Jonathan Koffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1730751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Koffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Koffman |
| SIGNATURE | KOFFMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8513-5681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Newspaper coverage of advance care planning during the Covid-19 pandemic: Content analysis
COVID-19 may cause sudden serious illness, and relatives having to act on patients' behalf, emphasizing the relevance of advance care planning (ACP). We explored how ACP was portrayed in newspapers during year one of the pandemic. In 'LexisNexis Uni', we identified English-language newspaper articles about ACP and COVID-19, published January-November 2020. We applied content analysis; unitizing, sampling, recording or coding, reducing, inferring,…
Uncertainty and Covid-19: How are we to respond?
As if writing prophetically about the global Covid-19 pandemic, in 1984 Eddy suggested, “Uncertainty creeps into medical practice through every pore. Whether a physician is defining a disease, making a diagnosis, selecting a procedure, observing outcomes, assessing probabilities, assigning preferences, or putting it all together, he (or she) is walking on very slippery terrain” 1. Covid-19 has rapidly become a disease associated with unbridled un…
How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/Aids? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana
Although person-centred care (PCC) has been identified as a means to achieve the 90-90-90 targets, limited research has considered PCC in low- or middle-income settings. We aimed to explore what constitutes PCC from the perspectives of PLWHA and healthcare professionals (HCP) in Ghana. We conducted 39 semi-structured qualitative interviews with PLWHA and HCP in two community clinics in Ghana, West Africa. Interviews were analysed deductively usin…
Involvement of Rabbinic and communal authorities in decision-making by haredi Jews in the UK with breast cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
I know he controls cancer: The meanings of religion among Black Caribbean and White British patients with advanced cancer
Fit to care? A comparison of informal caregivers of first-generation Black Caribbeans and White dependants with advanced progressive disease in the UK: Dependants with advanced progressive disease
The present survey aimed to describe and compare the main needs and problems experienced by informal caregivers of Black Caribbean and White native-born patients in their last year of life. Out of the 106 Black Caribbean and 110 White patients identified as dying during the survey period, 50 interviews per ethnic group were conducted, a response rate of 47% and 45%. Out of these, 31 respondents representing Black Caribbean and 28 representing Whi…
Homelessness and the use of acute psychiatric beds: Findings from a one‐day survey of adult acute and low‐level secure psychiatric patients in North and South Thames regions
This paper describes the impact of homelessness on the use of adult acute and low-level secure psychiatric beds in North and South Thames regions. We specifically focus on those homeless patients who no longer required the acute psychiatric facilities in order to determine the complement of accommodation and alternative services necessary to enable them to be discharged. A point prevalence survey of all patients occupying adult acute and low-leve…
Involvement of Rabbinic and communal authorities in decision-making by haredi Jews in the UK with breast cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
I know he controls cancer: The meanings of religion among Black Caribbean and White British patients with advanced cancer
Fit to care? A comparison of informal caregivers of first-generation Black Caribbeans and White dependants with advanced progressive disease in the UK: Dependants with advanced progressive disease
The present survey aimed to describe and compare the main needs and problems experienced by informal caregivers of Black Caribbean and White native-born patients in their last year of life. Out of the 106 Black Caribbean and 110 White patients identified as dying during the survey period, 50 interviews per ethnic group were conducted, a response rate of 47% and 45%. Out of these, 31 respondents representing Black Caribbean and 28 representing Whi…
Homelessness and the use of acute psychiatric beds: Findings from a one‐day survey of adult acute and low‐level secure psychiatric patients in North and South Thames regions
This paper describes the impact of homelessness on the use of adult acute and low-level secure psychiatric beds in North and South Thames regions. We specifically focus on those homeless patients who no longer required the acute psychiatric facilities in order to determine the complement of accommodation and alternative services necessary to enable them to be discharged. A point prevalence survey of all patients occupying adult acute and low-leve…
Homelessness and the use of acute psychiatric beds: Findings from a one‐day survey of adult acute and low‐level secure psychiatric patients in North and South Thames regions
This paper describes the impact of homelessness on the use of adult acute and low-level secure psychiatric beds in North and South Thames regions. We specifically focus on those homeless patients who no longer required the acute psychiatric facilities in order to determine the complement of accommodation and alternative services necessary to enable them to be discharged. A point prevalence survey of all patients occupying adult acute and low-leve…
Fit to care? A comparison of informal caregivers of first-generation Black Caribbeans and White dependants with advanced progressive disease in the UK: Dependants with advanced progressive disease
The present survey aimed to describe and compare the main needs and problems experienced by informal caregivers of Black Caribbean and White native-born patients in their last year of life. Out of the 106 Black Caribbean and 110 White patients identified as dying during the survey period, 50 interviews per ethnic group were conducted, a response rate of 47% and 45%. Out of these, 31 respondents representing Black Caribbean and 28 representing Whi…
I know he controls cancer: The meanings of religion among Black Caribbean and White British patients with advanced cancer
Involvement of Rabbinic and communal authorities in decision-making by haredi Jews in the UK with breast cancer: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Uncertainty and Covid-19: How are we to respond?
As if writing prophetically about the global Covid-19 pandemic, in 1984 Eddy suggested, “Uncertainty creeps into medical practice through every pore. Whether a physician is defining a disease, making a diagnosis, selecting a procedure, observing outcomes, assessing probabilities, assigning preferences, or putting it all together, he (or she) is walking on very slippery terrain” 1. Covid-19 has rapidly become a disease associated with unbridled un…
How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/Aids? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana
Although person-centred care (PCC) has been identified as a means to achieve the 90-90-90 targets, limited research has considered PCC in low- or middle-income settings. We aimed to explore what constitutes PCC from the perspectives of PLWHA and healthcare professionals (HCP) in Ghana. We conducted 39 semi-structured qualitative interviews with PLWHA and HCP in two community clinics in Ghana, West Africa. Interviews were analysed deductively usin…
Newspaper coverage of advance care planning during the Covid-19 pandemic: Content analysis
COVID-19 may cause sudden serious illness, and relatives having to act on patients' behalf, emphasizing the relevance of advance care planning (ACP). We explored how ACP was portrayed in newspapers during year one of the pandemic. In 'LexisNexis Uni', we identified English-language newspaper articles about ACP and COVID-19, published January-November 2020. We applied content analysis; unitizing, sampling, recording or coding, reducing, inferring,…
Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Health care (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)