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Katja Ingrid Elbert-Avila

Katja Ingrid Elbert-Avila

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
elber002@mc.duke.edu
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710
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Selected Publications

Advancing Geriatrics Education Through a Faculty Development Program for Geriatrics-Oriented Clinician Educators.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · December 2015 Geriatrician and nongeriatrician faculty need instruction as teachers to provide quality training for a broader community of physicians who can care for the expanding population of older adults. Educators at Duke University designed a program to equip geri ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · September 2012 OBJECTIVES: To examine the characteristics of hospice enrollees with dementia who were discharged alive because their condition stabilized or improved and predictors of death in the year after discharge. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of clinical and adm ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative care in advanced cancer in older adults: Management of pain, fatigue, and gastrointestinal symptoms

Journal Article Clinical Geriatrics · November 1, 2011 This article is the third in a continuing series on cancer in older adults. The goal of this series of articles is to highlight the ways in which the diagnosis and management of cancer in older adults differ from the diagnosis and management of cancer in y ... Cite

Management of pain in older adults with cancer

Chapter · January 1, 2010 Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller, Optimism (1903) Why focus on the elderly? Geriatric patients are complex, do not fit in the traditional biomedical model, and are underrepresented in cancer r ... Full text Cite

Racial differences in next-of-kin participation in an ongoing survey of satisfaction with end-of-life care: a study of a study.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · October 2006 Despite disparities in health care access and quality, African Americans are underrepresented in many areas of clinical investigation, including research in end-of-life care. Because of the importance of surrogate reports in assessing the quality of end-of ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of spiritual beliefs and practices on the treatment preferences of African Americans: a review of the literature.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · April 2005 Spirituality is an important part of African-American culture and is often cited as an explanation for the more-aggressive treatment preferences of some African Americans at the end of life. This paper reviews the literature on spiritual beliefs that may i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Palliative care in long-term care: Communicating with families

Journal Article Annals of Long-Term Care · July 1, 2004 The percentage of Medicare recipients who die in nursing homes continues to grow. This necessitates skills and competencies in end-of-life care, despite the current scarcity of training in medical and nursing schools. The principles and tenets of Palliativ ... Cite