Steffen Eychmueller

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Steffen Eychmueller is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Eychmueller has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steffen Eychmueller's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (13 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (6 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (3 papers). Steffen Eychmueller is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (13 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (6 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (3 papers). Steffen Eychmueller collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Australia and Netherlands. Steffen Eychmueller's co-authors include Paul Glare, Philip Larkin, Bert Broeckaert, Stein Kaasa, Geoffrey Hanks, Cinzia Brunelli, María Nabal, Marco Maltoni, Antonio Viganò and Nicholas A. Christakis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Psychosomatic Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Eychmueller

15 papers receiving 756 citations

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Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations—A Study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care

2005 515 citations Marco Maltoni, Augusto Caraceni et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steffen Eychmueller Switzerland	8	508	352	228	91	83	17	778
Laura Piva Italy	5	428 0.8×	308 0.9×	208 0.9×	60 0.7×	47 0.6×	8	665
John Bryson Canada	12	502 1.0×	483 1.4×	326 1.4×	75 0.8×	109 1.3×	13	880
Christian T. Sinclair United States	10	380 0.7×	170 0.5×	162 0.7×	147 1.6×	64 0.8×	34	642
M Pirovano Italy	7	613 1.2×	547 1.6×	306 1.3×	73 0.8×	81 1.0×	13	950
Ermenegildo Arnoldi Italy	12	405 0.8×	415 1.2×	196 0.9×	48 0.5×	72 0.9×	20	794
Debika Burman Canada	13	622 1.2×	529 1.5×	338 1.5×	160 1.8×	91 1.1×	15	1.0k
Laura Fabbri Italy	14	359 0.7×	241 0.7×	153 0.7×	67 0.7×	63 0.8×	37	928
María Nabal Spain	12	544 1.1×	362 1.0×	347 1.5×	115 1.3×	202 2.4×	30	1.2k
Marieberta Vidal United States	13	439 0.9×	274 0.8×	315 1.4×	46 0.5×	48 0.6×	34	710
Stefania Derni Italy	9	415 0.8×	212 0.6×	181 0.8×	90 1.0×	38 0.5×	14	642

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17 of 17 papers shown

Eychmueller, Steffen, et al.. (2025). Adapting to the emotional complexity of palliative care communication: Palliative care clinicians’ experiences. Palliative & Supportive Care. 23. e43–e43.

Schelin, Maria E. C., Christel Hedman, Pilar Barnestein‐Fonseca, et al.. (2025). Recruitment, follow-up and survival in an 11-country cohort study of patients at the end of life and their relatives. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0317002–e0317002.

Maessen, Maud, et al.. (2024). Perceptions and needs of an outpatient palliative care team regarding digital care conferences in palliative care: a mixed-method online survey. Swiss Medical Weekly. 154(1). 3487–3487. 1 indexed citations

Luethi, Nora, Alan G. Haynes, Marie Roumet, et al.. (2022). Development of an electronic Poor Outcome Screening (ePOS) Score to identify critically ill patients with potential palliative care needs. Journal of Critical Care. 69. 154007–154007. 3 indexed citations

Eychmueller, Steffen, et al.. (2022). Quality of care as an individual concept: Proposition of a three-level concept for clinical practice. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 173. 17–21. 1 indexed citations

Sauter, Thomas C., et al.. (2022). Feasibility, acceptability and needs in telemedicine for palliative care. Swiss Medical Weekly. 152(910). w30148–w30148. 14 indexed citations

Fliedner, Monica, Sofía C. Zambrano, & Steffen Eychmueller. (2021). Public perception of palliative care: a survey of the general population. Palliative Care and Social Practice. 15. 366315338–366315338. 14 indexed citations

Fliedner, Monica, Ruud J.G. Halfens, Cynthia R. King, et al.. (2020). Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in Advance Care Planning in Palliative Care in the Acute Care Setting. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 23(1). 59–68. 19 indexed citations

Gaertner, Jan, et al.. (2019). Benzodiazepines and/or neuroleptics for the treatment of delirium in palliative care?—a critical appraisal of recent randomized controlled trials. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 8(4). 504–515. 16 indexed citations

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Fliedner, Monica, et al.. (2019). Development and Use of the ‘SENS’-Structure to Proactively Identify Care Needs in Early Palliative Care—An Innovative Approach. Healthcare. 7(1). 32–32. 6 indexed citations

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Groeneveld, E. Iris, J. Brian Cassel, Claudia Bausewein, et al.. (2017). Funding models in palliative care: Lessons from international experience. Palliative Medicine. 31(4). 296–305. 60 indexed citations

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Eychmueller, Steffen, Diana Zwahlen, & Monica Fliedner. (2013). The Oncological Patient in the Palliative Situation. Recent results in cancer research. 197. 59–72. 1 indexed citations

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Eychmueller, Steffen. (2009). Management of depression in the last month of life. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care. 3(3). 186–189. 7 indexed citations

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Maltoni, Marco, Augusto Caraceni, Cinzia Brunelli, et al.. (2005). Prognostic Factors in Advanced Cancer Patients: Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations—A Study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(25). 6240–6248. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Glare, Paul, Steffen Eychmueller, & Patrick J. McMahon. (2004). Diagnostic Accuracy of the Palliative Prognostic Score in Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 22(23). 4823–4828. 117 indexed citations

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Eychmueller, Steffen, Stefan Goetz, Rolf Adler, et al.. (1999). QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY FOR MORBID OBESITY. Psychosomatic Medicine. 61(1). 102–102. 3 indexed citations

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Anaise, D, et al.. (1988). The usefulness of initial brief pulsatile perfusion in extending the applicability of cold storage for renal transplantation--a preliminary report.. PubMed. 20(5). 875–81. 1 indexed citations

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