Michael Rabow, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

He completed fellowships at UCSF in general medicine, as well as in medical education research and is board-certified in internal medicine and hospice & palliative care. For 25 years previously, Dr. Rabow was in the Division of General Medicine and continued an active primary care practice along with his work in palliative care.

Program Development Dr. Rabow directs a leading outpatient palliative care program-- the Symptom Management Service-- at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. One of the largest palliative care programs in a cancer center nationally, the Symptom Management Service currently provides outpatient palliative care co-management in more than 30 half-day clinics weekly across three campuses at UCSF. He was the founding director of the UCSF/Mount Zion Hospital and Bakar Hospital Palliative Care Consultation Services.

Research Dr. Rabow is a national expert in outpatient palliative care research and service delivery. He has conducted both controlled and longitudinal trials of outpatient palliative care consultation, as well as multiple surveys of current outpatient palliative care consultation practices nationally. He is currently part of a PCORI study examining home-based palliative care. He lectures widely and has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of palliative care, spirituality, family caregiving, and end-of-life care education.

Consultation An expert in Community-Based Palliative Care, Dr. Rabow also serves as a consultant to medical centers nationally working to develop or expand their palliative care services, and as a consultant to numerous prominent professional or philanthropic organizations dedicated to expanding palliative care access and quality. Dr. Rabow served as the lead of the project advisory board for the “Improving Palliative Care in the Outpatient Setting” (IPAL-OP) initiative at the Center to Advance Palliative Care. He directed the outpatient palliative care service assessment team for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Dr. Rabow is on the advisory board to the Palliative Care Institute of the California State University at San Marcos, which provides online education and certification for members of the palliative care interdisciplinary team.

Dr. Rabow is one of the leads of the UCSF Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) and a member of the curriculum development committee for the PCLC Initiative nationally. The PCLC Initiative has trained more than 1000 hospital- and community-based palliative care programs in the United States. Previously, Dr. Rabow helped direct the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services, the first program to support the development of hospital-based palliative care services in California. In addition, Dr. Rabow served as a technical advisor and member of the leadership team for the Archstone Foundation’s Hospital-Based Palliative Care Service Innovations project.

Education Dr. Rabow is the founding director of the Center for Education in Palliative Care at UCSF/Mount Zion, which also serves as the central hub for palliative care education across the UCSF enterprise. Dr. Rabow is an active member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. He was Assistant Editor for the bimonthly section in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled “Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life.” This series now appears as a palliative care textbook, Care at the Close of Life. For 15 years, he served as the Director of the Center for the Study of the Healer’s Art at the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal in California. Dr. Rabow is the Associate Editor of the world’s best-selling annually-updated general medicine textbook, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. Dr. Rabow is the executive producer of “The Caregivers” documentary film and accompanying family caregiver handbook.

Major Awards In addition to numerous UCSF teaching awards and awards for research presentations at national meetings, in 2016, Dr. Rabow was selected as the winner of the AAHPM PDIA National Palliative Care Leadership Award. He is a past recipient of the Soros Project on Death in America award and the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award.

• Practical considerations when providing palliative care to patients with neuroendocrine tumors in the context of routine disease management or hospice care.
  Endocrine-related cancer 2023 Del Rivero J, Mailman J, Rabow MW, Chan JA, Creed S, Kennecke HF, Pasieka J, Zuar J, Singh S, Fishbein L
• Differential Use of Outpatient Palliative Care by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2023 Digitale JC, Nouri SS, Cohen EL, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Bischoff KE
• Should Outpatient Palliative Care Clinics in Cancer Centers be Stand Alone or Embedded?
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Zimmermann C, Buss MK, Rabow MW, Hannon B, Hui D
• Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2022 Emanuel LL, Solomon S, Chochinov HM, Delgado Guay MO, Handzo G, Hauser J, Kittelson S, O'Mahony S, Quest TE, Rabow MW, Schoppee TM, Wilkie DJ, Yao Y, Fitchett G
• Embedding palliative care in a neuro-oncology clinic at an academic medical center: Our structure, experience, and lessons learned.
  Neuro-oncology advances 2022 Calton B, Rabow M, Page M, Rossi R, Oberheim-Bush N, Chang S, Taylor JW
• Poetry as a Healing Modality in Medicine: Current State and Common Structures for Implementation and Research.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2022 Kwok I, Keyssar JR, Spitzer L, Kojimoto G, Hauser J, Ritchie CS, Rabow M
• Association of mental health diagnosis with race and all-cause mortality after a cancer diagnosis: Large-scale analysis of electronic health record data.
  Cancer 2021 Chen WC, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Rabow MW, Kaplan LE, Tenenbaum JD, Morin O, Park CC, Hong JC
• Epilogue: Reflections from International Mentors of the Quality Improvement Training Programme in India.
  Indian journal of palliative care 2021 Lorenz K, Dy S, DeNatale M, Rabow MW, Spruijt O, Anderson K, Agar M, Mickelsen J, Vallath N
• A multidisciplinary team-based approach with lifestyle modification and symptom management to address the impact of androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer: A randomized phase II study.
  Urologic oncology 2021 Pollock Y, Zhang L, Kenfield SA, Van Blarigan EL, Rodvelt T, Rabow M, Macaire G, Weinberg R, Topp K, Friedlander T, Lin A, Fong L, Kim W, Ma B, Hough J, Lee M, Paciorek A, Ryan CJ, Chan JM, Small E, …
• Palliative Care Education During COVID-19: The MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care at UCSF/Mt. Zion.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2021 Rabow MW, Keyssar JR, Long J, Aoki M, Kojimoto G
• The Experience of Complex Pain Dynamics in Oncology Outpatients: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis.
  Cancer nursing 2021 Schumacher KL, Plano Clark VL, Rabow MW, Paul SM, Miaskowski C
• Interim Analysis of Attrition Rates in Palliative Care Study on Dignity Therapy.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2021 Samuels V, Schoppee TM, Greenlee A, Gordon D, Jean S, Smith V, Reed T, Kittelson S, Quest T, O'Mahony S, Hauser J, Guay MOD, Rabow MW, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Chochinov HM, Yao Y, Wilkie DJ
• Witnesses and Victims Both: Healthcare Workers and Grief in the Time of COVID-19.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2021 Rabow MW, Huang CS, White-Hammond GE, Tucker RO
• Staffing in California Public Hospital Palliative Care Clinics: A Report from the California Health Care Foundation Palliative Care in Public Hospitals Learning Community.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Rabow MW, Parrish M, Kinderman A, Freedman J, Harris H, Cox D, Liao S, Yu K, Ward K, Landau C, Kerr K
• Patient and Caregiver Experience with Outpatient Palliative Care Telemedicine Visits.
  Palliative medicine reports 2020 Calton B, Shibley WP, Cohen E, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, O'Riordan DL, Bischoff KE
• Requiring the Healer's Art Curriculum to Promote Professional Identity Formation Among Medical Students.
  The Journal of medical humanities 2020 Lawrence EC, Carvour ML, Camarata C, Andarsio E, Rabow MW
• Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Patients Seen by Specialty Palliative Care Teams at Home Versus in Clinic.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Smith GM, Calton BA, Rabow MW, Marks AK, Bischoff KE, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan DL
• The Palliative Care-Promoting Access and Improvement of the Cancer Experience (PC-PAICE) Project in India: A Multisite International Quality Improvement Collaborative.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Lorenz KA, Mickelsen J, Vallath N, Bhatnagar S, Spruyt O, Rabow M, Agar M, Dy SM, Anderson K, Deodhar J, Digamurti L, Palat G, Rayala S, Sunilkumar MM, Viswanath V, Warrier JJ, Gosh-Laskar S, Harman …
• Challenges in Using Insurance Claims Data to Identify Palliative Care Patients for a Research Trial.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2020 Enguidanos S, Rahman A, Fields T, Mack W, Brumley R, Rabow M, Mert M
• Embedded palliative care for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a mixed-methods pilot study.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2020 Bischoff KE, Zapata C, Sedki S, Ursem C, O'Riordan DL, England AE, Thompson N, Alfaro A, Rabow MW, Atreya CE
• Generalist Palliative Care in the California Safety Net: A Structured Assessment to Design Interventions for a Range of Care Settings.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2020 Anderson WG, Parrish M, Kerr K, Kinderman A, Rabow M, Schoen M, Meyers K
• Thinking Outside the Visit: Primary Care Patient Perspectives on Helpful Advance Care Planning Methods.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Suen LW, Leyde S, Min K, Volow A, Rabow M, Sudore RL
• A Longitudinal Study of Predictors of Constipation Severity in Oncology Outpatients With Unrelieved Pain.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2019 Valenta S, Spichiger E, Paul SM, Rabow MW, Plano Clark VL, Schumacher KL, Miaskowski C
• Expanding Access to Home-Based Palliative Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Enguidanos S, Rahman A, Fields T, Mack W, Brumley R, Rabow M, Mert M
• Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2019 Swarm RA, Paice JA, Anghelescu DL, Are M, Bruce JY, Buga S, Chwistek M, Cleeland C, Craig D, Gafford E, Greenlee H, Hansen E, Kamal AH, Kamdar MM, LeGrand S, Mackey S, McDowell MR, Moryl N, Nabell LM,…
• Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Telepalliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Calton BA, Rabow MW, Branagan L, Dionne-Odom JN, Parker Oliver D, Bakitas MA, Fratkin MD, Lustbader D, Jones CA, Ritchie CS
• Feasibility of Implementing a Palliative Care Intervention for People with Heart Failure: Learnings from a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 O'Riordan DL, Rathfon MA, Joseph DM, Hawgood J, Rabow MW, Dracup KA, De Marco T, Pantilat SZ
• Dignity Therapy Led by Nurses or Chaplains for Elderly Cancer Palliative Care Outpatients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
  JMIR research protocols 2019 Kittelson S, Scarton L, Barker P, Hauser J, O'Mahony S, Rabow M, Delgado Guay M, Quest TE, Emanuel L, Fitchett G, Handzo G, Yao Y, Chochinov HM, Wilkie D
• Palliative care and imaging utilisation for patients with cancer.
  BMJ supportive & palliative care 2019 Raghavan K, Copeland TP, Rabow M, Ladenheim M, Marks A, Pantilat SZ, O'Riordan D, Seidenwurm D, Franc B
• Advance Care Planning in Community: An Evaluation of a Pilot 2-Session, Nurse-Led Workshop.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2018 Rabow MW, McGowan M, Small R, Keyssar R, Rugo HS
• Filling the Gap: Creating an Outpatient Palliative Care Program in Your Institution.
  American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting 2018 Finlay E, Rabow MW, Buss MK
• What We Do: Key Activities of an Outpatient Palliative Care Team at an Academic Cancer Center.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2018 Bischoff K, Yang E, Kojimoto G, Shepard Lopez N, Holland S, Calton B, Adkins SH, Cheng S, Miller BJ, Rabow MW
• Symptom Management and Palliative Care in Pancreatic Cancer.
  Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 2017 Rabow MW, Petzel MQB, Adkins SH
• The value of embedding: integrated palliative care for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2017 Rabow M, Small R, Jow A, Majure M, Chien A, Melisko M, Belkora J, Esserman LJ, Rugo H
• What Impact Do Chaplains Have? A Pilot Study of Spiritual AIM for Advanced Cancer Patients in Outpatient Palliative Care.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2017 Kestenbaum A, Shields M, James J, Hocker W, Morgan S, Karve S, Rabow MW, Dunn LB
• "She Would Be Flailing Around Distressed": The Critical Role of Home-Based Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2017 Calton BA, Thompson N, Shepard N, Keyssar R, Patel K, Dzul-Church V, Kao H, Ritchie C, Rabow MW
• The Current State of Palliative Care for Patients Cared for at Leading US Cancer Centers: The 2015 NCCN Palliative Care Survey.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2016 Calton BA, Alvarez-Perez A, Portman DG, Ramchandran KJ, Sugalski J, Rabow MW
• Insisting on the Healer's Art: The Implications of Required Participation in a Medical School Course on Values and Humanism.
  Teaching and learning in medicine 2016 Rabow MW, Lapedis M, Feingold A, Thomas M, Remen RN
• The Costs of Waiting: Implications of the Timing of Palliative Care Consultation among a Cohort of Decedents at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2015 Scibetta C, Kerr K, Mcguire J, Rabow MW
• New Frontiers in Outpatient Palliative Care for Patients With Cancer.
  Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 2015 Rabow MW, Dahlin C, Calton B, Bischoff K, Ritchie C
• Fostering a Quality of Care Culture in Community-Based Palliative Care: What Will It Take?
  Journal of palliative medicine 2015 Ritchie CS, Rabow MW
• "Taking your place at the table": an autoethnographic study of chaplains' participation on an interdisciplinary research team.
  BMC palliative care 2015 Kestenbaum A, James J, Morgan S, Shields M, Hocker W, Rabow M, Dunn LB
• Concurrent urologic and palliative care after cystectomy for treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
  Urologic oncology 2015 Rabow MW, Benner C, Shepard N, Meng MV
• Perceptions of palliative care among hematologic malignancy specialists: a mixed-methods study.
  Journal of oncology practice 2015 LeBlanc TW, O'Donnell JD, Crowley-Matoka M, Rabow MW, Smith CB, White DB, Tiver GA, Arnold RM, Schenker Y
• Author response to "scientific rigour is far more than a matter of sample size".
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2015 Rabow MW
• A statewide survey of adult and pediatric outpatient palliative care services.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Rabow MW, O'Riordan DL, Pantilat SZ
• Spiritual well-being among outpatients with cancer receiving concurrent oncologic and palliative care.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2014 Rabow MW, Knish SJ
• Pain medication management processes used by oncology outpatients and family caregivers part II: home and lifestyle contexts.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2014 Schumacher KL, Plano Clark VL, West CM, Dodd MJ, Rabow MW, Miaskowski C
• Pain medication management processes used by oncology outpatients and family caregivers part I: health systems contexts.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2014 Schumacher KL, Plano Clark VL, West CM, Dodd MJ, Rabow MW, Miaskowski C
• Chemotherapy near the end of life.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2014 Rabow MW
• Helping patients with serious illness live well through the promotion of adaptive coping: a report from the improving outpatient palliative care (IPAL-OP) initiative.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Jacobsen J, Kvale E, Rabow M, Rinaldi S, Cohen S, Weissman D, Jackson V
• Teaching in relationship: the impact on faculty of teaching "the Healer's Art".
  Teaching and learning in medicine 2014 Rabow MW, Newman M, Remen RN
• Oncologist factors that influence referrals to subspecialty palliative care clinics.
  Journal of oncology practice 2013 Schenker Y, Crowley-Matoka M, Dohan D, Rabow MW, Smith CB, White DB, Chu E, Tiver GA, Einhorn S, Arnold RM
• Moving upstream: a review of the evidence of the impact of outpatient palliative care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2013 Rabow M, Kvale E, Barbour L, Cassel JB, Cohen S, Jackson V, Luhrs C, Nguyen V, Rinaldi S, Stevens D, Spragens L, Weissman D
• The natural history of symptoms and distress in patients and families following cystectomy for treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer.
  The Journal of urology 2013 Benner C, Greenberg M, Shepard N, Meng MV, Rabow MW
• Adult cancer pain.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2013 Swarm RA, Abernethy AP, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Buga S, Cleeland C, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, Green M, Janjan NA, Kamdar MM, Levy MH, Lynch M, McDowell RM, Moryl N, Nesbit SA, …
• Palliative and oncologic co-management: symptom management for outpatients with cancer.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2013 Bischoff K, Weinberg V, Rabow MW
• The diverse landscape of palliative care clinics.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2013 Smith AK, Thai JN, Bakitas MA, Meier DE, Spragens LH, Temel JS, Weissman DE, Rabow MW
• Professional formation and deformation: repression of personal values and qualities in medical education.
  Family medicine 2013 Rabow MW, Evans CN, Remen RN
• The relationships among hope, pain, psychological distress, and spiritual well-being in oncology outpatients.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Rawdin B, Evans C, Rabow MW
• Caring for the older person with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  JAMA 2012 Fried TR, Vaz Fragoso CA, Rabow MW
• Palliative care in castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
  The Urologic clinics of North America 2012 Rabow MW, Lee MX
• Determination of cutpoints for low and high number of symptoms in patients with advanced cancer.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Gilbertson-White S, Aouizerat BE, Jahan T, Paul SM, West C, Schumacher K, Dodd MJ, Rabow M, Abu Raddaha AH, Miaskowski C
• Comparing Symptom Burden in Patients with Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Cancer.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Kim Y, Yen IH, Rabow MW
• Leveraging external resources to grow and sustain your palliative care program: a call to action.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2011 Pantilat SZ, Kerr KM, Kutner JS, Ferris FD, Rathfon MA, Rabow MW
• Professional development and the informal curriculum in end-of-life care.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2011 Baker M, Wrubel J, Rabow MW
• Symptom management in gynecologic malignancies.
  Expert review of anticancer therapy 2011 Casey C, Chen LM, Rabow MW
• The intersection of need and opportunity: assessing and capitalizing on opportunities to expand hospital-based palliative care services.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2010 Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Kerr K, Enguidanos S, Ferrell B, Goldstein R, Pankratz C, Picchi T, Rosenfeld KE, Stone SC
• Adult cancer pain.
  Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2010 Swarm R, Abernethy AP, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Blinderman CD, Boston B, Cleeland C, Coyle N, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, Janjan NA, Karver SB, Levy MH, Lynch M, Moryl N, Murphy BA, …
• Filming the family: a documentary film to educate clinicians about family caregivers of patients with brain tumors.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2010 Rabow MW, Goodman S, Chang S, Berger M, Folkman S
• Compassionate care during the endless hours.
  The journal of supportive oncology 2010 Rabow MW, Spiegel D, Rosenbaum EH
• Outpatient palliative care practices.
  Archives of internal medicine 2010 Rabow MW, Smith AK, Braun JL, Weissman DE
• Professional formation: extending medicine's lineage of service into the next century.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2010 Rabow MW, Remen RN, Parmelee DX, Inui TS
• Promise of professionalism: personal mission statements among a national cohort of medical students.
  Annals of family medicine 2009 Rabow MW, Wrubel J, Remen RN
• Emotional Intelligence in Internal Medicine Residents: Educational Implications for Clinical Performance and Burnout.
  Annals of behavioral science and medical education : journal of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education 2009 Satterfield J, Swenson S, Rabow M
• Palliative care for patients with head and neck cancer: "I would like a quick return to a normal lifestyle".
  JAMA 2008 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Management of intractable nausea and vomiting in patients at the end of life: "I was feeling nauseous all of the time . . . nothing was working".
  JAMA 2008 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• The Healer's art: education in meaning and service.
  Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 2008 Remen RN, O'Donnell JF, Rabow MW
• What it's really like: the complex role of medical students in end-of-life care.
  Teaching and learning in medicine 2008 Fernandes R, Shore W, Muller JH, Rabow MW
• Palliative management of fatigue at the close of life: "it feels like my body is just worn out".
  JAMA 2007 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Authentic community as an educational strategy for advancing professionalism: a national evaluation of the Healer's Art course.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2007 Rabow MW, Wrubel J, Remen RN
• Do as I say: curricular discordance in medical school end-of-life care education.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2007 Rabow M, Gargani J, Cooke M
• Evaluating the California Hospital Initiative in Palliative Services.
  Archives of internal medicine 2006 Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Citko J, von Gunten CF, Auerbach AD, Ferris FD
• Screening the soul: communication regarding spiritual concerns among primary care physicians and seriously ill patients approaching the end of life.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2006 Holmes SM, Rabow MW, Dibble SL
• The Healer's Art: professionalism, service and mission.
  Medical education 2005 Remen RN, Rabow MW
• Ethnic differences in pain among outpatients with terminal and end-stage chronic illness.
  Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2005 Rabow MW, Dibble SL
• Palliative care for patients with heart failure.
  JAMA 2004 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Overcoming the false dichotomy of "curative" vs "palliative" care for late-stage HIV/AIDS: "let me live the way I want to live, until I can't".
  JAMA 2004 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Supporting family caregivers at the end of life: "they don't know what they don't know".
  JAMA 2004 Rabow MW, Hauser JM, Adams J
• The comprehensive care team: a controlled trial of outpatient palliative medicine consultation.
  Archives of internal medicine 2004 Rabow MW, Dibble SL, Pantilat SZ, McPhee SJ
• Drawing on experience: physician artwork in a course on professional development.
  Medical education 2003 Rabow MW
• Patient perceptions of an outpatient palliative care intervention: "It had been on my mind before, but I did not know how to start talking about death...".
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2003 Rabow MW, Schanche K, Petersen J, Dibble SL, McPhee SJ
• Practical considerations in dialysis withdrawal: "to have that option is a blessing".
  JAMA 2003 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Alzheimer disease: "it's okay, mama, if you want to go, it's okay".
  JAMA 2003 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Content on end-of-life care in major pharmacy textbooks.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2003 Bookwalter TC, Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Responding to requests regarding prayer and religious ceremonies by patients near the end of life and their families.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2003 Lo B, Kates LW, Ruston D, Arnold RM, Cohen CB, Puchalski CM, Pantilat SZ, Rabow MW, Schreiber RS, Tulsky JA
• The comprehensive care team: a description of a controlled trial of care at the beginning of the end of life.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2003 Rabow MW, Petersen J, Schanche K, Dibble SL, McPhee SJ
• Volunteer patient advocacy: an interdisciplinary course on attending to patients at the end of life.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2002 Rabow MW, Petersen JJ, Schanche K
• Management of dyspnea in patients with far-advanced lung disease.
  JAMA 2002 Markowitz AJ, Rabow M
• Caring for bereaved patients: "All the doctors just suddenly go".
  JAMA 2002 Markowitz AJ, Rabow MW
• Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: a practical guide for physicians.
  JAMA 2002 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, Working Group on Religious and Spiritual Issues at…
• Deficiencies in end-of-life care content in medical textbooks.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• End-of-life care content in textbooks.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2001 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Perspectives on care at the close of life. Serving patients who may die soon and their families.
  JAMA 2001 Rabow MW, Markowitz AJ
• Promoting end-of-life content in cardiology and other textbooks.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Better books: end-of-life care content in best-selling oncology textbooks.
  Oncology 2001 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Doctoring to Heal: fostering well-being among physicians through personal reflection.
  The Western journal of medicine 2001 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Improving end-of-life care information in cardiology and other medical textbooks.
  Cardiology 2001 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• Music to be born to, music to die to.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2000 Anderson J, Baum M, Bero LA, Chalmers I, Chapman S, Deary IJ, Ebrahim S, Evans M, Farrell M, Greaves D, Higginson I, Hippisley-Cox J, James B, McKenzie H, Macaulay AC, Rabow M, Smyth RL, Stores G, …
• Finding our way--perspectives on care at the close of life.
  JAMA 2000 McPhee SJ, Rabow MW, Pantilat SZ, Markowitz AJ, Winker MA
• An evaluation of the end-of-life care content in leading neurology textbooks.
  Neurology 2000 Rabow MW, Fair JM, Hardie GE, McPhee SJ
• End-of-life care content in 50 textbooks from multiple specialties.
  JAMA 2000 Rabow MW, Hardie GE, Fair JM, McPhee SJ
• Beyond breaking bad news: how to help patients who suffer.
  The Western journal of medicine 1999 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ
• A failing grade for end-of-life content in textbooks: what is to be done?
  Journal of palliative medicine 1999 Rabow MW, McPhee SJ, Fair JM, Hardie GE
• The head of his bed.
  The Western journal of medicine 1997 Rabow MW