Scholars@Duke
Joshua C Briscoe

Joshua C Briscoe

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Selected Publications

Help My Unbelief

Other Mere Orthodoxy · May 9, 2023 Link to item Cite

Understanding the Influence of Depression on Decision-Making Capacity at End of Life

Conference JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT · 2023 Cite

Hope in the Hospital

Other Closler · August 30, 2022 Link to item Cite

Dying, But Not Alone

Other New Atlantis (Washington, D.C.) · 2021 Link to item Cite

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Psychopharmacology.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · May 2019 Palliative care (PC) providers often prescribe psychotropic medications to address psychological and physical suffering of patients with serious medical illness. Consideration must be given to the significant medical comorbidities of the patient when selec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Medical Cannabis.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · March 2019 The use of medical cannabis is increasing significantly throughout the United States in spite of limited and sometimes contradictory data about its effectiveness. Palliative care providers are being asked to consider cannabis as part of symptom-directed tr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Mental Health and Serious Illness.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · August 2018 Palliative care has long recognized the importance of treating the whole person to address a patient's physical, mental, and spiritual suffering. To address psychological suffering, palliative care often draws upon the pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy off ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical Marijuana Use in Older Adults.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · May 2018 Symptom management in older adults, including pain and distressing non-pain symptoms, can be challenging. Medications can cause side effects that worsen quality of life or create other symptoms, and polypharmacy itself can be detrimental in older adults. C ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Sacrament of Medication?

Other Fathom Magazine · 2018 Link to item Cite

Spirituality, Religion, and Rational Suicide

Chapter · December 15, 2016 This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic. ... Link to item Cite

Scratching the Surface of Suicide in Head and Neck Cancer.

Journal Article JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · June 1, 2016 Full text Link to item Cite