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Joanne Wolfe

Joanne Wolfe
Primary Position
Division Chief, Pediatric Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Other
Other Education/Training
Medicine
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Dr. Joanne Wolfe isthe Division Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care in the Department ofPsychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) andthe Director of Palliative Care at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB)
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Dept of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Smith 206, 450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone(s)
617-632-5286 FAX-617-632-2270
Keywords
Suffering
Decision-Making
End-of-Life Care
Interdisciplinary Care
Publications of Interest

Wolfe J, Hinds P, Sourkes B (Eds). Textbook of Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care, 1st edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier. 2011

Feudtner C, Kang T, Hexem K, Friedrichsdorf S, Osenga K, Siden H, Friebert S, Hays R, Dussel V, Wolfe, J. Patients Receiving Pediatric Palliative Care Consultations: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Pediatrics, 2011 Jun;127(6):1094-10, Epub 2011 May 9.

Dussel V, Bona K, Heath JA, Hilden JM, Weeks JC, Wolfe J. Unmeasured costs of a child’s death: Perceived financial burden, work disruptions, and economic coping strategies used by American and Australian families who lost a child to cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2011;29(9):1007-1013. Epub 2011 Jan 4.

Bona K, Bates J, Wolfe J. Massachusetts’ Pediatric Palliative Care Network: Successful implementation of a novel state-funded pediatric palliative care program. Journal of Palliative Medicine. Palliat Med. 2011 Nov;14(11):1217-23. Epub 2011 Aug 8.

Ullrich CK, Dussel V, Hilden JM, Shaeffer JW, Lehmann L, Wolfe J. End-of-life experience of children undergoing stem cell transplantation for malignancy: parent and provider perspectives and patterns of care. Blood. 2010 May 13;115(19):3879-85.