompton mixture versus morphine solution given orally: effects on pain.. PubMed. 120(4). 435–8. 47 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M.. (1979). International group issues proposal for standards for care of terminally ill.. PubMed. 120(10). 1280–2. 6 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M.. (1976). The problem of caring for the dying in a general hospital; the palliative care unit as a possible solution.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 115(2). 119–21. 71 indexed citations

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Mount, Balfour M., et al.. (1976). Use of the Brompton mixture in treating the chronic pain of malignant disease.. PubMed. 115(2). 122–4. 52 indexed citations

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