Gerhild Becker

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Gerhild Becker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhild Becker has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Gerhild Becker's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (50 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (19 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (15 papers). Gerhild Becker is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (50 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (19 papers) and Patient Dignity and Privacy (15 papers). Gerhild Becker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Gerhild Becker's co-authors include Hubert E. Blum, Carola Xander, Daniel Galandi, Felix Momm, Waldemar Siemens, Jan Gaertner, Cornelia Meffert, Joerg J Meerpohl, Guido Schwarzer and Gerd Antes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Gerhild Becker

103 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2017 258 citations Jan Gaertner, Waldemar Siemens et al. BMJ profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gerhild Becker 811 560 393 345 336 107 2.4k
P Otterblad-Olausson 356 0.4× 440 0.8× 235 0.6× 137 0.4× 398 1.2× 10 2.2k
Sanjay Rampal 440 0.5× 355 0.6× 276 0.7× 115 0.3× 151 0.4× 101 3.0k
Richard A. Falcone 484 0.6× 779 1.4× 161 0.4× 99 0.3× 289 0.9× 106 2.6k
Meenakshi Jolly 613 0.8× 522 0.9× 276 0.7× 76 0.2× 1.2k 3.5× 128 4.7k
Bente Mertz Nørgård 1.6k 1.9× 1.2k 2.2× 265 0.7× 219 0.6× 395 1.2× 154 3.8k
Hiroshi Yokomichi 252 0.3× 758 1.4× 108 0.3× 544 1.6× 214 0.6× 148 2.0k
Sada Nand Dwivedi 325 0.4× 234 0.4× 170 0.4× 58 0.2× 237 0.7× 125 2.5k
A Fry-Smith 674 0.8× 318 0.6× 154 0.4× 93 0.3× 248 0.7× 48 3.9k
Jung Hye Kwon 1.6k 2.0× 454 0.8× 1.2k 3.1× 110 0.3× 943 2.8× 147 3.4k
Christopher V. Almario 169 0.2× 679 1.2× 426 1.1× 542 1.6× 174 0.5× 99 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhild Becker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhild Becker

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All Works

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Siemens, Waldemar, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of ‘implications for research’ statements in systematic reviews of interventions in advanced cancer patients – a meta-research study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 23(1). 302–302. 1 indexed citations
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Seibel, K., Barbara Sauer, Bernd Wagner, & Gerhild Becker. (2023). “Scanxiety” and a sense of control: the perspective of lung cancer survivors and their caregivers on follow-up - a qualitative study. BMC Psychology. 11(1). 119–119. 7 indexed citations
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Müller, E. J., et al.. (2023). Feasibility, use and benefits of patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care units: a multicentre observational study. BMC Palliative Care. 22(1). 6–6. 12 indexed citations
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Müller, E. J., et al.. (2023). Screening for Palliative Care Need in Oncology: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 67(4). 279–289.e6. 5 indexed citations
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Adebahr, Sonja, Marlene Hechtner, Tanja Schimek‐Jasch, et al.. (2018). Early Impact of Pulmonary Fractionated Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy on Quality of Life:Benefit for Patients With Low Initial Scores (STRIPE Trial). Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 14(3). 408–419. 12 indexed citations
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Koller, Antje, et al.. (2017). Testing the Implementation of a Pain Self-management Support Intervention for Oncology Patients in Clinical Practice. Cancer Nursing. 41(5). 367–378. 20 indexed citations
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Gaertner, Jan, Waldemar Siemens, Joerg J Meerpohl, et al.. (2017). Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 357. j2925–j2925. 258 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farin‐Glattacker, Erik, et al.. (2016). Palliative care for patients with heart failure: facilitators and barriers - a cross sectional survey of German health care professionals. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 361–361. 30 indexed citations
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Siemens, Waldemar, Anja Wehrle, Jan Gaertner, et al.. (2015). Implementing a home-based exercise program for patients with advanced, incurable diseases after discharge and their caregivers: lessons we have learned. BMC Research Notes. 8(1). 509–509. 6 indexed citations
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Seibel, K., et al.. (2014). Physician responsibility towards palliative care patients in regard to the new customer orientation paradigm. Ethik in der Medizin. 26(1). 1 indexed citations
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Becker, Gerhild, et al.. (2014). Discovering the Truth Beyond the Truth. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 49(3). 646–649. 7 indexed citations
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Voltz, Raymond, Roland Greinwald, Martin Hellmich, et al.. (2014). Silent night: retrospective database study assessing possibility of "weekend effect" in palliative care. BMJ. 349(dec16 2). g7370–g7370. 7 indexed citations
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Seibel, K., et al.. (2013). Terminally Ill Patients as Customers: The Patient's Perspective. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 17(1). 11–17. 8 indexed citations
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Thomsen, Andreas, et al.. (2010). Xerostomia after radiotherapy in the head&neck area: Long-term observations. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 98(1). 48–50. 25 indexed citations
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Becker, Gerhild, Daniel Galandi, & Hubert E. Blum. (2007). Peripherally Acting Opioid Antagonists in the Treatment of Opiate-Related Constipation: A Systematic Review. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 34(5). 547–565. 53 indexed citations
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Lutterbach, Johannes, Susanne Bartelt, Felix Momm, et al.. (2005). Is older age associated with a worse prognosis due to different patterns of care?. Cancer. 103(6). 1234–1244. 47 indexed citations
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Becker, Gerhild. (2005). Combined TACE and PEI for palliative treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 11(39). 6104–6104. 55 indexed citations

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