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  1. Feeling groovy? The present and future of psychedelic research in palliative care

    Article • Palliative Medicine, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Justin Sanders

  2. Healing relationships between patients from visible minority groups and their clinicians in palliative care: Protocol for an interpretive description study

    Article • Palliative Care and Social Practice, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Justin Sanders

  3. Controlled Trials of “Palliative Care”—Where Do We Go from Here?

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, February 2025, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  4. Providing Palliative Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Qualitative Interview Study of Physicians’ Attitudes and Experiences

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, February 2025, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  5. E-Learning to Fill Gaps in Serious Illness Communication Education: A Missing Piece or an Unfinished Puzzle?

    Article • Palliative Medicine Reports, January 2025, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  6. Because You Matter: Betty Ferrell's Contributions to Inter-Professionalism in Palliative Care

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, January 2025, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  7. Home-based psilocybin-assisted therapy for a patient with advanced cancer: A case report

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Justin Sanders

  8. Integrating Health Equity in the ASCO Guideline Agenda: Recommendations From Members of the Palliative Care Expert Panel

    Article • JCO Oncology Practice, October 2024, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Justin Sanders

  9. Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Clinical Insights

    Article • JCO Oncology Practice, October 2024, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Justin Sanders

  10. Reprogramming Healthcare: Leveraging AI to Strengthen Doctor-Patient Relationships

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Sanders

  11. Implementing the Serious Illness Care Program in Safety Net Health Systems: A Qualitative Study

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, September 2024, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  12. Opportunities for Expanding the Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology Care

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, July 2024, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  13. Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, July 2024, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Justin Sanders

  14. Donating One’s Body to HIV Cure Research Through Canadian Medical Assistance in Dying: A Case Study

    Article • Current HIV Research, December 2023, Bentham Science Publishers

    Justin Sanders

  15. Acceptability of psilocybin‐assisted group therapy in patients with cancer and major depressive disorder: Qualitative analysis

    Article • Cancer, December 2023, Wiley

    Justin Sanders

  16. Lessons Learned About System-Level Improvement in Serious Illness Communication: A Qualitative Study of Serious Illness Care Program Implementation in Five Health Systems

    Article • The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, November 2023, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  17. Disruption as an opportunity or threat: A qualitative analysis of factors influencing the attitudes of experts in serious illness care toward psychedelic-assisted therapies

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, October 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Justin Sanders

  18. Acceptability of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Black Americans: Results from a focus group and oncology pilot study

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, October 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Justin Sanders

  19. Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies in Patients With Serious Illness: Opportunities and Challenges

    Article • Psychiatric Annals, September 2022, SLACK, Inc.

    Justin Sanders

  20. Toward a basic science of communication in serious illness

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, July 2022, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  21. Leading from the Heart

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, June 2022, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  22. Reply to “Empathic communication: The premise of inclusive care for historically excluded populations”

    Article • Cancer, April 2022, Wiley

    Justin Sanders

  23. Identification of Digital Health Priorities for Palliative Care Research: Modified Delphi Study

    Article • JMIR Aging, March 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Justin Sanders

  24. A Framework for Anti-Racist Publication in Palliative Care: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, March 2022, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  25. Letter to the Editor: Author Response to Reader's Comments to Fitzgerald Jones et al., Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0502)

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  26. Environmental Considerations for Effective Telehealth Encounters: A Narrative Review and Implications for Best Practice

    Article • Telemedicine and e-Health, March 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  27. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  28. Discussing prognosis and what matters most for people with serious illness

    Article • BMJ, February 2022, BMJ

    Justin Sanders

  29. “ I think that she would have wanted. . .” : Qualitative interviews with bereaved caregivers reveal complexity in measuring goal-concordant care at the end of life

    Article • Palliative Medicine, February 2022, SAGE Publications

    Justin Sanders

  30. Virtual environments to study emotional responses to clinical communication: A scoping review

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, December 2021, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  31. Mapping an Agenda for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Research in Patients with Serious Illness

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, November 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  32. When treatment algorithms fail: A response to the development of a nomogram to determine the frequency of elevated risk for non-medical opioid use in cancer patients

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, October 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Justin Sanders

  33. Physician empathy according to physicians: A multi-specialty qualitative analysis

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, October 2021, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  34. What is empathy? Oncology patient perspectives on empathic clinician behaviors

    Article • Cancer, August 2021, Wiley

    Justin Sanders

  35. “I was not able to keep myself away from tending to her immediate needs”: Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives of Serious Illness Conversations at Community Health Centers

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Sanders

  36. Identification of Digital Health Priorities for Palliative Care Research: Modified Delphi Study (Preprint)

    Article • July 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Justin Sanders

  37. Technology in Palliative Care (TIP): the identification of digital priorities for palliative care research using a modified Delphi method

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Justin Sanders

  38. What is clinical empathy? Perspectives of community members, university students, cancer patients, and physicians

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, May 2021, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  39. Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries Disproportionately Receive Invasive Mechanical Ventilation When Hospitalized at the End-of-Life

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Sanders

  40. Reflections on Goal-Concordant Care: A Christmas Story

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  41. Communication Tools to Support Advance Care Planning and Hospital Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Design Process

    Article • The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, February 2021, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  42. Adherence and Concordance between Serious Illness Care Planning Conversations and Oncology Clinician Documentation among Patients with Advanced Cancer

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, January 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  43. Serious Illness Conversations With Outpatient Oncology Clinicians: Understanding the Patient Experience

    Article • JCO Oncology Practice, December 2020, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Justin Sanders

  44. Toward Culturally Tailored Advance Care Planning for the Chinese Diaspora: An Integrative Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, December 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  45. Measuring Goal-Concordant Care: Results and Reflections From Secondary Analysis of a Trial to Improve Serious Illness Communication

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  46. Defining the Roles and Research Priorities for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies in Patients with Serious Illness: Expert Clinicians' and Investigators' Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, October 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  47. Effect of the Serious Illness Care Program on Health Care Utilization at the End of Life for Patients with Cancer

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, October 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  48. Implementing Serious Illness Communication Processes in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study

    Article • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, August 2020, SAGE Publications

    Justin Sanders

  49. “Find Out What They Lack, Try to Provide”: A Qualitative Investigation of Palliative Care Services Adapted to Local Need in a Low-Resource Setting

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, June 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  50. Patient and clinician experience of a serious illness conversation guide in oncology: A descriptive analysis

    Article • Cancer Medicine, May 2020, Wiley

    Justin Sanders

  51. A Time-to-Death Analysis of Older Adults after Emergency Department Intubation

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  52. Training Clinicians in Serious Illness Communication Using a Structured Guide: Evaluation of a Training Program in Three Health Systems

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  53. Quality Measurement of Serious Illness Communication: Recommendations for Health Systems Based on Findings from a Symposium of National Experts

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, January 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  54. Communication Skills

    Article • Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice, September 2019, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  55. Communication Strategies for Sharing Prognostic Information With Patients

    Article • JAMA, August 2019, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Justin Sanders

  56. Factors That Impact Family Perception of Goal-Concordant Care at the End of Life

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, August 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  57. A Qualitative Study of Serious Illness Conversations in Patients with Advanced Cancer

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, July 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  58. Interprofessional Work in Serious Illness Communication in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, July 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  59. The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: Projects and Reflections on Leadership in Palliative Care

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, July 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  60. Serious illness care Programme UK: assessing the ‘face validity’, applicability and relevance of the serious illness conversation guide for use within the UK health care setting

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Sanders

  61. Effect of the Serious Illness Care Program in Outpatient Oncology

    Article • JAMA Internal Medicine, June 2019, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Justin Sanders

  62. Evaluating an Intervention to Improve Communication Between Oncology Clinicians and Patients With Life-Limiting Cancer

    Article • JAMA Oncology, June 2019, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Justin Sanders

  63. Differences by Race, Religiosity, and Mental Health in Preferences for Life-Prolonging Treatment Among Medicare Beneficiaries

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Sanders

  64. End-of-Life Care for Seriously Ill International Patients at a Global Destination Medical Center

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, December 2018, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  65. From Barriers to Assets: Rethinking factors impacting advance care planning for African Americans

    Article • Palliative & Supportive Care, June 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Justin Sanders

  66. Achieving Goal-Concordant Care: A Conceptual Model and Approach to Measuring Serious Illness Communication and Its Impact

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, March 2018, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  67. Seeking and Accepting: U.S. Clergy Theological and Moral Perspectives Informing Decision Making at the End of Life

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, October 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  68. How Community Clergy Provide Spiritual Care: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Clergy End-of-Life Education

    Article • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, April 2016, Elsevier

    Justin Sanders

  69. Factors Impacting Advance Care Planning among African Americans: Results of a Systematic Integrated Review

    Article • Journal of Palliative Medicine, February 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Justin Sanders

  70. Finding the Right Words at the Right Time — High-Value Advance Care Planning

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, February 2015, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Justin Sanders

  71. Meaning and Methadone

    Article • Journal of Addiction Medicine, January 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Justin Sanders

  72. Resident Physician Interactions with Surrogate Decision-Makers: The Resident Experience

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, October 2011, Wiley

    Justin Sanders