Karen E. Steinhauser

11.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
109 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Steinhauser is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Steinhauser has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 43 papers in Clinical Psychology and 31 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Steinhauser's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (77 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (35 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (23 papers). Karen E. Steinhauser is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (77 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (35 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (23 papers). Karen E. Steinhauser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Australia. Karen E. Steinhauser's co-authors include James A. Tulsky, Elizabeth C. Clipp, Nicholas A. Christakis, Maya McNeilly, Lauren M. McIntyre, Maren K. Olsen, Hayden B. Bosworth, Kimberly S. Johnson, Jennifer H. Lindquist and Tracy A. Balboni and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Steinhauser

102 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patien... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2000 2017 2022 2021 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Factors Considered Important at the End of Life by Patients, Family, Physicians, and Other Care Providers
    2000 1.9k citations Karen E. Steinhauser profile →
  2. In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers
    2000 851 citations Karen E. Steinhauser, Elizabeth C. Clipp et al. profile →
  3. Palliative Care in Heart Failure
    2017 381 citations Joseph G. Rogers, Chetan B. Patel et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  4. Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health
    2022 192 citations Tracy A. Balboni, Tyler J. VanderWeele et al. profile →
  5. Applied Rapid Qualitative Analysis to Develop a Contextually Appropriate Intervention and Increase the Likelihood of Uptake
    2021 144 citations Karen E. Steinhauser et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen E. Steinhauser United States 41 6.1k 2.8k 2.2k 1.7k 1.2k 109 8.1k
Laura C. Hanson United States 52 7.2k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 4.2k 2.0× 1.8k 1.1× 329 0.3× 277 10.4k
Rebecca L. Sudore United States 45 7.4k 1.2× 2.0k 0.7× 5.1k 2.3× 1.9k 1.1× 440 0.4× 230 10.6k
Jean S. Kutner United States 46 4.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 261 0.2× 202 7.8k
Timothy E. Quill United States 49 6.6k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 3.7k 1.7× 1.9k 1.1× 230 0.2× 159 8.9k
Marilyn Kendall United Kingdom 34 3.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 897 0.5× 494 0.4× 71 4.6k
Kirsty Boyd United Kingdom 33 3.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 433 0.4× 97 4.6k
Marjolein Gysels United Kingdom 40 3.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 317 0.3× 84 5.4k
Joachim Cohen Belgium 46 6.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 2.9k 1.4× 1.7k 1.0× 245 0.2× 263 7.7k
Linda L. Emanuel United States 39 4.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 2.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 341 0.3× 169 6.5k
Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen Netherlands 59 10.4k 1.7× 4.8k 1.7× 5.1k 2.4× 2.4k 1.4× 427 0.3× 399 12.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Svetkey, Laura P., Gary G. Bennett, Leonor Corsino, et al.. (2024). Design and pilot test of an implicit bias mitigation curriculum for clinicians. Frontiers in Medicine. 11. 1316475–1316475. 3 indexed citations
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Fisher, Hannah M., Devon K. Check, Tamara J. Somers, et al.. (2023). Meaning-centered pain coping skills training for patients with metastatic cancer: Protocol for a randomized controlled efficacy trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 135. 107363–107363. 2 indexed citations
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Casarett, David, et al.. (2023). The Use of Templates for Documenting Advance Care Planning Conversations: A Descriptive Analysis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 66(2). 123–136. 8 indexed citations
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Winger, Joseph G., Sarah A. Kelleher, Katherine Ramos, et al.. (2023). Meaning‐centered pain coping skills training for patients with metastatic cancer: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial. Psycho-Oncology. 32(7). 1096–1105. 14 indexed citations
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Kamal, Arif H., et al.. (2022). “Between Wings of Hope and Fear”: Muslim Parents' Experiences with the American Health Care System. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(1). 73–78. 2 indexed citations
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Ejem, Deborah, Karen E. Steinhauser, J. Nicholas Dionne‐Odom, et al.. (2021). Exploring Culturally Responsive Religious and Spirituality Health Care Communications among African Americans with Advanced Heart Failure, Their Family Caregivers, and Clinicians. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 24(12). 1798–1806. 5 indexed citations
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King, Heather A., et al.. (2021). Coordinating assessment of spiritual needs: a cross-walk of narrative and psychometric assessment tools used in palliative care. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 28(3). 365–377.
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Tulsky, James A., Karen E. Steinhauser, Thomas W. LeBlanc, et al.. (2021). Triadic agreement about advanced cancer treatment decisions: Perceptions among patients, families, and oncologists. Patient Education and Counseling. 105(4). 982–986. 14 indexed citations
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Steinhauser, Karen E., Karen M. Stechuchak, Katherine Ramos, et al.. (2020). Current measures of distress may not account for what's most important in existential care interventions: Results of the outlook trial. Palliative & Supportive Care. 18(6). 648–657. 5 indexed citations
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Olsen, Maren K., Karen M. Stechuchak, & Karen E. Steinhauser. (2019). Comparing internal and external validation in the discovery of qualitative treatment-subgroup effects using two small clinical trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 15. 100372–100372. 2 indexed citations
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Tran, Anh N., et al.. (2018). Identifying core curricular components for behavioral health training in internal medicine residency: Qualitative interviews with residents, faculty, and behavioral health clinicians. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 54(3). 188–202. 2 indexed citations
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Kavalieratos, Dio, Daniel Siconolfi, Karen E. Steinhauser, et al.. (2017). “It Is Like Heart Failure. It Is Chronic … and It Will Kill You”: A Qualitative Analysis of Burnout Among Hospice and Palliative Care Clinicians. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 53(5). 901–910.e1. 68 indexed citations
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Rogers, Joseph G., Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, et al.. (2017). Palliative Care in Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 70(3). 331–341. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steinhauser, Karen E. & Tracy A. Balboni. (2017). State of the Science of Spirituality and Palliative Care Research: Research Landscape and Future Directions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 54(3). 426–427. 17 indexed citations
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Kavalieratos, Dio, Daniel Siconolfi, Janet Bull, Karen E. Steinhauser, & Arif H. Kamal. (2016). It's Like Heart Failure: It's Chronic and It Will Kill You: Exploring Hospice and Palliative Care Clinicians' Experiences with Burnout (SA538B). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 51(2). 404–405. 3 indexed citations
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Hendrix, Cristina C., Donald E. Bailey, Karen E. Steinhauser, et al.. (2015). Effects of enhanced caregiver training program on cancer caregiver’s self-efficacy, preparedness, and psychological well-being. Supportive Care in Cancer. 24(1). 327–336. 137 indexed citations
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Balboni, Tracy A., Michael Balboni, Andrea C. Enzinger, et al.. (2013). Provision of Spiritual Support to Patients With Advanced Cancer by Religious Communities and Associations With Medical Care at the End of Life. JAMA Internal Medicine. 173(12). 1109–1109. 215 indexed citations
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Steinhauser, Karen E., Robert M. Arnold, Maren K. Olsen, et al.. (2011). Comparing Three Life-Limiting Diseases: Does Diagnosis Matter or Is Sick, Sick?. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 42(3). 331–341. 62 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Kimberly S., Laura C. Hanson, Robert F. DeVellis, Martha L. Henderson, & Karen E. Steinhauser. (2008). Disparities in Pain Management Between Cognitively Intact and Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 35(4). 388–396. 128 indexed citations
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Steinhauser, Karen E., Nicholas A. Christakis, Elizabeth C. Clipp, et al.. (2001). Preparing for the End of Life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 22(3). 727–737. 387 indexed citations

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