Joshua Hauser
Biographic Data
| ID | 5541921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Hauser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua |
| FAMILY NAME | Hauser |
| SIGNATURE | HAUSER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1512-0702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Where are they?” The Range and Implications of Clinician Reactions to Absent Families
In “Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering,” Jennifer Blumenthal‐Barby and colleagues ask us to scrutinize “the instinct to blame families” who are absent from the care of their seriously ill loved ones. In this commentary, I use a common framework of differential diagnosis to consider the reasons for and implications of clinician reactions to absent families. As we better understand what might be driv…
Communicating in Verse
It is a foundational principle of medical humanities that the appreciation of literature and other humanities enrich and expand medical training. But what are the mechanisms by which this happens? As a faculty member and former medical student, who met during an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional 5-session poetry seminar, we reflect on how poetry enriches our own experiences working with patients, as well as how we care for patients. Readi…
Refusal of Representation in Advance Care Planning
Unrepresented patients—people without capacity to make medical decisions who also lack a surrogate decision‐maker—form a large and vulnerable population within the United States health care system. The burden of unrepresentedness has rightly prompted widespread calls for more and better advance care planning, in which still‐healthy patients are encouraged to designate a surrogate decision‐maker and thus avoid the risk of becoming unrepresented. H…
The Burdened Learner
I was presenting my first patient of the day, a 68-year-old woman admitted with dyspnea. Dr. Smith was the new attending that week, and she already seemed annoyed, like she had somewhere else to be. I had just finished rattling through the morning labs and reading the chest X-ray. My heart was beating rapidly as I started my summary statement. I had been up with my wife the night before practicing what I was going to say at this point. I was even…
Walls
In a field that strives to care for patients and families together, what can palliative care clinicians do when patients’ families are physically absent? The Covid‐19 pandemic has put both literal and figurative walls between health care professionals and families. How health care workers respond to these disconnections might have a lasting impact on patients, on families, and on our practice. Recently, I saw this in the case of a patient our pal…
Developing and Testing the Feasibility of a Culturally Based Tele-Palliative Care Consult Based on the Cultural Values and Preferences of Southern, Rural African American and White Community Members
The first culturally based PC consult program in the United States was developed in partnership with AA and W Southern rural community members. This program was feasible to implement in a small rural hospital but low referral by hospitalists was the major obstacle. Program effectiveness is currently being tested in a randomized clinical trial in three southern, rural states in partnership with hospitalists. This method can serve as a model that c…
Four Communication Skills from Psychiatry Useful in Palliative Care and How to Teach Them
Palliative care and psychiatry share a number of the same priorities, including careful attention to communication skill development. In this article, we identify 4 communication skills helpful in both fields: (1) attending to countertransference, (2) practicing active listening and active reflection, (3) remaining silent and neutral, and (4) naming the emotion. We then describe strategies for teaching these skills
Social Participation Modifies the Effect of a Structured Physical Activity Program on Major Mobility Disability Among Older Adults
Our findings suggest that baseline social participation is an important factor for the success of a PA intervention aimed at delaying mobility disability
Family Caregiver Skills in Medication Management for Hospice Patients
The proposed construct of medication management skills in hospice will help guide future development of training interventions and clinical assessment tools
Stories of Caring and Connection Four Books on Death and Dying
More Than Meets the Ear
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine; University of Chicago (Levinson) Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar; University of Chicago (Hauser)
Family Caregiver Skills in Medication Management for Hospice Patients
The proposed construct of medication management skills in hospice will help guide future development of training interventions and clinical assessment tools
Social Participation Modifies the Effect of a Structured Physical Activity Program on Major Mobility Disability Among Older Adults
Our findings suggest that baseline social participation is an important factor for the success of a PA intervention aimed at delaying mobility disability
More Than Meets the Ear
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine; University of Chicago (Levinson) Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar; University of Chicago (Hauser)
Stories of Caring and Connection Four Books on Death and Dying
Family Caregiver Skills in Medication Management for Hospice Patients
The proposed construct of medication management skills in hospice will help guide future development of training interventions and clinical assessment tools
Social Participation Modifies the Effect of a Structured Physical Activity Program on Major Mobility Disability Among Older Adults
Our findings suggest that baseline social participation is an important factor for the success of a PA intervention aimed at delaying mobility disability
Four Communication Skills from Psychiatry Useful in Palliative Care and How to Teach Them
Palliative care and psychiatry share a number of the same priorities, including careful attention to communication skill development. In this article, we identify 4 communication skills helpful in both fields: (1) attending to countertransference, (2) practicing active listening and active reflection, (3) remaining silent and neutral, and (4) naming the emotion. We then describe strategies for teaching these skills
The Burdened Learner
I was presenting my first patient of the day, a 68-year-old woman admitted with dyspnea. Dr. Smith was the new attending that week, and she already seemed annoyed, like she had somewhere else to be. I had just finished rattling through the morning labs and reading the chest X-ray. My heart was beating rapidly as I started my summary statement. I had been up with my wife the night before practicing what I was going to say at this point. I was even…
Walls
In a field that strives to care for patients and families together, what can palliative care clinicians do when patients’ families are physically absent? The Covid‐19 pandemic has put both literal and figurative walls between health care professionals and families. How health care workers respond to these disconnections might have a lasting impact on patients, on families, and on our practice. Recently, I saw this in the case of a patient our pal…
Developing and Testing the Feasibility of a Culturally Based Tele-Palliative Care Consult Based on the Cultural Values and Preferences of Southern, Rural African American and White Community Members
The first culturally based PC consult program in the United States was developed in partnership with AA and W Southern rural community members. This program was feasible to implement in a small rural hospital but low referral by hospitalists was the major obstacle. Program effectiveness is currently being tested in a randomized clinical trial in three southern, rural states in partnership with hospitalists. This method can serve as a model that c…
Refusal of Representation in Advance Care Planning
Unrepresented patients—people without capacity to make medical decisions who also lack a surrogate decision‐maker—form a large and vulnerable population within the United States health care system. The burden of unrepresentedness has rightly prompted widespread calls for more and better advance care planning, in which still‐healthy patients are encouraged to designate a surrogate decision‐maker and thus avoid the risk of becoming unrepresented. H…
Communicating in Verse
It is a foundational principle of medical humanities that the appreciation of literature and other humanities enrich and expand medical training. But what are the mechanisms by which this happens? As a faculty member and former medical student, who met during an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional 5-session poetry seminar, we reflect on how poetry enriches our own experiences working with patients, as well as how we care for patients. Readi…
“Where are they?” The Range and Implications of Clinician Reactions to Absent Families
In “Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering,” Jennifer Blumenthal‐Barby and colleagues ask us to scrutinize “the instinct to blame families” who are absent from the care of their seriously ill loved ones. In this commentary, I use a common framework of differential diagnosis to consider the reasons for and implications of clinician reactions to absent families. As we better understand what might be driv…
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Palliative care (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)