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Nicholas Alexander Christakis, Ph.D., M.D.

TitleProfessor of Medical Sociology in the Department of Health Care Policy
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentHealth Care Policy
AddressHarvard Medical School
Dept. of Health Care Policy
180 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-5890
Other Positions
TitleProfessor of Medicine
InstitutionBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
DepartmentMedicine


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  1. Fowler JH, Christakis NA. A random world is a fair world. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 12; 110(7):2440-1.
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  2. Shakya HB, Christakis NA, Fowler JH. Parental influence on substance use in adolescent social networks. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Dec 1; 166(12):1132-9.
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  3. Fu F, Nowak MA, Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The evolution of homophily. Sci Rep. 2012; 2:845.
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  4. Chabris CF, Hebert BM, Benjamin DJ, Beauchamp J, Cesarini D, van der Loos M, Johannesson M, Magnusson PK, Lichtenstein P, Atwood CS, Freese J, Hauser TS, Hauser RM, Christakis N, Laibson D. Most reported genetic associations with general intelligence are probably false positives. Psychol Sci. 2012 Nov 1; 23(11):1314-23.
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  5. Landon BE, Keating NL, Barnett ML, Onnela JP, Paul S, O'Malley AJ, Keegan T, Christakis NA. Variation in patient-sharing networks of physicians across the United States. JAMA. 2012 Jul 18; 308(3):265-73.
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  6. Gulbahce N, Yan H, Dricot A, Padi M, Byrdsong D, Franchi R, Lee DS, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Mar JC, Calderwood MA, Baldwin A, Zhao B, Santhanam B, Braun P, Simonis N, Huh KW, Hellner K, Grace M, Chen A, Rubio R, Marto JA, Christakis NA, Kieff E, Roth FP, Roecklein-Canfield J, Decaprio JA, Cusick ME, Quackenbush J, Hill DE, Münger K, Vidal M, Barabási AL. Viral perturbations of host networks reflect disease etiology. PLoS Comput Biol. 2012; 8(6):e1002531.
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  7. Fu F, Tarnita CE, Christakis NA, Wang L, Rand DG, Nowak MA. Evolution of in-group favoritism. Sci Rep. 2012; 2:460.
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  8. Christakis NA, Fowler JH. Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human?behavior. Stat Med. 2013 Feb 20; 32(4):556-77.
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  9. O'Malley AJ, Arbesman S, Steiger DM, Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Egocentric social network structure, health, and pro-social behaviors in a national panel study of Americans. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e36250.
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  10. Onnela JP, Christakis NA. Spreading paths in partially observed social networks. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2012 Mar; 85(3 Pt 2):036106.
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  11. Strully KW, Fowler JH, Murabito JM, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Christakis NA. Aspirin use and cardiovascular events in social networks. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Apr; 74(7):1125-9.
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  12. Barnett ML, Christakis NA, O'Malley J, Onnela JP, Keating NL, Landon BE. Physician patient-sharing networks and the cost and intensity of care in US hospitals. Med Care. 2012 Feb; 50(2):152-60.
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  13. Apicella CL, Marlowe FW, Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers. Nature. 2012 Jan 26; 481(7382):497-501.
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  14. Christakis NA. Putting the social into science. Forget about nature vs. nurture. The answer lies in between. Time. 2011 Dec 19; 178(24):28.
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  15. Rand DG, Arbesman S, Christakis NA. Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Nov 29; 108(48):19193-8.
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  16. Block JP, Christakis NA, O'Malley AJ, Subramanian SV. Proximity to food establishments and body mass index in the Framingham Heart Study offspring cohort over 30 years. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Nov 15; 174(10):1108-14.
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  17. Pachucki MA, Jacques PF, Christakis NA. Social network concordance in food choice among spouses, friends, and siblings. Am J Public Health. 2011 Nov; 101(11):2170-7.
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  18. Barnett ML, Keating NL, Christakis NA, O'Malley AJ, Landon BE. Reasons for choice of referral physician among primary care and specialist physicians. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May; 27(5):506-12.
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  19. Arbesman S, Christakis NA. Eurekometrics: analyzing the nature of discovery. PLoS Comput Biol. 2011 Jun; 7(6):e1002072.
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  20. Barnett ML, Landon BE, O'Malley AJ, Keating NL, Christakis NA. Mapping physician networks with self-reported and administrative data. Health Serv Res. 2011 Oct; 46(5):1592-609.
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  21. Onnela JP, Arbesman S, González MC, Barabási AL, Christakis NA. Geographic constraints on social network groups. PLoS One. 2011; 6(4):e16939.
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  22. O'Malley AJ, Christakis NA. Longitudinal analysis of large social networks: estimating the effect of health traits on changes in friendship ties. Stat Med. 2011 Apr 30; 30(9):950-64.
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  23. Keating NL, O'Malley AJ, Murabito JM, Smith KP, Christakis NA. Minimal social network effects evident in cancer screening behavior. Cancer. 2011 Jul 1; 117(13):3045-52.
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  24. Fowler JH, Settle JE, Christakis NA. Correlated genotypes in friendship networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 1; 108(5):1993-7.
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  25. Hill AL, Rand DG, Nowak MA, Christakis NA. Infectious disease modeling of social contagion in networks. PLoS Comput Biol. 2010; 6(11):e1000968.
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  26. Christakis NA, Fowler JH. Social network sensors for early detection of contagious outbreaks. PLoS One. 2010; 5(9):e12948.
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  27. Jin L, Elwert F, Freese J, Christakis NA. Preliminary evidence regarding the hypothesis that the sex ratio at sexual maturity may affect longevity in men. Demography. 2010 Aug; 47(3):579-86.
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  28. Hill AL, Rand DG, Nowak MA, Christakis NA. Emotions as infectious diseases in a large social network: the SISa model. Proc Biol Sci. 2010 Dec 22; 277(1701):3827-35.
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  29. Rosenquist JN, Murabito J, Fowler JH, Christakis NA. The spread of alcohol consumption behavior in a large social network. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Apr 6; 152(7):426-33, W141.
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  30. Mednick SC, Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The spread of sleep loss influences drug use in adolescent social networks. PLoS One. 2010; 5(3):e9775.
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  31. Rosenquist JN, Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Social network determinants of depression. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Mar; 16(3):273-81.
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  32. Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 23; 107(12):5334-8.
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  33. Zeng Y, Gu D, Purser J, Hoenig H, Christakis N. Associations of environmental factors with elderly health and mortality in China. Am J Public Health. 2010 Feb; 100(2):298-305.
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  34. Cacioppo JT, Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Alone in the crowd: the structure and spread of loneliness in a large social network. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Dec; 97(6):977-91.
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  35. Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA. Responsibility and reflection: understanding our responses to perceived errors. A response to Woodward, Lemer and Wu. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov; 69(9):1294-5.
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  36. Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA. On the prospects for a blame-free medical culture. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov; 69(9):1287-90.
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  37. Smith KP, Christakis NA. Association between widowhood and risk of diagnosis with a sexually transmitted infection in older adults. Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov; 99(11):2055-62.
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  38. Chen LL, Blumm N, Christakis NA, Barabási AL, Deisboeck TS. Cancer metastasis networks and the prediction of progression patterns. Br J Cancer. 2009 Sep 1; 101(5):749-58.
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  39. Christakis NA. The anthroposphere is changing. BMJ. 2009; 338:b1534.
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  40. Hidalgo CA, Blumm N, Barabási AL, Christakis NA. A dynamic network approach for the study of human phenotypes. PLoS Comput Biol. 2009 Apr; 5(4):e1000353.
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  41. Park J, Lee DS, Christakis NA, Barabási AL. The impact of cellular networks on disease comorbidity. Mol Syst Biol. 2009; 5:262.
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  42. Lazer D, Pentland A, Adamic L, Aral S, Barabasi AL, Brewer D, Christakis N, Contractor N, Fowler J, Gutmann M, Jebara T, King G, Macy M, Roy D, Van Alstyne M. Social science. Computational social science. Science. 2009 Feb 6; 323(5915):721-3.
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  43. Fowler JH, Dawes CT, Christakis NA. Model of genetic variation in human social networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 10; 106(6):1720-4.
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  44. Christakis NA. This allergies hysteria is just nuts. BMJ. 2008; 337:a2880.
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  45. Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study. BMJ. 2008; 337:a2338.
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  46. Elwert F, Christakis NA. Wives and ex-wives: a new test for homogamy bias in the widowhood effect. Demography. 2008 Nov; 45(4):851-73.
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  47. Christakis NA. Valuing the well connected. BMJ. 2008; 337:a1675.
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  48. Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Estimating peer effects on health in social networks: a response to Cohen-Cole and Fletcher; and Trogdon, Nonnemaker, and Pais. J Health Econ. 2008 Sep; 27(5):1400-5.
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  49. Christakis NA. Too quietly into the night. BMJ. 2008; 337:a696.
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  50. Lee DS, Park J, Kay KA, Christakis NA, Oltvai ZN, Barabási AL. The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 22; 105(29):9880-5.
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  51. Christakis NA. Health care in a web. BMJ. 2008 Jun 28; 336(7659):1468.
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  52. Cadge W, Freese J, Christakis NA. The provision of hospital chaplaincy in the United States: a national overview. South Med J. 2008 Jun; 101(6):626-30.
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  53. Elwert F, Christakis NA. The effect of widowhood on mortality by the causes of death of both spouses. Am J Public Health. 2008 Nov; 98(11):2092-8.
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  54. Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The collective dynamics of smoking in a large social network. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22; 358(21):2249-58.
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  55. Christakis NA. Medicine may change our genes. BMJ. 2008 May 17; 336(7653):1101.
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  56. Christakis NA. Don't just blame the system. BMJ. 2008 Apr 5; 336(7647):747.
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  57. Connor SR, Elwert F, Spence C, Christakis NA. Racial disparity in hospice use in the United States in 2002. Palliat Med. 2008 Apr; 22(3):205-13.
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  58. Lamont EB, Herndon JE, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Measuring clinically significant chemotherapy-related toxicities using Medicare claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) trial participants. Med Care. 2008 Mar; 46(3):303-8.
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  59. Christakis NA. When networks can teach us about drug use. BMJ. 2008 Feb 23; 336(7641):420.
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  60. Subramanian SV, Elwert F, Christakis N. Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: the modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Feb; 66(4):873-84.
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  61. Zivin K, Christakis NA. The emotional toll of spousal morbidity and mortality. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Sep; 15(9):772-9.
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  62. Christakis NA, Fowler JH. The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 26; 357(4):370-9.
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  63. Connor SR, Elwert F, Spence C, Christakis NA. Geographic variation in hospice use in the United States in 2002. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Sep; 34(3):277-85.
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  64. Christakis NA. Advances in palliative care research methodology. Palliat Med. 2006 Dec; 20(8):725-6.
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  65. Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Hays JC, Olsen M, Arnold R, Christakis NA, Lindquist JH, Tulsky JA. Identifying, recruiting, and retaining seriously-ill patients and their caregivers in longitudinal research. Palliat Med. 2006 Dec; 20(8):745-54.
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  66. Lamont EB, Herndon JE, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Earle CC, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Measuring disease-free survival and cancer relapse using Medicare claims from CALGB breast cancer trial participants (companion to 9344). J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Sep 20; 98(18):1335-8.
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  67. Wen M, Christakis NA. Prospective effect of community distress and subcultural orientation on mortality following life-threatening diseases in later life. Sociol Health Illn. 2006 Jul; 28(5):558-82.
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  68. Christakis NA, Allison PD. Mortality after the hospitalization of a spouse. N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 16; 354(7):719-30.
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  69. Steinhauser KE, Voils CI, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, Christakis NA, Tulsky JA. "Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of life. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jan 9; 166(1):101-5.
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  70. Kristjanson LJ, Christakis N. Investigating euthanasia: methodological, ethical and clinical considerations. Palliat Med. 2005 Dec; 19(8):575-7.
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  71. Maltoni M, Caraceni A, Brunelli C, Broeckaert B, Christakis N, Eychmueller S, Glare P, Nabal M, Viganò A, Larkin P, De Conno F, Hanks G, Kaasa S. Prognostic factors in advanced cancer patients: evidence-based clinical recommendations--a study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Sep 1; 23(25):6240-8.
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  72. Wen M, Christakis NA. Neighborhood effects on posthospitalization mortality: a population-based cohort study of the elderly in Chicago. Health Serv Res. 2005 Aug; 40(4):1108-27.
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  73. Lamont EB, Herndon JE, Weeks JC, Henderson IC, Lilenbaum R, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Criterion validity of Medicare chemotherapy claims in Cancer and Leukemia Group B breast and lung cancer trial participants. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Jul 20; 97(14):1080-3.
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  74. Wen M, Cagney KA, Christakis NA. Effect of specific aspects of community social environment on the mortality of individuals diagnosed with serious illness. Soc Sci Med. 2005 Sep; 61(6):1119-34.
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  75. Chang VW, Christakis NA. Income inequality and weight status in US metropolitan areas. Soc Sci Med. 2005 Jul; 61(1):83-96.
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  76. Christakis NA. Social networks and collateral health effects. BMJ. 2004 Jul 24; 329(7459):184-5.
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  77. Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Voils CI, Tulsky JA. Measuring quality of life at the end of life: validation of the QUAL-E. Palliat Support Care. 2004 Mar; 2(1):3-14.
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  78. Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA. Marriage, widowhood, and health-care use. Soc Sci Med. 2003 Dec; 57(11):2137-47.
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  79. Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ. The health impact of health care on families: a matched cohort study of hospice use by decedents and mortality outcomes in surviving, widowed spouses. Soc Sci Med. 2003 Aug; 57(3):465-75.
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  80. Glare P, Virik K, Jones M, Hudson M, Eychmuller S, Simes J, Christakis N. A systematic review of physicians' survival predictions in terminally ill cancer patients. BMJ. 2003 Jul 26; 327(7408):195-8.
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  81. Lamont EB, Christakis NA. Complexities in prognostication in advanced cancer: "to help them live their lives the way they want to". JAMA. 2003 Jul 2; 290(1):98-104.
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  82. Lamont EB, Christakis NA, Lauderdale DS. Favorable cardiac risk among elderly breast carcinoma survivors. Cancer. 2003 Jul 1; 98(1):2-10.
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  83. Chang VW, Christakis NA. Self-perception of weight appropriateness in the United States. Am J Prev Med. 2003 May; 24(4):332-9.
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  84. Block S, Ganzini L, Burt R, Christakis N, Krakauer E. Why Oregon matters: death, assisted suicide and the principle of double effect. Med Ethics (Burlingt Mass). 2003; 10(2):4-7.
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  85. Iwashyna TJ, Chang VW, Zhang JX, Christakis NA. The lack of effect of market structure on hospice use. Health Serv Res. 2002 Dec; 37(6):1531-51.
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  86. Steinhauser KE, Bosworth HB, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Parker J, Tulsky JA. Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2002 Dec; 5(6):829-41.
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  87. Iwashyna TJ, Curlin FA, Christakis NA. Racial, ethnic, and affluence differences in elderly patients' use of teaching hospitals. J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Sep; 17(9):696-703.
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  88. Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ, Zhang JX. Care after the onset of serious illness: a novel claims-based dataset exploiting substantial cross-set linkages to study end-of-life care. J Palliat Med. 2002 Aug; 5(4):515-29.
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  89. Iwashyna TJ, Zhang JX, Christakis NA. Disease-specific patterns of hospice and related healthcare use in an incidence cohort of seriously ill elderly patients. J Palliat Med. 2002 Aug; 5(4):531-8.
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  90. Lamont EB, Christakis NA. Physician factors in the timing of cancer patient referral to hospice palliative care. Cancer. 2002 May 15; 94(10):2733-7.
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  91. Lamont EB, Lauderdale DS, Schilsky RL, Christakis NA. Construct validity of medicare chemotherapy claims: the case of 5FU. Med Care. 2002 Mar; 40(3):201-11.
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  92. Steinhauser KE, Christakis NA, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Grambow S, Parker J, Tulsky JA. Preparing for the end of life: preferences of patients, families, physicians, and other care providers. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2001 Sep; 22(3):727-37.
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  93. Chang VW, Christakis NA. Extent and determinants of discrepancy between self-evaluations of weight status and clinical standards. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 Aug; 16(8):538-43.
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  94. Lamont EB, Christakis NA. Prognostic disclosure to patients with cancer near the end of life. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jun 19; 134(12):1096-105.
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  95. Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA. Physicians, patients, and prognosis. West J Med. 2001 Apr; 174(4):253-4.
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  96. Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA. Signs of death. J Palliat Med. 2001; 4(4):451-2.
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  97. Steinhauser KE, Christakis NA, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, McIntyre L, Tulsky JA. Factors considered important at the end of life by patients, family, physicians, and other care providers. JAMA. 2000 Nov 15; 284(19):2476-82.
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  98. Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, McIntyre LM, Tulsky JA. In search of a good death: observations of patients, families, and providers. Ann Intern Med. 2000 May 16; 132(10):825-32.
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  99. Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ. Impact of individual and market factors on the timing of initiation of hospice terminal care. Med Care. 2000 May; 38(5):528-41.
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  100. Christakis NA, Lamont EB. Extent and determinants of error in physicians' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study. West J Med. 2000 May; 172(5):310-3.
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  101. Iwashyna TJ, Zhang JX, Lauderdale DS, Christakis NA. Refinements of a methodology for detecting married couples in the Medicare data. Demography. 2000 May; 37(2):251-2.
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  102. Christakis NA, Lamont EB. Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2000 Feb 19; 320(7233):469-72.
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  103. Zhang JX, Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA. The performance of different lookback periods and sources of information for Charlson comorbidity adjustment in Medicare claims. Med Care. 1999 Nov; 37(11):1128-39.
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  104. Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA, Becker LB. Neighborhoods matter: a population-based study of provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Oct; 34(4 Pt 1):459-68.
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  105. Becher EC, Christakis NA. Firearm injury prevention counseling: are We missing the mark? Pediatrics. 1999 Sep; 104(3 Pt 1):530-5.
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  106. Asch DA, Faber-Langendoen K, Shea JA, Christakis NA. The sequence of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from patients. Am J Med. 1999 Aug; 107(2):153-6.
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  107. Lamont EB, Christakis NA. Some elements of prognosis in terminal cancer. Oncology (Williston Park). 1999 Aug; 13(8):1165-70; discussion 1172-4, 1179-80.
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  108. Christakis NA. Prognostication and bioethics. Daedalus. 1999; 128(4):197-214.
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  109. Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ. Attitude and self-reported practice regarding prognostication in a national sample of internists. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Nov 23; 158(21):2389-95.
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  110. Iwashyna TJ, Zhang JX, Lauderdale DS, Christakis NA. A methodology for identifying married couples in Medicare data: mortality, morbidity, and health care use among the married elderly. Demography. 1998 Nov; 35(4):413-9.
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  111. Christakis NA. Predicting patient survival before and after hospice enrollment. Hosp J. 1998; 13(1-2):71-87.
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  112. Asch DA, Christakis NA, Ubel PA. Conducting physician mail surveys on a limited budget. A randomized trial comparing $2 bill versus $5 bill incentives. Med Care. 1998 Jan; 36(1):95-9.
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  113. Iwashyna TJ, Christakis NA. Attitude and self-reported practice regarding hospice referral in a national sample of internists. J Palliat Med. 1998; 1(3):241-8.
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  114. Christakis NA, Iwashyna TJ. Spousal illness burden is associated with delayed use of hospice care in terminally ill patients. J Palliat Med. 1998; 1(1):3-10.
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  115. Asch DA, Jedrziewski MK, Christakis NA. Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals. J Clin Epidemiol. 1997 Oct; 50(10):1129-36.
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  116. Christakis NA. The ellipsis of prognosis in modern medical thought. Soc Sci Med. 1997 Feb; 44(3):301-15.
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  117. Christakis NA, Escarce JJ. Survival of Medicare patients after enrollment in hospice programs. N Engl J Med. 1996 Jul 18; 335(3):172-8.
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  118. Christakis NA, Sachs GA. The role of prognosis in clinical decision making. J Gen Intern Med. 1996 Jul; 11(7):422-5.
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  119. Asch DA, Christakis NA. Why do physicians prefer to withdraw some forms of life support over others? Intrinsic attributes of life-sustaining treatments are associated with physicians' preferences. Med Care. 1996 Feb; 34(2):103-11.
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  120. Fox RC, Christakis NA. Perish and publish: non-heart-beating organ donation and unduly iterative ethical review. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1995 Dec; 5(4):335-42.
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  121. Christakis NA. The similarity and frequency of proposals to reform US medical education. Constant concerns. JAMA. 1995 Sep 6; 274(9):706-11.
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  122. Christakis NA, Asch DA. Medical specialists prefer to withdraw familiar technologies when discontinuing life support. J Gen Intern Med. 1995 Sep; 10(9):491-4.
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  123. Christakis NA, Asch DA. Physician characteristics associated with decisions to withdraw life support. Am J Public Health. 1995 Mar; 85(3):367-72.
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  124. Christakis NA, Jacobs JA, Messikomer CM. Change in self-definition from specialist to generalist in a national sample of physicians. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Nov 1; 121(9):669-75.
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  125. Feudtner C, Christakis DA, Christakis NA. Do clinical clerks suffer ethical erosion? Students' perceptions of their ethical environment and personal development. Acad Med. 1994 Aug; 69(8):670-9.
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  126. Christakis NA. Timing of referral of terminally ill patients to an outpatient hospice. J Gen Intern Med. 1994 Jun; 9(6):314-20.
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  127. Asch DA, Christakis NA. Different response rates in a trial of two envelop styles in mail survey research. Epidemiology. 1994 May; 5(3):364-5.
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  128. Schulman KA, McDonald RC, Lynn LA, Frank I, Christakis NA, Schwartz JS. Screening surgeons for HIV infection: assessment of a potential public health program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1994 Mar; 15(3):147-55.
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  129. Christakis NA, Asch DA. Biases in how physicians choose to withdraw life support. Lancet. 1993 Sep 11; 342(8872):642-6.
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  130. Christakis NA. Ethics are local: engaging cross-cultural variation in the ethics for clinical research. Soc Sci Med. 1992 Nov; 35(9):1079-91.
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  131. Christakis NA, Fox RC. Informed consent in Africa. N Engl J Med. 1992 Oct 8; 327(15):1101-2; author reply 1103.
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  132. Christakis NA. Ethical, methodological, and political issues of AIDS research in Central Africa. Soc Sci Med. 1992 Mar; 34(5):589-90.
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  133. Ryan ET, Ecker JL, Christakis NA, Folkman J. Hirschsprung's disease: associated abnormalities and demography. J Pediatr Surg. 1992 Jan; 27(1):76-81.
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  134. Christakis NA, Panner MJ. Existing international ethical guidelines for human subjects research: some open questions. Law Med Health Care. 1991 Fall-Winter; 19(3-4):214-21.
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  135. Christakis NA, Lynn LA, Castelo A. Clinical AIDS research that evaluates cost effectiveness in the developing world. IRB. 1991 Jul-Aug; 13(4):6-8.
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  136. Christakis NA, Panner MJ. Appropriate collaboration between industry and government in the development of an AIDS vaccine. Law Med Health Care. 1989; 17(2):130-8.
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  137. Christakis NA. Responding to a pandemic: international interests in AIDS control. Daedalus. 1989; 113-34.
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  138. Christakis NA. The ethical design of an AIDS vaccine trial in Africa. Hastings Cent Rep. 1988 Jun-Jul; 18(3):31-7.
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  139. Christakis NA. Should IRBs monitor research more strictly? IRB. 1988 Mar-Apr; 10(2):8-10.
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  140. Panner MJ, Christakis NA. The limits of science in on-the-job drug screening. Hastings Cent Rep. 1986 Dec; 16(6):7-12.
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  141. Christakis N, Panner M. Baby Fae and the media: how the law allows appropriate access. IRB. 1986 Mar-Apr; 8(2):5-7.
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  142. Kachar B, Christakis NA, Reese TS, Lane NJ. The intramembrane structure of septate junctions based on direct freezing. J Cell Sci. 1986 Feb; 80:13-28.
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  143. Christakis N. Do medical student research subjects need special protection? IRB. 1985 May-Jun; 7(3):1-4.
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  144. Neidhart JA, Christakis N, Metz EN, Balcerzak SP, LoBuglio AF. Skin test conversion following transfer factor. A double-blinded study of normal individuals. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1978 Feb; 61(2):115-8.
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