Dr. Jane Lucile Givens MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
88 E Newton St Boston MA, 02118About
Dr. Jane Givens practices Geriatric Medicine in Boston, MA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Givens works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
1987 MD 1987
University of California 1997
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Depressed medical students' use of mental health services and barriers to use.
- Concerns about end-of-life care and support for euthanasia.
- Healthcare proxies of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: decisions they confront and their satisfaction with decision-making.
- The clinical course of advanced dementia.
- Racial and ethnic differences in hospice use among patients with heart failure.
- Survival and comfort after treatment of pneumonia in advanced dementia.
- Mental health and exposure to patient distress among families of nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
- Grief among family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
- Cholinesterase inhibitor and memantine use in newly admitted nursing home residents with dementia.
- Negotiating depression treatment with older adults: primary care providers' perspectives.
- Hospital transfers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
- The study of pathogen resistance and antimicrobial use in dementia: study design and methodology.
- The quality of advanced dementia care in the nursing home: the role of special care units.
- Depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers: role of mediating factors.
- Encouraging trends in acute myocardial infarction survival in the oldest old.
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