S. Kay Toombs

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

S. Kay Toombs is a scholar working on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Kay Toombs has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Philosophy, 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in S. Kay Toombs's work include Mental Health and Psychiatry (9 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (7 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (4 papers). S. Kay Toombs is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Psychiatry (9 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (7 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (4 papers). S. Kay Toombs collaborates with scholars based in United States. S. Kay Toombs's co-authors include Robert Baird, Lennard J. Davis, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Paul A. Komesaroff, Margaret A. Farley and Arthur W. Frank and has published in prestigious journals such as The Hastings Center Report, Journal of Music Therapy and Journal of Palliative Care.

In The Last Decade

S. Kay Toombs

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Meaning of Illness: A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient

1992 447 citations S. Kay Toombs DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Kay Toombs United States	11	425	415	399	215	187	17	1.3k
Fredrik Svenaeus Sweden	21	501 1.2×	433 1.0×	331 0.8×	257 1.2×	155 0.8×	67	1.3k
Andrew E. Slaby United States	13	158 0.4×	380 0.9×	383 1.0×	531 2.5×	298 1.6×	59	1.5k
John Z. Sadler United States	18	339 0.8×	329 0.8×	300 0.8×	343 1.6×	48 0.3×	89	1.0k
Gareth Owen United Kingdom	20	490 1.2×	299 0.7×	302 0.8×	1000 4.7×	94 0.5×	80	1.5k
Aaron Lazare United States	21	216 0.5×	509 1.2×	689 1.7×	745 3.5×	245 1.3×	43	2.0k
Michael Wirsching Germany	24	178 0.4×	427 1.0×	797 2.0×	748 3.5×	197 1.1×	107	2.1k
Erik Falkum Norway	24	139 0.3×	328 0.8×	839 2.1×	532 2.5×	350 1.9×	69	1.8k
Sing Lee Hong Kong	22	104 0.2×	463 1.1×	230 0.6×	569 2.6×	238 1.3×	66	1.6k
Michæl Balint United Kingdom	19	419 1.0×	469 1.1×	749 1.9×	1.3k 5.9×	213 1.1×	69	2.8k
Ove Hellzèn Sweden	23	104 0.2×	279 0.7×	749 1.9×	595 2.8×	241 1.3×	98	1.6k

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Toombs, S. Kay. (2019). The healing relationship: Edmund Pellegrino’s philosophy of the physician–patient encounter. Metamedicine. 40(3). 217–229. 12 indexed citations

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Baird, Robert, et al.. (2009). Disability : the social, political, and ethical debate. 16 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (2004). ‘Is she experiencing any pain?’: disability and the physician−patient relationship. Internal Medicine Journal. 34(11). 645–647. 8 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (2004). Living and Dying with Dignity: Reflections on Lived Experience. Journal of Palliative Care. 20(3). 193–200. 13 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (2001). The role of empathy in clinical practice. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 8. 16 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1998). Articulating the Hard Choices: A Practical Role for Philosophy in the Clinical Context. Human Studies. 21(1). 49–55. 2 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Margaret A. Farley, et al.. (1997). Taking the Body Seriously. The Hastings Center Report. 27(5). 39–39. 7 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1996). The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability. By Nancy L. Eiesland. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1994. 139 pp. $13.95 paper. Journal of Church and State. 38(4). 918–918. 2 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1995). Sufficient unto the day: A life with multiple sclerosis.. 14 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1995). The lived experience of disability. Human Studies. 18(1). 9–23. 140 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1993). The metamorphosis: The nature of chronic illness and its challenge to medicine. Journal of Medical Humanities. 14(4). 223–230. 9 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1992). The Meaning of Illness: A Phenomenological Account of the Different Perspectives of Physician and Patient. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1992). The Meaning of Illness. 280 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1990). The temporality of illness: Four levels of experience. Metamedicine. 11(3). 227–241. 86 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1988). Illness and the paradigm of lived body. Metamedicine. 9(2). 201–226. 96 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay. (1987). The Meaning of Illness: A Phenomenological Approach to the Patient-Physician Relationship. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. 12(3). 219–240. 141 indexed citations

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Toombs, S. Kay, et al.. (1966). A Procedure for Determining the Music Preferences of Mental Retardates. Journal of Music Therapy. 3(2). 57–64. 10 indexed citations

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