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Timothy Edward Quill, M.D.

Timothy Edward Quill, M.D.

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About Me

Timothy E. Quill, MD is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities and Nursing at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He is a palliative care physician, author, educator, scholar, and advocate. He was the founding director of the URMC Palliative Care Program, and ...
Timothy E. Quill, MD is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities and Nursing at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He is a palliative care physician, author, educator, scholar, and advocate. He was the founding director of the URMC Palliative Care Program, and a Past President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Quill was the lead physician plaintiff in the New York legal case challenging the law prohibiting physician-assisted death heard in 1997 by the U.S. Supreme Court (Quill v. Vacco). He is the author of over 200 peer reviewed articles including Death with Dignity: A Case of Individualized Decision Making, published in 1991 in the New England Journal of Medicine, and of five books on palliative and end of life care including Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Compassionate, Widely Available Option for Hastening Death released 2021 by Oxford University Press.

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Medicine, Palliative Care (SMD)

Credentials

Education

Fellowship in Advanced Biopsychosocial Studies | University of Rochester Medical Center. 1981

Residency | University of Rochester Medical Center. Primary Care Internal Medicine. 1980

MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Medicine. 1976

BA | Amherst College. Psychology. 1971

Awards

Eric G Neilson MD Distinguished Professor Award. 2015

University of Rochester Faculty Graduation Speaker. 2014

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Top 20 Visionary. 2013

URMC Faculty Graduation Speaker. 2012

Rochester Business Journal Healthcare Achievement Award. 2012

AAHPM PDIA Palliative Medicine Community Leadership Award. 2010

PDIA Palliative Medicine Community Leadership Award. 2009

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. 2005

Alvin P. Shapiro Award. 2004

Lynn Payer Award. 2004

William C. Menninger Memorial Award of Distinguished Contributions to the Science of Mental Health. 2003

AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award nominee. 2001

NBI Healthcare Foundation Humanism Award in Medicine. 2000

NBI Healthcare Foundation Humanism Award in Medicine. 1999

The Frederick W. Anderson Teaching Award. 1998

American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award for A Midwife Through the Dying Process. 1997

The Frederick W. Anderson Teaching Award. 1984

Clinical Faculty Teaching Award. 1982

Benjamin Rush Prize. 1976

Medical School Graduation Speaker. 1976

Publications

Journal Articles

VSED Narratives: Exploring Complexity.

Horowitz R; Sussman B; Quill T.

Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2016; 6(2): 115-120.

Responding to Patients Requesting Physician-Assisted Death: Physician Involvement at the Very End of Life.

Quill TE; Back AL; Block SD.

JAMA. 2016; 315(3): 245-6.

Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED), physician-assisted death (PAD), or neither in the last stage of life? Both should be available as a last resort.

Quill TE.

Ann Fam Med. 2015; 13(5): 408-9.

Palliative Care, Ethics, and the Law in the Intensive Care Unit.

Quill CM; Sussman BL; Quill TE.

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2015; 27(3): 383-94.

Developing palliative care practice guidelines and standards for nursing home-based palliative care teams: a Delphi study.

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015; 16(7): 338-45.

Palliative use of noninvasive ventilation: navigating murky waters.

Quill CM, Quill TE

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2014 June 17 (6):657-61. Epub 05/13/2014.

A Place to Get Worse: Perspectives on Avoiding Hospitalization from Patients with End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease.

Lowey SE; Norton SA; Quinn JR; Quill TE.

J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2014; 16(6): 338-345.

Palliative care referral among patients hospitalized with advanced heart failure.

Greener DT; Quill T; Amir O; Szydlowski J; Gramling RE.

J Palliat Med. 2014; 17(10): 1115-20.

Palliative care education in U.S. medical schools.

Horowitz R; Gramling R; Quill T.

Med Educ. 2014; 48(1): 59-66.

Opportunities for psychologists in palliative care: Working with patients and families across the disease continuum.

Kasl-Godley JE, King DA, Quill TE

The American psychologist.. 2014 69 (4):364-76. Epub 1900 01 01.

Living with advanced heart failure or COPD: experiences and goals of individuals nearing the end of life.

Lowey SE, Norton SA, Quinn JR, Quill TE

Research in nursing & health.. 2013 August 36 (4):349-58. Epub 06/10/2013.

Generalist plus specialist palliative care--creating a more sustainable model.

Quill TE, Abernethy AP

The New England journal of medicine.. 2013 March 28368 (13):1173-5. Epub 03/06/2013.

Palliative care communication: linking patients' prognoses, values, and goals of care.

Norton SA; Metzger M; DeLuca J; Alexander SC; Quill TE; Gramling R.

Res Nurs Health. 2013; 36(6): 582-90.

Oncologists responding to grief.

Shayne M, Quill TE

Archives of internal medicine.. 2012 June 25172 (12):966-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

The impact of a program in mindful communication on primary care physicians.

Beckman HB, Wendland M, Mooney C, Krasner MS, Quill TE, Suchman AL, Epstein RM

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2012 June 87 (6):815-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evidence, preferences, recommendations--finding the right balance in patient care.

Quill TE, Holloway RG

The New England journal of medicine.. 2012 May 3366 (18):1653-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Physicians should "assist in suicide" when it is appropriate.

Quill TE

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.. 2012 40 (1):57-65. Epub 1900 01 01.

Navigating tensions: integrating palliative care consultation services into an academic medical center setting.

Norton SA, Powers BA, Schmitt MH, Metzger M, Fairbanks E, Deluca J, Quill TE

Journal of pain and symptom management.. 2011 November 42 (5):680-90. Epub 05/26/2011.

Time-limited trials near the end of life.

Quill TE, Holloway R

JAMA.. 2011 October 5306 (13):1483-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

'I don't want to live this way, doc. Please take me off the ventilator and let me die.'.

Kirschner KL, Kerkhoff TR, Butt L, Yamada R, Battaglia CC, Wu J, Quill TE, Didde E, Bahr E

PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation.. 2011 October 3 (10):968-75. Epub 1900 01 01.

Palliative care needs and symptom patterns of hospitalized elders referred for consultation.

Olden AM, Holloway R, Ladwig S, Quill TE, van Wijngaarden E

Journal of pain and symptom management.. 2011 September 42 (3):410-8. Epub 03/27/2011.

Meaning and practice of palliative care for hospitalized older adults with life limiting illnesses.

Powers BA, Norton SA, Schmitt MH, Quill TE, Metzger M

Journal of aging research.. 2011 April 132011 :406164. Epub 04/13/2011.

Reconciling physician bias and recommendations: comment on "Physicians recommend different treatments for patients than they would choose for themselves".

Shaban E, Guerry R, Quill TE

Archives of internal medicine.. 2011 April 11171 (7):634-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

When there are no good choices: illuminating the borderland between proportionate palliative sedation and palliative sedation to unconsciousness.

Reid TT, Demme RA, Quill TE

Pain management.. 2011 January 1 (1):31-40. Epub 1900 01 01.

Preparing for the Family Meeting #222

Weissman, D; Quill, T; Aronld, R.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13(2): 203-204.

The Family Meeting: Starting the Conversation #223

Weissman, D; Quill, T; Arnold, R.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13(2): 204-205.

The Family Meeting: Causes of Conflict #225

Weissman, D; Quill, T; Arnold, R.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13(2): 328-329.

Withholding Information from Patients - When Less is More

Epstein, R; Korones, D; Quill, T.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2010; 362(5): 380-381.

Treatment Decisions after Brain Injury Tensions among Quality, Preference, and Cost.

Holloway, R; Quill, T;.

New England Journal of Medicine. 2010; 362(19): 1757-1759.

Palliative Care Consultationsin Hospitalized Patients.

Holloway, R; Ladwig, S; Robb, J; Kelly, A; Nielsen, E; Quill, T.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13: 407-412.

Missed Opportunities in Medical Student Education.

Weissman, D; Quill, T; Block, S.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13(5): 489-490.

Responding to Emotion in Family Meetings #224

Weissman D; Quill TE; Block S.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010; 13(3): 327-328.

Evaluation of a Required Palliative Care Rotation for Internal Medicine Residents.

Olden, AM, Quill, TE, Bordley, D, Ladwig, S.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2009; 12: 150-4.

Measuring End-of-Life Care Processes in Nursing Homes

Temkin-Greener, H: Zheng, N,; Norton, S.; Quill, T.

The Gerontologist. 2009; .

Assessing Families in Palliative Care

Wilkins, V.; Quill, T.; King, D.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2009; 10: 517-19.

Association of an Educational Program in Mindful Communication with Burnout, Empathy, and Attitudes among Primary Care Physicians

Krasner.; Epstein, R.; Beckman, H.; Mooney, C.; Quill, T.

JAMA. 2009; 302(12): 1284-1293.

Last-Resort Options for Palliative Sedation

Quill, T.; Lo, B.; Brock, D.; Meisel, A.

Annals of Internal Medicine. 2009; 151: 421-424.

Dealing with intractable conflict about treatments at the end of life: A harm reduction strategy.

Arnold, R.; Quill. T.; Back, A.

Institute to Enhance Palliative Care. 2009; 9(9).

"A Conversation about End-Of-Life Decision Making"

Ouellette, A; Quill, T; Swindler, R; Pope, T; Dubler, N.

NYSBA Health Law Journal. 2009; 14(2): 91-107.

"Discussing Treatment Preferences with Patients Who Want Everything"

Annuals of Internal Medicine. 2009; 151: 345-349.

Suicidal thoughts and actions in cancer patients: the time for exploration is now.

Quill TE

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.. 2008 October 1026 (29):4705-7. Epub 08/11/2008.

Responding to a request for hastening death #159.

Quill T, Arnold RM

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2008 October 11 (8):1152-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

. "What bothers you the most?" Initial responses from patients receiving palliative care consultation.

Shah, MJ, Quill TE, Norton, SA, Sada, Y, Buckley, MJ, Fridd, C.

Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2008; : 25:88-92.

Physician-assisted death in the United States: are the existing "last resorts" enough?

Quill, TE.

Hastings Cent Report. 2008; 38: 17-22.

Communication and decision-making about prognosis in heart failure care

Goodlin, SJ, Quill, TE, Arnold, RM.

Card Fail. 2008; 14: 106-13.

A qualitative report of dual palliative care/ethics consultations: intersecting dilemmas and paradigmatic cases.

Childers JW, Demme R, Greenlaw J, King DA, Quill T

The Journal of clinical ethics.. 2008 19 (3):204-13. Epub 1900 01 01.

Physician assisted death in vulnerable populations.

Quill TE

BMJ : British medical journal. 2007 September 29335 (7621):625-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Clustering of sudden death and aborted cardiac arrest associated with a family grief reaction.

Sweeney MO, Quill TE

Heart rhythm.. 2007 July 4 (7):952-5. Epub 03/03/2007.

Proactive palliative care in the medical intensive care unit: effects on length of stay for selected high-risk patients.

Norton SA, Hogan LA, Holloway RG, Temkin-Greener H, Buckley MJ, Quill TE

Critical care medicine.. 2007 June 35 (6):1530-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

HPV vaccination--more answers, more questions.

Sawaya GF, Smith-McCune K

The New England journal of medicine.. 2007 May 10356 (19):1991-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Is length of stay on hospice a critical quality of care indicator?

Quill TE

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2007 April 10 (2):290-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

"I'm not ready for hospice": strategies for timely and effective hospice discussions.

Casarett DJ, Quill TE

Annals of internal medicine.. 2007 March 20146 (6):443-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Update in Palliative Medicine 2006

Fromme E, Hughes M, Quill TE, Arnold, R.

Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2007; 10(1): 30-36.

Mortality as a Measure of Quality: Implications for Palliative and End-of-Life Care.

Holloway R, Quill T.

JAMA 2007. 2007; 298: 802-804.

Early inhaled nitric oxide therapy in premature newborns with respiratory failure.

Kinsella JP, Cutter GR, Walsh WF, Gerstmann DR, Bose CL, Hart C, Sekar KC, Auten RL, Bhutani VK, Gerdes JS, George TN, Southgate WM, Carriedo H, Couser RJ, Mammel MC, Hall DC, Pappagallo M, Sardesai S, Strain JD, Baier M, Abman SH

The New England journal of medicine.. 2006 July 27355 (4):354-64. Epub 1900 01 01.

Working with families in palliative care: one size does not fit all.

King DA, Quill T

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2006 June 9 (3):704-15. Epub 1900 01 01.

What is most important for you to achieve?: an analysis of patient responses when receiving palliative care consultation.

Quill T, Norton S, Shah M, Lam Y, Fridd C, Buckley M

Journal of palliative medicine.. 2006 April 9 (2):382-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Ethical Issues in Palliative Care.

Demme R, Singer E, Greenlaw J, Quill TE.

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America. Elsevier Publishing. 2006; 24: 129-144.

Myths and Misconceptions about Palliative Sedation. Virtual Mentor,

Quill TE.

Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association. 2006; 8: 577-581.

Under dosing of Morphine in Comparison with Other Parenteral Opioids in an Acute Hospital: A Quality of Care Challenge. .

O'Connor AB, Lang VJ, Quill TE.

American Academy of Pain Medicine. 2006; 7: 299-307.

Eliminating analgesic meperidine use with a supported formulary restriction.

O'Connor AB, Lang VJ, Quill TE

The American journal of medicine.. 2005 August 118 (8):885-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Terri Schiavo--a tragedy compounded.

Quill TE

The New England journal of medicine.. 2005 April 21352 (16):1630-3. Epub 03/22/2005.

The million dollar question.

Quill TE

The New England journal of medicine.. 2005 April 21352 (16):1632. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mi casa o Su Casa? Assessing Function and Values in the Home Visit.

Medina-Walpole A, Heppard B, Clark NS, Markakis KM, Tripler S, Quill TE.

JAGS. 2005; 53: 336-342.

Integrating Biopsychosocial and Relationship-Centered Care into Mainstream Practice: A Challenge that Continues to Produce Positive Results.

Frankel RM, Quill, TE.

Families, Systems & Health. 2005; 23: 413-421.

Communicating evidence for participatory decision making.

Epstein RM, Alper BS, Quill TE

JAMA.. 2004 May 19291 (19):2359-66. Epub 1900 01 01.

Dying and decision making--evolution of end-of-life options.

Quill TE

The New England journal of medicine.. 2004 May 13350 (20):2029-32. Epub 1900 01 01.

Medicine and Society. Physician Autonomy, Paternalism and Professionalism: Finding our Voice Amid Conflicting Duties.

Williams GC, Quill TE.

Virtual Mentor, Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association. 2004; 6(2 Issue by AMA-ASSN).

Making Decisions at the End of Life With Families of Incompetent Patients.

Lang F, Quill TE.

American Family Physician Journal. 2004; 70: 719-23, 725-6.

Clinical Case: A Fever of Unknown Origin. Ethics Journal of the American Medical Association.

Neelon F, Pantell RH, Quill TE.

Virtual Mentor. 2004; 6(12).

Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

Back AL, Arnold RM, Quill TE

Annals of internal medicine.. 2003 March 4138 (5):439-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Professional organizations' position statements on physician-assisted suicide: a case for studied neutrality.

Quill TE, Cassel CK

Annals of internal medicine.. 2003 February 4138 (3):208-11. Epub 1900 01 01.

.An integrated biopsychosocial approach to palliative care training of medical students.

Quill TE, Dannefer E, Markakis K, Epstein R, Greenlaw J, et al.

Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians.

Lo B, Ruston D, Kates LW, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Faber-Langendoen K, Pantilat SZ, Puchalski CM, Quill TR, Rabow MW, Schreiber S, Sulmasy DP, Tulsky JA,

JAMA.. 2002 February 13287 (6):749-54. Epub 1900 01 01.

Responding to Terminal Suffering: The Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids.

Quill TE, Byock IR for the ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.

Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001; 132: 408-414.

I Wish Things Were Different." Expressing Wishes in Response to Loss, Futility and Unrealistic Hopes.

Quill TE, Arnold RM, Platt FW.

Annals of Internal Medicine.

Perspectives on care at the close of life. Initiating end-of-life discussions with seriously ill patients: addressing the "elephant in the room".

Quill TE

JAMA.. 2000 November 15284 (19):2502-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Palliative treatments of last resort: choosing the least harmful alternative. University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics Assisted Suicide Consensus Panel.

Quill TE, Lee BC, Nunn S

Annals of internal medicine.. 2000 March 21132 (6):488-93. Epub 1900 01 01.

Seven Legal Barriers to End-of-Life Care: Myths, Realities and Grains of Truth.

Meisel A, Snyder L, Quill TE.

JAMA. 2000; 284: 2485-2501.

Same old seventeen-dollar lamps.

Quill TE

Annals of internal medicine.. 1999 June 15130 (12):1022-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

A consensus-based approach to providing palliative care to patients who lack decision-making capacity. ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

Karlawish JH, Quill T, Meier DE

Annals of internal medicine.. 1999 May 18130 (10):835-40. Epub 1900 01 01.

Discussing palliative care with patients. ACP-ASIM End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel. American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

Lo B, Quill T, Tulsky J

Annals of internal medicine.. 1999 May 4130 (9):744-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Preparing the ground: contributions of the preclinical years to medical education for care near the end of life. Working Group on the Pre-clinical Years of the National Consensus Conference on Medical Education for Care Near the End of Life.

Barnard D, Quill T, Hafferty FW, Arnold R, Plumb J, Bulger R, Field M

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 1999 May 74 (5):499-505. Epub 1900 01 01.

Somatization reconsidered: incorporating the patient's experience of illness.

Epstein RM, Quill TE, McWhinney IR

Archives of internal medicine.. 1999 February 8159 (3):215-22. Epub 1900 01 01.

A national survey of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in the United States.

Meier DE, Emmons CA, Wallenstein S, Quill T, Morrison RS, Cassel CK

The New England journal of medicine.. 1998 April 23338 (17):1193-201. Epub 1900 01 01.

The debate over physician-assisted suicide: empirical data and convergent views.

Quill TE, Meier DE, Block SD, Billings JA

Annals of internal medicine.. 1998 April 1128 (7):552-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Recognizing and calibrating to barriers in doctor patient communication.

Quill TE.

Ann Intern Med. 1998; 111: 51-57.

Palliative Care Textbooks Come of Age.

Quill TE, Billings JA.

Ann Intern Med. 1998; 129: 590-4.

Principle of double effect and end-of-life pain management: additional myths and a limited role.

Quill TE

Journal of palliative medicine.. 1998 1 (4):333-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Palliative options of last resort: a comparison of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, terminal sedation, physician-assisted suicide, and voluntary active euthanasia.

Quill TE, Lo B, Brock DW

JAMA.. 1997 December 17278 (23):2099-104. Epub 1900 01 01.

The rule of double effect--a critique of its role in end-of-life decision making.

Quill TE, Dresser R, Brock DW

The New England journal of medicine.. 1997 December 11337 (24):1768-71. Epub 1900 01 01.

Physician-assisted suicide. A private, professional, and public challenge.

Hermann JF, Quill TE, Levy MH

Cancer practice. 1997 5 (3):182-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

End-of-life care in The Netherlands and the United States: a comparison of values, justifications, and practices.

Quill TE, Kimsma G

Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees.. 1997 6 (2):189-204. Epub 1900 01 01.

Physician recommendations and patient autonomy: finding a balance between physician power and patient choice.

Quill TE, Brody H

Annals of internal medicine.. 1996 November 1125 (9):763-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Can physician-assisted suicide be regulated effectively?

Miller FG, Brody H, Quill TE.

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 1996; 24: 225-32.

'You promised me I wouldn't die like this!' A bad death as a medical emergency.

Quill TE, Brody RV

Archives of internal medicine.. 1995 June 26155 (12):1250-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nonabandonment: a central obligation for physicians.

Quill TE, Cassel CK

Annals of internal medicine.. 1995 March 1122 (5):368-74. Epub 1900 01 01.

When all else fails.

Quill TE.

Pain Forum. 1995; 4: 189-91.

Regulating physician-assisted death.

Miller FG, Quill TE, Brody H, Fletcher JC, Gostin LO, Meier DE

The New England journal of medicine.. 1994 July 14331 (2):119-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Discontinuing an Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator as a life-sustaining treatment.

Quill TE, Sussman B, Barold SS.

Amer J Cardio. 1994; 74: 205-7.

Assisted Suicide: Sheer Cliff or Clinical Reality?

Quill TE.

JAMA. 1994; 271: 23-24.

Physician-assisted death: progress or peril?

Quill TE

Suicide & life-threatening behavior.. 1994 24 (4):315-25. Epub 1900 01 01.

The ambiguity of clinical intentions.

Quill TE

The New England journal of medicine.. 1993 September 30329 (14):1039-40. Epub 1900 01 01.

Calcium supplementation and bone mineral density in adolescent girls.

Lloyd T, Andon MB, Rollings N, Martel JK, Landis JR, Demers LM, Eggli DF, Kieselhorst K, Kulin HE

JAMA.. 1993 August 18270 (7):841-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Somatization. Why can't we see the forest for the trees?

Rabinowitz B, Williams G, Quill TE

General hospital psychiatry.. 1993 July 15 (4):208-10. Epub 1900 01 01.

Uncertainty and control: learning to live with medicine's limitations.

Quill TE, Suchman AL

Humane medicine. 1993 April 9 (2):109-20. Epub 1900 01 01.

"The Story of Diane"

Quill TE.

Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC. 1993; 6: 1-14.

Care of the hopelessly ill. Proposed clinical criteria for physician-assisted suicide.

Quill TE, Cassel CK, Meier DE

The New England journal of medicine.. 1992 November 5327 (19):1380-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effects of a hospital policy and state legislation on resuscitation orders for geriatric patients.

Quill TE, Bennett NM

Archives of internal medicine.. 1992 March 152 (3):569-72. Epub 1900 01 01.

"The facts concerning the recent carnival of smoking in Connecticut" and elsewhere.

Williams GC, Quill TE, Deci EL, Ryan RM

Annals of internal medicine.. 1991 July 1115 (1):59-63. Epub 1900 01 01.

Death and dignity. A case of individualized decision making.

Quill TE

The New England journal of medicine.. 1991 March 7324 (10):691-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bad news: delivery, dialogue, and dilemmas.

Quill TE, Townsend P

Archives of internal medicine.. 1991 March 151 (3):463-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Healthy approaches to physician stress.

Quill TE, Williamson PR.

Arch of Int Med. 1990; 150: 1857-61.

Physician patient familiarity and patient recall of medication changes.

Rost K, Roter D, Bertakis K, Quill T.

Family Medicine. 1990; 22: 452-57.

Capacity to remember drug changes: Deficits associated with diabetes.

Rost K, Roter D, Quill T, Bertakis K.

Diabetes Res and Clin Prac. 1990; 10: 183-87.

Utilization of nasogastric tubes in a group of chronically ill, elderly patients in a community hospital.

Quill TE.

Arch of Int Med. 1989; 149: 1937-1941.

The medicalization of normal variants: The case of mitral valve prolapse.

Quill TE, Lipkin M, Greenland P.

Journal of Gen Int Med. 1988; 3: 267-276.

Medical resident education. A cross-sectional study of the influence of the ambulatory preceptor as a role model.

Quill TE

Archives of internal medicine.. 1987 May 147 (5):971-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

The patient with chronic pain: A biopsychosocial approach.

Quill TE.

HMO Practice. 1987; 1: 98-104.

Somatization disorder. One of medicine's blind spots.

Quill TE

JAMA.. 1985 December 6254 (21):3075-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

The medical interview: a core curriculum for residencies in internal medicine.

Lipkin M, Quill TE, Napodano RJ

Annals of internal medicine.. 1984 February 100 (2):277-84. Epub 1900 01 01.

Health-care seeking by men in their spouse's pregnancy.

Quill TE, Lipkin M, Lamb GS

Psychosomatic medicine.. 1984 46 (3):277-83. Epub 1900 01 01.

Partnerships in patient care: a contractual approach.

Quill TE

Annals of internal medicine.. 1983 February 98 (2):228-34. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effect of a community hospital resuscitation policy on geriatric patients.

Quill TE, Stankaitis JA, Krause CR.

NYS Journal of Medicine. : 622-625.

Giant cell arteritis in a 20 year old black man: A cause of intermittent calf claudication.

Fiore W, Penn TE, Quill T, et. al.

J Vascular Surgery. 4: l92-l95.

Books

Primer of Palliative Care, 6th Edition. (2014)

Authors: Quill TE, Bower KA, Holloway RG, Shah MS, Caprio TV, Olden A, Storey CP (Eds.)

Publisher: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Press, Chicago 2014

Palliative Care and Ethics (2014)

Authors: Quill TE, Miller FG

Publisher: Oxford University Press 2014

Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (2012)

Chapter: Palliative Care

Authors: Quill TE, Shah MJ

Publisher: J Hogrefe Publishing 2012

Surviving Health Care (2010)

Chapter: The Hardest Decisions: When Treatment Stops Working

Authors: Quill, T; Shah, M.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2010

Manual of Heart Failure Management (2009)

Chapter: Palliative Care and CHF"

Authors: Olden, A.; Quill, T

Publisher: Springer Publishing 2009

Bioethics Briefing Book (2008)

Chapter: Physician Assisted Death

Authors: Quill, T.E., Greenlaw, J

Publisher: Hastings Center, Garrison, NY 2008

The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (2007)

Chapter: Palliative Care

Authors: Sahler, OJ, Carr JE (eds)

Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber, Cambridge, MA 2007

The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care (2nd edition). (2007)

Authors: Quill TE, Shah MS.

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe & Huber 2007

Biomedical Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Moral Issues in Medicine and (2007)

Chapter: How Much Suffering is Enough?

Authors: How Much Suffering is Enough

Publisher: University Press of New England 2007

The Case for Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient (2004)

Authors: Quill TE, Battin M. (Eds)

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press 2004

Biopsychosocial Medicine: Past, Present, Future (2003)

Authors: Frankel R, Quill TE, McDaniel S (Eds)

Publisher: University of Rochester Press 2003

Geriatric Palliative Care (2003)

Chapter: Decision-Making for the Cognitively Impaired.

Authors: Quill, TE, McCann, R

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York 2003

Death is That Man Taking Names (2003)

Authors: Burt R Quill TE (Book Review)

Publisher: NEJM 2003

Physician Guide to End-of-Life Care (2002)

Authors: Snyder, L Quill, TE (Eds)

Publisher: ACP-ASIM Publishing 2002

Palliative End-of-Life Pearls (2002)

Authors: Quill, TE, Priddy, B

Publisher: Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia 2002

Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground (2002)

Chapter: Palliative Treatments of Last Resort: Choosing the Least Harmful Alternative.

Authors: Quill, TE, Coombs, Lee, B, Nunn, SJ

Publisher: Indiana University Press 2002

A Clear View From One Side of the Looking Glass (2002)

Authors: Quill TE (Book Review)

Publisher: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2002

Caring for Patients at the End of Life: Facing an Uncertain Future Together (2001)

Authors: Quill, TE

Publisher: Oxford University Press 2001

Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care (2001)

Chapter: Responding to Intractable Suffering: the Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids.

Authors: Quill, TE, Byock, IR

Publisher: ACP-ASIM, Philadelphia 2001

Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care (2001)

Chapter: Discussing Palliative Care with Patients

Authors: Lo, B, Quill, TE, Tulsky, J

Publisher: ACP-ASIM, Philadelphia 2001

Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care (2001)

Chapter: Legal Barriers to End-of-Life Care: Myths, Realities, and Grains of Truth

Authors: Meisel, A, Snyder, L, Quill, TE

Publisher: ACP-ASIM, Philadelphia 2001

Regulating How We Die: the Ethical, Medical and Legal Issues Surrounding Physici (2000)

Authors: Emanuel, LL (Ed) Quill TE (book review)

Publisher: Journal of Health Politics 2000

Somatization Reconsidered: Incorporating the Patient's Experience of Illness (1999)

Authors: Epstein RE, Quill TE

Publisher: Archives of Internal Medicine 1999

Partnerships in Healthcare: Transforming Relational Process. Ed. AL Suchman, P (1998)

Chapter: Partnerships in Do-Not-Resuscitate Decision Making.

Authors: Brachman LH, Quill TE.

Publisher: Rochester: University of Rochester Press 1998

Current Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Henderson, Wilson, Phillips, et al. (Eds (1997)

Chapter: Hospice Care.

Authors: Brody R, Quill TE.

Publisher: Appleton & Lange 1997

Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care, Feldman and Christensen (Eds.) (1997)

Chapter: Death and Dying

Authors: Quill TE, Eisman M.

Publisher: Appleton and Lange 1997

Midwife through the Dying Process. Stories of Healing and Hard Choices at the E (1996)

Authors: Quill, TE

Publisher: Baltimore 1996

Noble (Ed.) Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. (1996)

Chapter: Death and Dying.

Authors: Quill TE, Brody R.

Publisher: Mosby Yearbook 1996

The Medical Interview: Lipkin, Putnam, Lazare (Eds). (1995)

Chapter: Barriers to Effective Communication. Chapter in: , . New York

Authors: Quill TE

Publisher: Springer-Verlag 1995

Healthcare Ethics: Critical Issues (1994)

Chapter: "Care of the Hopelessly Ill: Proposed Clinical Criteria for Physician-Assisted Suicide".

Authors: Quill TE, Cassel CK, Meier, DE.

Publisher: Gaithersburg, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1994

Medicine Unbound: The Human Body and the Limits of Medical Intervention (1994)

Chapter: "Proposed Clinical Criteria for Physician-Assisted Suicide".

Authors: Quill TE, Cassel CK, Meier DE

Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press 1994

Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge. (1993)

Authors: Quill, TE

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. 1993

Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the (1991)

Chapter: (Book Review)

Authors: Quill TE

Publisher: NEJM 1991

Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: A Physician's Handbook (1988)

Authors: McGlynn TJ , Metcalf HL, Quill TE. (contributing author), (Eds)

Publisher: American Psychosomatic Press, Inc. 1988

The Consultation (1984)

Chapter: (Book Review)

Authors: Quill TE

Publisher: Annals of Internal Medicine 1984

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