Thomas E. Finucane

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Finucane is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Finucane has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 10 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Finucane's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (20 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (10 papers). Thomas E. Finucane is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (20 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (10 papers). Thomas E. Finucane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Thomas E. Finucane's co-authors include Colleen Christmas, Julie Bynum, Jessica L. Lee, Esther S. Oh, Ichiro Tsuji, Peter V. Rabins, Joseph A. Carrese, Julian Solway, Philip Padrid and David Blass and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Finucane

61 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Tube Feeding in Patients With Advanced Dementia 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 200 400 600
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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. Tube Feeding in Patients With Advanced Dementia
    1999 661 citations Thomas E. Finucane, Colleen Christmas et al. JAMA profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas E. Finucane United States 23 968 715 528 457 407 65 2.5k
Colleen Christmas United States 23 673 0.7× 607 0.8× 396 0.8× 285 0.6× 321 0.8× 63 2.4k
Lowell W. Gerson United States 34 453 0.5× 726 1.0× 212 0.4× 155 0.3× 354 0.9× 78 2.9k
David Tappin United Kingdom 27 447 0.5× 448 0.6× 287 0.5× 211 0.5× 806 2.0× 81 2.6k
Sian Noble United Kingdom 29 794 0.8× 459 0.6× 209 0.4× 178 0.4× 226 0.6× 89 2.3k
Alyson B. Goodman United States 25 759 0.8× 480 0.7× 249 0.5× 132 0.3× 265 0.7× 64 3.1k
Anwar Batieha Jordan 32 674 0.7× 384 0.5× 195 0.4× 307 0.7× 205 0.5× 106 3.0k
Anne Helms Andreasen Denmark 27 473 0.5× 332 0.5× 198 0.4× 143 0.3× 356 0.9× 82 2.6k
Christopher E. Cox United States 35 1.5k 1.5× 550 0.8× 110 0.2× 240 0.5× 472 1.2× 138 4.7k
S. Susan Hedayati United States 31 405 0.4× 225 0.3× 832 1.6× 145 0.3× 167 0.4× 68 3.3k
Theresa I. Shireman United States 27 331 0.3× 435 0.6× 400 0.8× 60 0.1× 317 0.8× 173 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas E. Finucane

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Finucane, Thomas E., et al.. (2020). Challenges Related to Safety and Independence. Medical Clinics of North America. 104(5). 909–917. 2 indexed citations
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Rapaka, Rekha R., et al.. (2015). Bigger Foot: Kaposi's Sarcoma. The American Journal of Medicine. 128(9). 959–962. 3 indexed citations
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Greenough, William B., et al.. (2015). Where do we go from here? A small scale observation of transfer results from chronic to skilled ventilator facilities. Journal of Critical Care. 30(6). 1400–1402. 2 indexed citations
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Hanyok, Laura A., et al.. (2010). Potential caregivers for homebound elderly: More numerous than supposed? (Journal of Family Practice (2009)). 59(1). 1 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E., Colleen Christmas, & Bruce Leff. (2007). Tube Feeding in Dementia: How Incentives Undermine Health Care Quality and Patient Safety. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 8(4). 205–208. 48 indexed citations
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Black, Betty S., Thomas E. Finucane, Alva Baker, et al.. (2006). Health Problems and Correlates of Pain in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 20(4). 283–290. 63 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E.. (2004). Patients with Alzheimer's disease at home: How can we help?. 4(6). 314–315.
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Finucane, Thomas E. & Chad Boult. (2004). Association of funding and findings of pharmaceutical research at a meeting of a medical professional society. The American Journal of Medicine. 117(11). 842–845. 46 indexed citations
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Cantor, Michael D., Jeanie Kayser‐Jones, & Thomas E. Finucane. (2002). To force feed the patient with dementia or not to feed: Preferences, evidence base, and regulation. 10(8). 45–48. 3 indexed citations
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Abramson, Norman S., Rien de Vos, Mary E. Fallat, et al.. (2001). Ethics in emergency cardiac care. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 37(4). S196–S200. 12 indexed citations
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Scott, Lesley, et al.. (2001). Home care: what a physician needs to know.. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 68(5). 433–440. 3 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E. & Colleen Christmas. (2000). Tube Feeding in Patients With Advanced Dementia—Reply. JAMA. 283(12). 1563–1563. 1 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E., et al.. (1999). Tube Feeding in Patients With Advanced Dementia. JAMA. 282(14). 1365–1365. 661 indexed citations breakdown →
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Finucane, Thomas E. & Julie Bynum. (1996). Use of tube feeding to prevent aspiration pneumonia. The Lancet. 348(9039). 1421–1424. 206 indexed citations
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Padrid, Philip, et al.. (1995). Persistent Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Histologic Alterations after Chronic Antigen Challenge in Cats. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 151(1). 184–193. 171 indexed citations
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Padrid, Philip, Raoul Wolf, N. M. Muñoz, et al.. (1993). Augmented Muscarinic Responsiveness Caused by 5-Lipoxygenase Products Secreted from Alveolar Macrophages in Isolated-perfused Rat Lung. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 147(6_pt_1). 1514–1520. 9 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E., John T. Boyer, Larry E. Johnson, et al.. (1991). The Incidence of Attempted CPR in Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 39(6). 624–626. 11 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E., et al.. (1990). The Outcome of CPR Initiated in Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 38(3). 197–200. 67 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E. & Susan Denman. (1989). Deciding About Resuscitation in a Nursing Home Theory and Practice. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 37(8). 684–688. 21 indexed citations
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Finucane, Thomas E., et al.. (1988). The American Geriatrics Society Statement on Two‐step PPD Testing for Nursing Home Patients on Admission. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 36(1). 77–78. 16 indexed citations

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