Joseph A. Carrese

About

Joseph A. Carrese, MD, MPH, FACP is an emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an emeritus faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. His scholarship focuses on clinical ethics and professionalism, with a particular interest in medical education, examining ethical issues in the context of cultural diversity and clinical ethics consultation. Dr. Carrese has published peer-reviewed articles in leading medical and bioethics journals and has been a visiting professor at several academic medical institutions, as well as an invited speaker at many national and international meetings. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and was a founding Board member and Chair of the Academy for Professionalism in Healthcare. Dr. Carrese is a Fellow of the Hastings Center and holds leadership roles such as Chair of the Ethics Committee at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Chair of an Institutional Review Board at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research interests include clinical ethics, professionalism, and medical education, with a focus on ethical issues in diverse cultural contexts. He has received awards for his contributions to medical ethics education and has been actively involved in various professional organizations and committees.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Medical education
• Psychology
• Family medicine
• Nursing

Selected publications

• The Essential Role of Medical Ethics Education in Achieving Professionalism

  Academic Medicine · 2015-04-16 · 204 citations

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  This article-the Romanell Report-offers an analysis of the current state of medical ethics education in the United States, focusing in particular on its essential role in cultivating professionalism among medical learners. Education in ethics has become an integral part of medical education and training over the past three decades and has received particular attention in recent years because of the increasing emphasis placed on professional formation by accrediting bodies such as the Liaison Com…

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• Patient and Family Perspectives on Respect and Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit

  Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics · 2015-01-01 · 36 citations

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  Respect and dignity are central to moral life, and have a particular importance in health care settings such as the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted 15 semistructured interviews with 21 participants during an ICU admission to explore the definition of, and specific behaviors that demonstrate, respect and dignity during treatment in the ICU. We transcribed interviews and conducted thematic qualitative analysis. Seven themes emerged that focused on what it means to be treated with respect a…

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• What Patients with Addiction Disorders Need from Their Primary Care Physicians: A Qualitative Study

  Substance Abuse · 2015-09-11 · 34 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Although strong relationships between primary care providers (PCPs) and patients with addictive disease are essential for care, these relationships are often strained. Providers frequently have negative attitudes about treating these patients, in part due to the practical and psychosocial challenges that come with addictive disease. Resulting hostility frequently causes avoidance of primary care by patients with potentially increased morbidity. However, gaining knowledge of patient p…

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• ICU-RESPECT: An index to assess patient and family experiences of respect in the intensive care unit

  Journal of Critical Care · 2016-06-29 · 21 citations

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• Understanding Treatment with Respect and Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit

  Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics · 2015-01-01 · 21 citations

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  Despite wide recognition of the importance of treating patients with respect and dignity, little is known about what constitutes treatment in this regard. The intensive care unit (ICU) is a unique setting that can pose specific threats to treatment with respect and dignity owing to the critical state of patients, stress and anxiety amongst patients and their family members, and the highly technical nature of the environment. In attempt to understand various stakeholders' perspectives of treatmen…

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Frequent coauthors

• Darrell G. Kirch

  Association of American Medical Colleges

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• Stephen Wear

  University at Buffalo, State University of New York

  179 shared

• David J. Doukas

  175 shared

• Michael J. Green

  Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

  172 shared

• Laurence B. McCullough

  172 shared

• Lisa Soleymani Lehmann

  172 shared

• Lois LaCivita Nixon

  University of South Florida

  170 shared

• Johanna Shapiro

  Day Family Medicine

  170 shared

Awards & honors

• Fellow of the Hastings Center
• National Award for Scholarship in Medical Education at the S…
• ASBH Presidential Citation Award (2011)

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