Thomas Hassard

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Hassard is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Hassard has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 10 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas Hassard's work include Patient Dignity and Privacy (11 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (10 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (9 papers). Thomas Hassard is often cited by papers focused on Patient Dignity and Privacy (11 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (10 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (9 papers). Thomas Hassard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United Kingdom. Thomas Hassard's co-authors include Sanford Weisberg, Mike Harlos, Susan McClement, Thomas F. Hack, Harvey Max Chochinov, Linda J. Kristjanson, G. D. L. Smyth, Alison D. Murray, Shane Sinclair and Peter Kirk and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Hassard

41 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Applied Linear Regression.

1981 1.0k citations Thomas Hassard et al. profile →
Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life

2005 655 citations Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas F. Hack et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Hassard Canada	23	2.0k	1.4k	478	305	218	42	3.8k
Austin Bradford Hill Mexico	7	1.1k 0.5×	433 0.3×	693 1.4×	355 1.2×	449 2.1×	13	7.1k
Mark S. Gilthorpe United Kingdom	38	1.1k 0.6×	299 0.2×	698 1.5×	403 1.3×	646 3.0×	170	6.2k
Stephen W. Looney United States	44	506 0.3×	253 0.2×	553 1.2×	222 0.7×	208 1.0×	193	5.9k
Melanie L. Bell United States	47	1.4k 0.7×	833 0.6×	1.2k 2.5×	1.3k 4.3×	901 4.1×	200	7.1k
Karimollah Hajian‐Tilaki Iran	30	872 0.4×	307 0.2×	416 0.9×	458 1.5×	385 1.8×	204	5.5k
Mark E. Glickman United States	30	410 0.2×	601 0.4×	679 1.4×	245 0.8×	183 0.8×	127	5.0k
Phillip Good Australia	31	944 0.5×	420 0.3×	402 0.8×	224 0.7×	511 2.3×	143	3.6k
Edwin R. van den Heuvel Netherlands	42	473 0.2×	380 0.3×	433 0.9×	370 1.2×	449 2.1×	247	6.4k
Guido Knapp Germany	29	547 0.3×	498 0.4×	291 0.6×	217 0.7×	189 0.9×	75	6.0k
Nathaniel Schenker United States	26	704 0.4×	341 0.2×	647 1.4×	301 1.0×	287 1.3×	65	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Hassard

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Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas Hassard, Susan McClement, et al.. (2009). The Landscape of Distress in the Terminally Ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 38(5). 641–649. 116 indexed citations

Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas Hassard, Susan McClement, et al.. (2008). The Patient Dignity Inventory: A Novel Way of Measuring Dignity-Related Distress in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 36(6). 559–571. 300 indexed citations

McClement, Susan, Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas F. Hack, et al.. (2007). Dignity Therapy: Family Member Perspectives. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 10(5). 1076–1082. 104 indexed citations

Littlejohn, Geoffrey, et al.. (2007). The Fibromyalgia Bladder Index. Clinical Rheumatology. 26(12). 2097–2103. 11 indexed citations

Chochinov, Harvey Max, Linda J. Kristjanson, Thomas F. Hack, et al.. (2006). Personality, Neuroticism, and Coping Towards the End of Life. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 32(4). 332–341. 22 indexed citations

Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas F. Hack, Thomas Hassard, et al.. (2005). Understanding the Will to Live in Patients Nearing Death. Psychosomatics. 46(1). 7–10. 123 indexed citations

Oble, Darryl A., et al.. (2004). A comparison of thyroxine- and polyamine-mediated enhancement of rat facial nerve regeneration. Experimental Neurology. 189(1). 105–111. 15 indexed citations

Hack, Thomas F., Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas Hassard, et al.. (2004). Defining dignity in terminally ill cancer patients: A factor‐analytic approach. Psycho-Oncology. 13(10). 700–708. 84 indexed citations

Weber, Michael H., Jonathan C. Sharp, Thomas Hassard, & William Orr. (2002). Normal murine bone morphometry: a comparison of magnetic resonance microscopy with micro X-ray and histology. Skeletal Radiology. 31(5). 282–291. 5 indexed citations

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Chochinov, Harvey Max, Thomas F. Hack, Thomas Hassard, et al.. (2002). Dignity in the terminally ill: a cross-sectional, cohort study. The Lancet. 360(9350). 2026–2030. 322 indexed citations

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Hailu, Asrat, Juthika N. Menon, Nega Berhe, et al.. (2001). Distinct Immunity in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis from that in Subclinically Infected and Drug‐Cured People: Implications for the Mechanism Underlying Drug Cure. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184(1). 112–115. 42 indexed citations

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Nathaniel, E.J.H., et al.. (1999). Effect of Exogenous Thyroxine on the Development of the Purkinje Cell in Fetal Alcohol Effects in the Rat. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 67(3). 175–191. 4 indexed citations

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Hassard, Thomas, et al.. (1995). Predetermination as a Cost‐containment Mechanism in a Social Allowances Dental Program in Manitoba. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 55(3). 177–180.

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Kopelow, Murray, et al.. (1992). Assessing practicing physicians in two settings using standardized patients. Academic Medicine. 67(10). S19–21. 36 indexed citations

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Hassard, Thomas, et al.. (1991). The assessment of interpersonal skills using standardized patients. Academic Medicine. 66(9). S34–6. 57 indexed citations

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Yassi, Annalee, et al.. (1990). Evaluating Medical Performance in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Occupational Health Problems: A Standardized Patient Approach. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 32(7). 582–585. 6 indexed citations

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Brook, R. J., et al.. (1987). The Fascination of Statistics.. American Mathematical Monthly. 94(8). 806–806. 10 indexed citations

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DUNDEE, JOHN W. & Thomas Hassard. (1983). The influence of haemoglobin and plasma urea levels on the induction dose of thiopentone. Anaesthesia. 38(1). 26–28. 6 indexed citations

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Smyth, G. D. L. & Thomas Hassard. (1978). Eighteen Years Experience in Stapedectomy. Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology. 87(3_suppl). 3–36. 100 indexed citations

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Smyth, G. D. L., et al.. (1978). Ossicular Replacement Prostheses. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 104(6). 345–351. 29 indexed citations

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