Ursula K. Braun, M.D., MPH
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Positions
- Associate Professor
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Medicine-Geriatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Director
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Palliative Care
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Professional Interests
- Decision making for end-of-life care, surrogate decision-making, racial/ethnic disparities in end-of-life care, dementia
Websites
Selected Publications
- Spitzer M, Braun U, Hermle L, Maier S "Associative semantic network dysfunction in thought-disordered schizophrenic patients: direct evidence from indirect semantic priming.." Biol. Psychiatry. 1993 Dec 15;34(12):864-77. Pubmed PMID: 8110913
- Harris PF, Arnold RM, Braun UK, Fromme E, Ghermay R, Harman S, Jayes RL, Walling AM "Update in palliative care - 2011.." J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May;27(5):582-7. Pubmed PMID: 22127796
- Braun UK, Beyth RJ, Ford ME, McCullough LB "Voices of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic surrogates on the burdens of end-of-life decision making.." J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Mar;23(3):267-74. Pubmed PMID: 18172738
- Braun UK, Kunik ME, Pham C "Treating depression in terminally ill patients can optimize their physical comfort at the end of life and provide them the opportunity to confront and prepare for death.." Geriatrics. 2008 Jun;63(6):25-7. Pubmed PMID: 18512998
- Dy SM, Harman SM, Braun UK, Howie LJ, Harris PF, Jayes RL "To stent or not to stent: an evidence-based approach to palliative procedures at the end of life.." J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Apr;43(4):795-801. Pubmed PMID: 22464354
- Braun UK, Ford ME, Beyth RJ, McCullough LB "The physician's professional role in end-of-life decision-making: Voices of racially and ethnically diverse physicians.." Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Jul;80(1):41342. Pubmed PMID: 19948388
- Lin AP, Orengo-Nania S, Braun UK "The PCP's role in chronic open-angle glaucoma.." Geriatrics. 2009 Jul;64(7):20-8. Pubmed PMID: 19586087
- Poon IO, Lal L, Brown EN, Braun UK "The impact of pharmacist-managed oral anticoagulation therapy in older veterans.." J Clin Pharm Ther. 2007 Feb;32(1):21-9. Pubmed PMID: 17286786
- Braun UK, Naik AD, McCullough LB "Reconceptualizing the experience of surrogate decision making: reports vs genuine decisions.." Ann Fam Med.;7(3):249-53. Pubmed PMID: 19433843
- Poon I, Lal LS, Ford ME, Braun UK "Racial/ethnic disparities in medication use among veterans with hypertension and dementia: a national cohort study.." Ann Pharmacother. 2009 Feb;43(2):185-93. Pubmed PMID: 19193586
- Poon I, Lal LS, Ford ME, Braun UK "Racial/Ethnic differences in blood pressure control and medication utilization in a cohort of older veterans with dementia.." Am J Ther.;17(1):34-41. Pubmed PMID: 19535967
- Braun UK, McCullough LB, Beyth RJ, Wray NP, Kunik ME, Morgan RO "Racial and ethnic differences in the treatment of seriously ill patients: a comparison of African-American, Caucasian and Hispanic veterans.." J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Sep;100(9):1041-51. Pubmed PMID: 18807433
- Braun UK, McCullough LB "Preventing life-sustaining treatment by default.." Ann Fam Med.;9(3):250-6. Pubmed PMID: 21555753
- Krishnan LL, Petersen NJ, Snow AL, Cully JA, Schulz PE, Graham DP, Morgan RO, Braun U, Moffett ML, Yu HJ, Kunik ME "Prevalence of dementia among Veterans Affairs medical care system users.." Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2005;20(4):245-53. Pubmed PMID: 16088141
- Kunik ME, Braun U, Stanley MA, Wristers K, Molinari V, Stoebner D, Orengo CA "One session cognitive behavioural therapy for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.." Psychol Med. 2001 May;31(4):717-23. Pubmed PMID: 11352373
- Poon IO, Braun U "High prevalence of orthostatic hypotension and its correlation with potentially causative medications among elderly veterans.." J Clin Pharm Ther. 2005 Apr;30(2):173-8. Pubmed PMID: 15811171
- Asghar-Ali AA, Wagle KC, Braun UK "Depression in terminally ill patients: dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment.." J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 May;45(5):926-33. Pubmed PMID: 23571209
- Abbas Asghar-Ali A, Braun UK "Depression in geriatric patients.." Minerva Med.. 2009 Feb;100(1):105-13. Pubmed PMID: 19277008
- Braun UK, Beyth RJ, Ford ME, McCullough LB "Defining limits in care of terminally ill patients.." BMJ. 2007 Feb 3;334(7587):239-41. Pubmed PMID: 17272566
- Braun UK, Rabeneck L, McCullough LB, Urbauer DL, Wray NP, Lairson DR, Beyth RJ "Decreasing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube feeding for veterans with dementia-racial differences remain.." J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Feb;53(2):242-8. Pubmed PMID: 15673347
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