Clinical Communication Disparities

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CeCR investigators and our collaborators investigate disparities present in cancer care, particularly in clinical communication disparities. Using those data, we also design and test interventions to mitigate those disparities as we move toward health equity. Papers reporting this work are included below.

Published Papers

2023

Eggly S, Moore TF, Baidoun F, Mattei LH, Jang H, Kim S, Brown-Miller V, & Hamel LM. Ask Questions (ASQ): Implementation of a question prompt list communication intervention in a network of outpatient medical oncology clinics. Patient Educ Counsel. 2023; 113. PMID: 37207383

Burmeister J, Dominello MM, Soulliere R, Baran G, Dess K, Loughery B, Jang H, Kim S, Kim H, Jelich M, Laszewski P, Zelko C, & Hamel LM. A direct patient-provider relationship with the medical physicist reduces anxiety in radiotherapy patients. Internat J Rad Oncol *Bio* Phys. 2023; 115: 233-243. PMID: 36243227

2021

Simon MS, Raychaudhuri S (co-first authors), Hamel LM, Penner LA, Schwartz K, Harper FWK, Thompson HS, Booza J, Cote M, Schwartz A, & Eggly S. A review of research on disparities in the care of black and white patients with cancer in Detroit. Frontiers Oncol. 2021; 11. PMID: 34336677

Otto AK, Reblin M, Harper FWK, Hamel LM, Moore, TF, Ellington L, & Eggly S. Impact of patients’ companions on clinical encounters between Black patients and their non-Black oncologists. JCO Oncol Pract. 2021; 17: e676-e685. PMID: 33411574

2020

Barton E, Foster Moore T, Hamel LM, Penner L, Albrecht T, & Eggly S. The influence of a question prompt list on patient-oncologist information exchange in an African-American population. Patient Educ Counsel 2020; 103: 505-513. PMID: 31585820

2018

Senft N, Hamel LM, Penner LA, Harper FWK, Albrecht TL, Foster, T, Eggly. S. The influence of affective behavior on impression formation in interactions between black cancer patients and their oncologists. Soc Sci Med 2018; 211:243-250. PMID: 29966819

2017

Chou WS, Hamel LM, Thai CL, Debono D, Chapman R, Albrecht T, Penner LA, & Eggly S. Discussing prognosis and treatment goals with patients with advanced cancer: a qualitative analysis of oncologists’ language. Health Expect 2017. 20:1073-1080. PMID: 28261901

Eggly S, Hamel LM, Foster TS, Albrecht TL, Chapman R, Harper FWK, Thompson H, Griggs JJ, Gonzalez R, Berry-Bobovski L, Tkatch R, Simon M, Shields A, Gadgeel S, Loutfi R, Ali H, Wollner I, Penner LA. Randomized trial of a question prompt list to increase patient active participation during interactions with black patients and their oncologists. Patient Educ Counsel 2017. 100:818-826. PMID: 28073615

Penner LA, Harper FWK, Dovidio JF, Albrecht TL, Hamel LM, Senft N, Eggly S. The impact of Black cancer patients' race-related beliefs and attitudes on racially-discordant oncology interactions: A field study. Soc Sci Med (Health Psychology) 2017; 191:99-108. PMID: 28917141

2016

Penner LA, Dovidio JF, Gonzalez R, Albrecht TL, Chapman R, Foster T, Harper FW, Hagiwara N, Hamel LM, Shields A, Gadgeel S, Simon M, Griggs J, & Eggly S. The effects of oncologist implicit racial bias in racially discordant oncology interactions. J Clin Oncol 2016; 34:2874-2880. PMID: 27325865

2015

Hamel LM, Chapman R, Malloy M, Eggly S, Penner LA, Shields A, Simon M, Klamerus J, & Albrecht TL. The critical shortage of African American medical oncologists in the United States. J Clin Oncol 2015; 33:3697-3700. PMID: 26392105