Lewis M Cohen

Biographic Data

ID8872164
NAMELewis M Cohen
GIVEN NAMESLewis M
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN L M
AFFILIATIONSBaystate Medical Center
ORCID0000-0002-9145-1688
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX0

  • "Demoralization" and Decisionmaking

    Lewis M Cohen, Kissane KissaneARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2004

  • Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Patients Who Discontinue the Life-Support Treatment of Dialysis

    Lewis M CohenARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of major depression and suicidal ideation in patients who stop the life-support treatment of dialysis. METHODS: The authors prospectively studied 79 subjects who discontinued maintenance dialysis at eight facilities in North America. Structured interviews were conducted with 23 patients and 76 families. RESULTS: The prevalence of major depression in the sample was between 5% a…

  • Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Patients Who Discontinue the Life-Support Treatment of Dialysis

    Lewis M Cohen, Steven K Dobscha et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2002

    Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of major depression and suicidal ideation in patients who stop the life-support treatment of dialysis. Methods The authors prospectively studied 79 subjects who discontinued maintenance dialysis at eight facilities in North America. Structured interviews were conducted with 23 patients and 76 families. Results The prevalence of major depression in the sample was between 5% and …

  • Case Study

    Miriam Cotler, Miriam Piven Cotler et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report2000

    Mrs. B is an eighty-six-year-old widow who lives in a California retirement home. She is a gentle, sociable lady and likes to reminisce about her work doing make-up for movie stars. She has no family locally but does have one good friend nearby and a 101-year-old sister on the East Coast. She is in the hospital for treatment of an infection, from which she is recovering. She also has chronic kidney failure, however, and has been on dialysis for a…

  • Perinatal mortality

    Lewis Cohen, Lewis M Cohen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry1978References: 7

    The health professional's role does not cease with perinatal death, but shifts towards the prevention of postmortem psychiatric sequelae in the parents. A multidisciplinary bereavement service has found that an increased awareness of the final processes of "viewing" and "burial" diminishes the production of fearful speculations both by parents and staff, and allows them to cooperate more fully in dealing with the tragedy