Susan E. Hickman

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Susan E. Hickman is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan E. Hickman has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 66 papers in General Health Professions and 29 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Susan E. Hickman's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (81 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (41 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (29 papers). Susan E. Hickman is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (81 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (41 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (29 papers). Susan E. Hickman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Tanzania. Susan E. Hickman's co-authors include Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Susan W. Tolle, Bernard J. Hammes, Alvin H. Moss, Alexia M. Torke, Christine Nelson, Virginia P. Tilden, Ronald J. Morris, Rebecca L. Sudore and Kathleen T. Unroe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Internal Medicine and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

In The Last Decade

Susan E. Hickman

102 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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 care planning umbrella: The evolution of advance care planning

2023 63 citations Susan E. Hickman, Hillary D. Lum et al. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan E. Hickman United States	32	1.9k	1.4k	866	597	422	107	3.4k
Anna‐Karin Edberg Sweden	33	790 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	494 0.6×	162 0.3×	148 0.4×	115	2.8k
Katie Eriksson Finland	32	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	599 0.7×	302 0.5×	144 0.3×	98	2.8k
Kim Foster Australia	38	898 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.2k 2.5×	401 0.7×	225 0.5×	154	4.3k
Chantal Van Audenhove Belgium	34	957 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	2.3k 2.6×	253 0.4×	171 0.4×	211	4.5k
Linda Rose United States	27	467 0.3×	609 0.4×	891 1.0×	107 0.2×	132 0.3×	47	2.1k
Cheryl J. Cherpitel United States	49	2.0k 1.1×	3.2k 2.2×	1.3k 1.6×	65 0.1×	315 0.7×	264	8.2k
Deborah Gross United States	37	1.1k 0.6×	942 0.7×	2.9k 3.3×	69 0.1×	600 1.4×	123	4.6k
Ayman M. Hamdan‐Mansour Jordan	28	435 0.2×	954 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	131 0.2×	196 0.5×	180	2.8k
Evelien Brouwers Netherlands	31	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	969 1.1×	136 0.2×	656 1.6×	119	4.7k
Eric J. Cassell United States	25	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	597 0.7×	135 0.2×	374 0.9×	90	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

McMahan, Ryan D., Susan E. Hickman, & Rebecca L. Sudore. (2024). What Clinicians and Researchers Should Know About the Evolving Field of Advance Care Planning: a Narrative Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 39(4). 652–660. 19 indexed citations

Lum, Hillary D., et al.. (2023). Factors influencing clinician decision‐making about POLST use with nursing facility residents: A qualitative study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72(4). 1199–1206.

Hickman, Susan E., Hillary D. Lum, Anne M. Walling, April Savoy, & Rebecca L. Sudore. (2023). The care planning umbrella: The evolution of advance care planning. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(7). 2350–2356. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Sullivan, Suzanne S., et al.. (2023). Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Meta-Analysis of Advance Care Planning and End-of-life Cancer Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 65(6). e715–e743. 20 indexed citations

Holtz, Laura R., Kurt Kroenke, Sujuan Gao, et al.. (2023). Indiana Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer’s Care Efforts (IN-PEACE): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in persons with advanced dementia. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 130. 107217–107217.

Blackburn, Justin, et al.. (2023). Pain and Associated Factors in Nursing Home Residents. Pain Management Nursing. 24(4). 384–392. 6 indexed citations

Fromme, Erik K., et al.. (2023). Advance Care Planning in the United States: A 2023 review. Zeitschrift für Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 180. 59–63. 6 indexed citations

Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S., et al.. (2022). Caught in a Loop with Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives: How to Move Forward?. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(3). 355–360. 27 indexed citations

Sudore, Rebecca L., et al.. (2022). Reasons for Discordance Between Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences and Medical Orders in Nursing Facilities Without POLST. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 40(8). 837–843. 2 indexed citations

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Jones, Katie Fitzgerald, Justin J. Sanders, William E. Rosa, et al.. (2021). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(3). 479–487. 16 indexed citations

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Comer, Amber R., Alexia M. Torke, Susan E. Hickman, et al.. (2020). Discordance Between Surrogate Goals of Care and Medical Treatments Received By Hospitalized Older Adults (S769). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 59(2). 568–569.

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Hickman, Susan E., Alexia M. Torke, Greg A. Sachs, et al.. (2020). Do Life-sustaining Treatment Orders Match Patient and Surrogate Preferences? The Role of POLST. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(2). 413–421. 14 indexed citations

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Hickman, Susan E., Alexia M. Torke, Greg A. Sachs, et al.. (2019). A Tool to Assess Patient and Surrogate Knowledge About the POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Program. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 57(6). 1143–1150.e5. 6 indexed citations

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Torke, Alexia M., et al.. (2018). POLST Facilitation in Complex Care Management: A Feasibility Study. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 36(1). 5–12. 7 indexed citations

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Hickman, Susan E., et al.. (2016). Systematic Advance Care Planning in the Nursing Home: Preliminary Outcomes from the OPTIMISTIC (Optimizing Patient Transfers, Impacting Medical Quality, and Improving Symptoms: Transforming Institutional Care) Demonstration Project (S790). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 51(2). 457–458. 2 indexed citations

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Hickman, Susan E., et al.. (2013). Use of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Program for Patients Being Discharged from the Hospital to the Nursing Facility. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 17(1). 43–49. 22 indexed citations

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Hickman, Susan E., et al.. (2008). The POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm to Improve End-of-Life Care: Potential State Legal Barriers to Implementation. The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics. 36(1). 119–140. 47 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Juliana C., Susan E. Hickman, Nancy Perrin, & Virginia P. Tilden. (2005). Symptom Experiences of Residents Dying in Assisted Living. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 7(4). 219–223. 19 indexed citations

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Tilden, Virginia P., Linda L. Drach, Susan W. Tolle, Anne G. Rosenfeld, & Susan E. Hickman. (2002). Sampling Challenges in End-of-Life Research. Nursing Research. 51(1). 66–69. 14 indexed citations

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Tolle, Susan W., Virginia P. Tilden, Anne G. Rosenfeld, & Susan E. Hickman. (2000). Family Reports of Barriers to Optimal Care of the Dying. Nursing Research. 49(6). 310–317. 86 indexed citations

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