Walter F. Baile

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Walter F. Baile is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter F. Baile has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in General Health Professions, 54 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 24 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Walter F. Baile's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (53 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (43 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (22 papers). Walter F. Baile is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (53 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (43 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (22 papers). Walter F. Baile collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Walter F. Baile's co-authors include Renato Lenzi, Andrzej P. Kudelka, Estela A. Beale, Robert Buckman, Gary A. Glober, Patricia A. Parker, Anthony L. Back, Robert M. Arnold, James A. Tulsky and Kelly Fryer‐Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Walter F. Baile

115 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

SPIKES—A Six-Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News: Application to the Patient with Cancer

2000 1.8k citations Walter F. Baile, Robert Buckman et al. profile →
Approaching Difficult Communication Tasks in Oncology

2005 468 citations Anthony L. Back, Robert M. Arnold et al. profile →
Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline

2017 358 citations Timothy D. Gilligan, Nessa Coyle et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter F. Baile United States	40	4.4k	4.4k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	115	8.3k
Valerie Jenkins United Kingdom	43	3.8k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	972 0.7×	132	8.7k
Lesley F. Degner Canada	50	5.5k 1.3×	4.0k 0.9×	2.9k 2.0×	1.8k 1.2×	537 0.4×	107	9.3k
Sandra van Dulmen Netherlands	52	4.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	581 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	363	9.3k
Stewart M. Dunn Australia	45	3.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	811 0.6×	823 0.6×	91	6.5k
Thomas F. Hack Canada	47	3.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	909 0.7×	123	9.7k
Julia Addington‐Hall United Kingdom	61	3.6k 0.8×	7.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.4×	744 0.6×	192	11.3k
Carma L. Bylund United States	37	3.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	684 0.5×	579 0.4×	970 0.7×	214	6.1k
Anthony L. Back United States	55	5.5k 1.2×	7.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.7×	831 0.6×	157	10.8k
Elizabeth C. Clipp United States	46	2.0k 0.4×	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	787 0.6×	88	7.2k
Merle H. Mishel United States	42	2.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	572 0.4×	75	7.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter F. Baile

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Wijsenbeek, Marlies, Francesco Bonella, Anne‐Marie Russell, et al.. (2021). Communicating with patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: can we do it better?. ERJ Open Research. 8(1). 422–2021. 7 indexed citations

Chopra, Deepti & Walter F. Baile. (2020). Suicidal while receiving treatment for breast cancer. Current psychiatry. 19(2). 47–53. 1 indexed citations

Tanco, Kimberson, Kristy Nguyen, Seyedeh Dibaj, et al.. (2019). Attitudes and Beliefs About Medical Usefulness and Legalization of Marijuana among Cancer Patients in a Legalized and a Nonlegalized State. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(10). 1213–1220. 21 indexed citations

Gilligan, Timothy D., Nessa Coyle, Richard M. Frankel, et al.. (2018). Patient-Clinician Communication: American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 73(2). 96–97. 26 indexed citations

Arnold, Robert M., Anthony L. Back, Walter F. Baile, K. A. Edwards, & James A. Tulsky. (2017). The Oncotalk/Vitaltalk model. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

Baile, Walter F. & Adam Blatner. (2014). Teaching Communication Skills. Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 9(4). 220–227. 52 indexed citations

Back, Anthony L., Robert M. Arnold, James A. Tulsky, Walter F. Baile, & Kelly Edwards. (2010). “Could I Add Something?”: Teaching Communication by Intervening in Real Time During a Clinical Encounter. Academic Medicine. 85(6). 1048–1051. 26 indexed citations

Lenzi, Renato, Walter F. Baile, Anna Costantini, Luigi Grassi, & Patricia A. Parker. (2010). Communication training in oncology: results of intensive communication workshops for Italian oncologists. European Journal of Cancer Care. 20(2). 196–203. 35 indexed citations

Costantini, Anna, Walter F. Baile, Renato Lenzi, et al.. (2009). Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Giving Bad News: Feasibility of Training to Promote Truth-Telling to Cancer Patients. Journal of Cancer Education. 24(3). 180–185. 30 indexed citations

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Parker, Patricia A., Joann Aaron, & Walter F. Baile. (2008). Breast Cancer: Unique Communication Challenges and Strategies to Address them. The Breast Journal. 15(1). 69–75. 39 indexed citations

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Kuerer, Henry M., Tara M. Breslin, Tait D. Shanafelt, et al.. (2008). Road Map for Maintaining Career Satisfaction and Balance in Surgical Oncology. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 207(3). 435–442. 20 indexed citations

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Lenzi, Renato, Walter F. Baile, Jonathan S. Berek, et al.. (2005). Design, Conduct and Evaluation of a Communication Course for Oncology Fellows. Journal of Cancer Education. 20(3). 143–149. 34 indexed citations

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Cohen, Lorenzo, Walter F. Baile, Evelyn Henninger, et al.. (2003). Physiological and Psychological Effects of Delivering Medical News Using a Simulated Physician–Patient Scenario. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 26(5). 459–471. 35 indexed citations

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Baile, Walter F.. (2003). Giving Bad News to Cancer Patients: Matching Process and Content. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 21(90090). 49s–51. 39 indexed citations

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Baile, Walter F., et al.. (2001). Communication skills: breaking bad news in the clinical setting.. PubMed. 28(6). 951–3. 26 indexed citations

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Baile, Walter F.. (1996). Neuropsychiatric disorders in cancer patients. Current Opinion in Oncology. 8(3). 182–187. 13 indexed citations

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Gibertini, Michael, Douglas S. Reintgen, & Walter F. Baile. (1992). Psychosocial Aspects of Melanoma. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 28(1). 17–21. 23 indexed citations

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Baile, Walter F., et al.. (1991). Tumor stage and depression in head and neck cancer. General Hospital Psychiatry. 13(6). 364–365. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Cleora S., et al.. (1990). Effects of Interview Context on the Assessment of Mood in Breast Cancer Patients. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 8(1). 33–47. 8 indexed citations

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Roberts, Cleora S., et al.. (1989). Integrating Research with Practice: The Psychosocial Impact of Breast Cancer. Health & Social Work. 14(4). 261–268. 11 indexed citations

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