Ralf J. Jox

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ralf J. Jox is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf J. Jox has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 67 papers in General Health Professions and 52 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ralf J. Jox's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (110 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (37 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (33 papers). Ralf J. Jox is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (110 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (37 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (33 papers). Ralf J. Jox collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Canada. Ralf J. Jox's co-authors include Gian Domenico Borasio, Monika Führer, Julia D Lotz, Daisy J.A. Janssen, Margaret A. Drickamer, Michael Connolly, Sheila Payne, Luciano Orsi, Dirk Houttekier and Daren K. Heyland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ralf J. Jox

150 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

2017 805 citations Ralf J. Jox et al. profile →

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Charles J. Homer United States

Stuart J. Youngner United States

Barbara A Daveson United Kingdom

Christina Jones United Kingdom

J. Mick Tilford United States

Alexander A. Kon United States

Allison J. Applebaum United States

Lamia P. Barakat United States

Elena Vegni Italy

Nancy Murphy United States

Charles J. Homer United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf J. Jox

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Wieczorek, Maud, et al.. (2025). Learning from experience: does providing end-of-life care support for relatives boost personal end-of-life health literacy?. BMC Palliative Care. 24(1). 6–6.

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Wieczorek, Maud, et al.. (2025). “I Wish I Knew”: Assessing Older Adults’ Perceived and Actual Knowledge of Their Partners’ End-of-Life Preferences. Innovation in Aging. 9(6). igaf038–igaf038. 1 indexed citations

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Jox, Ralf J., et al.. (2025). Bridging the Milk Gap: Integrating a Human Milk Bank–Blood Bank Model to Reinforce Lactation Support and Neonatal Care. Nutrients. 17(11). 1765–1765. 2 indexed citations

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Starke, Georg, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning–Based Patient Preference Prediction: A Proof of Concept. NEJM AI. 2(10). 3 indexed citations

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Bernard, Mathieu, et al.. (2024). Interdisciplinary research approach based on a mixed-methods design to explore patient altruism at the end of life: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 14(5). e085632–e085632.

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Borasio, Gian Domenico, Michael J. Deml, Claudia Gamondi, et al.. (2024). Patient altruism at the end of life: A scoping review. Palliative & Supportive Care. 22(5). 1427–1439. 2 indexed citations

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Truchard, Eve Rubli, et al.. (2024). Qualitative Evaluation of a Pilot Physician Training Program in Long-Term Care Facilities in Switzerland. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 25(2). 275–277.e1.

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Lewis, Ariane, Michael J. Young, Benjamin Rohaut, et al.. (2023). Ethics Along the Continuum of Research Involving Persons with Disorders of Consciousness. Neurocritical Care. 39(3). 565–577. 10 indexed citations

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Racine, Éric, et al.. (2023). Physicians' attitudes towards ethical issues and end‐of‐life decision‐making for pediatric patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome: An international survey. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 65(12). 1646–1655.

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Vilpert, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Development and validation of a subjective end-of-life health literacy scale. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0292367–e0292367. 5 indexed citations

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Voumard, Rachel Rutz, et al.. (2023). ECMO as a Palliative Bridge to Death. The American Journal of Bioethics. 23(6). 35–38. 1 indexed citations

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Vilpert, Sarah, et al.. (2022). Perceptions and Knowledge Regarding Medical Situations at the End of Life among Older Adults in Switzerland. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 26(1). 35–46. 9 indexed citations

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Truchard, Eve Rubli, et al.. (2021). Will to Live in Older Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 62(5). 902–909. 9 indexed citations

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Schlögl, Mathias, Florian Riese, Milta O. Little, et al.. (2020). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Cognitive Impairment and Institutional Care. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 23(11). 1525–1531.

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Sample, Matthew, Marjorie Aunos, Stefanie Blain‐Moraes, et al.. (2019). Brain–computer interfaces and personhood: interdisciplinary deliberations on neural technology. Journal of Neural Engineering. 16(6). 63001–63001. 23 indexed citations

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Jox, Ralf J.. (2016). Disorders of consciousness and informed consent. IRIS. 1 indexed citations

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Jox, Ralf J., et al.. (2016). Organ transplantation in times of donor shortage : challenges and solutions. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Weber, Markus, et al.. (2013). Attitudes towards hastened death in ALS: A prospective study of patients and family caregivers. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 15(1-2). 68–76. 60 indexed citations

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Führer, Monika, Ralf J. Jox, & Gian Domenico Borasio. (2011). Gemeinsam Verantwortung tragen. Therapieentscheidungen bei schwerstkranken Kindern und Jugendlichen [Treatment decisions for severely ill children and adolescents].. IRIS. 1 indexed citations

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Fegg, Martin, Monika Brandstätter, Ralf J. Jox, et al.. (2010). Meaning in life in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 11(5). 469–474. 44 indexed citations

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