1990
Given, B., & Keilman, L. (1990). Cancer in the elderly
population: Research issues. Oncology Nursing Forum, 17(1),
121-123.
Lyles, J., King, S., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1990).
Social interaction, instrumental support and family caregiver
perception of support. Behavior, Health and Aging, 1(2),
105‑120.
Stommel, M., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1990). Depression
as an overriding variable explaining caregiver burdens. Journal
of Aging & Health, 2(1), 81-102.
Given, B., Stommel, M., Collins, C., King, S., & Given,
C. W. (1990). Responses of elderly spouse caregivers. Research
in Nursing & Health, 13(2), 77-85.
Given, B. (1990). Study Critique: Psychosocial adjustment to
recurrent cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 17(3), 53-54.
Given B., Keilman, L., Collins, C., & Given, C. W. (1990).
Strategies to minimize attrition in longitudinal studies. Nursing
Research, 39(3), 184-186.
Given, C. W., Given, B., & Stommel, M. (1990). Conceptualization
and measurement of family members' involvement in caregiving.
Unpublished manuscript.

Collins, C., Stommel, M., Given, C. W., & King, S. (1991).
Knowledge and use of community services among family caregivers
of Alzheimer's disease patients. Archives of Psychiatric
Nursing, 5(2), 84-90.
Collins, C., Stommel, M., King, S., & Given, C. W. (1991).
Assessment of the attitudes of family caregivers toward community
services. The Gerontologist, 31(6), 756-761.
Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1991). Family Caregivers of
Cancer Patients. In S.M. Hubbard, P. Greene, & M.T. Knobs
(Eds.), Current Issues in Cancer Nursing Practice (pp.
1-9), Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co.
Given, B. (1991). Interventions for clients with problems of
the stomach. In D. Ignatavicius, M. Bayne, & D. Spunt, (Eds.),
Medical‑surgical nursing (pp. 1303-1338). Philadelphia,
PA: W.B. Saunders Company.
Given, B. (1991). Compliance and Health Promotion Behaviors.
In S. Baird, R. McCorkle, & M. Grant (Eds.), Cancer nursing:
A comprehensive textbook (pp. 61-73). Philadelphia, PA:
W.B. Saunders.
Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1991). Family Caregiving for
the Elderly. In J.J. Fitzpatrick, R.L. Taunton, and A.K. Jacox
(Eds.), Annual Review of Nursing Research, 9, (pp. 77-101),
New York, NY: Sage Publications.
Lyles, J., King, S., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1991).
Social interaction, instrumental support, and family caregiver
perception of support. Behavior, Health & Aging, 1(2),
105-121.
Schmitt, N., Gogate, J., Rothert, M., Rovner, D., Holmes, M.,
Talarczyk, G., Given, B., & Kroll, J. (1991). Capturing
and clustering women's judgment policies: The case of hormonal
therapy for menopause. The Gerontological Society of America,
46(3), 92-101.
Jensen, S., & Given, B. (1991). Fatigue affecting family
caregivers of cancer patients. Cancer Nursing, 14(4),
181-187.
Given, B., Dwyer, T., Vredevoogd, J., & Given, B. (1991).
Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Reactions and Assistance.
In A.P. Pritchard (Ed.), Cancer Nursing: A Revolution in
Care. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference
on Cancer Nursing, London, 4th-9th September, 1988, 39-43.
Franklin, S., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1991). Elderly
Spouses' Responses to Caregiving. SEARCH, 14(2), 1-2.
King, S., Collins, C., Given, B., & Vredevoogd, J. (1991).
Institutionalization of an Elderly Family Member: Reactions
of Spouse and Non-Spouse Caregiver. Archives of Psychiatric
Nursing, 5(6), 323-330.
McCorkle, R., & Given, B. (1991). Meeting the Challenge
of Caring for Chronically Ill Adults. In P.L. Chinn (Ed.) Health
Policy Who Cares? (pp. 59-69). 17th Monograph Series No.
AAN-1IM 12/91. American Academy of Nursing, Kansas City, KS.
Barnes, C. L., Given, B., & Given C. W. (1991). Annotated
Bibliography for Hypertension Control Programs at the Worksite.
Worksite Health Promotion: Needs, Approaches, and Effectiveness
(Annotated Bibliography), (Center for Health Promotion -
Michigan Department of Public Health) pp. 55-73.

1992
Sienko, D. G., Osuch, J. R., Garlinghouse, C., Rakowski, V.,
& Given, B. (1992). The design and implementation of a community
breast cancer screening project. CA: A Cancer Journal for
Clinicians, 42(3), 163-176.
Given, C. W., Given, B., Stommel, M., Collins, C., King, S.,
& Franklin, S. (1992). The caregiver reaction assessment
(CRA) for caregivers to persons with chronic physical and mental
impairments. Research in Nursing and Health, 15(4), 271-283.
Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1992). Patient and family caregiver
reaction to new and recurrent breast cancer. Journal of the
American Medical Women's Association, 47(5), 201-212.
Stommel, M., Wang, S., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1992).
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) as a method to assess measurement
equivalence. Research in Nursing and Health, 15(5), 399-405.
Given, B., Given, C. W., & Stommel, M. (1992). Depression
and family caregiving: Measurement and Definition. In Conceptual
and Methodological Issues in Family Caregiving Research,
proceedings of the Invitational Conference on Family Caregiving
Research, University of Toronto, p. 20-30.
Barnes, C. L., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1992). Caregivers
of elderly relatives: Spouses and adult children. Health
and Social Work, 17(4), 241-320.

Stommel, M., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1993). The cost
of cancer care to families. Cancer, 71(5), 1867-74.
Given, C. W., Stommel, M., Given, B., Osuch, J., Kurtz, M.
E., & Kurtz, J. C. (1993). The influence of cancer patients'
symptoms and functional status on patients' depression and family
caregivers' reaction and depression. Health Psychology, 12(4),
277-285.
Kurtz, M. E., Given, B., Given, C. W., & Kurtz, J. C. (1993).
Relationships of barriers and facilitators to breast self-examination,
mammography, and clinical breast examination in a worksite population.
Cancer Nursing, 16(4), 251-259.
Kurtz, M. E., Kurtz, J. C., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1993).
Loss of physical functioning among patients with cancer: A longitudinal
view. Cancer Practice, 1(4), 275-281.
Given, B. (1993). Researchers: Where has all the Policy Gone?
Pacific Oncology Nursing Society Quarterly, 16(5), 3,10.
Given, B. (1993). The impact of home care for cancer patients.
In The Economic and Social Costs of Anemia in Cancer Patients
(Booklet and audiotape. Toltzis Communications 1879ORT, pp.
6-10). Glenside, PA: Toltzis Communications Inc.

Given, B., & Geraets, D. (1994). Antihypertensive Agents.
In C.L. Baer, & B.R. Williams (Eds.) (2nd Ed.), Clinical
Pharmacology and Nursing (pp. 534-561). Springhouse Corporation:
Springhouse, PA.
Kurtz, M. E., Kurtz, J. C., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1994).
Promotion of breast cancer screening in a work site population.
Health Care for Women International, 15, 31-42.
Collins, C., Stommel, M., Wang, S., & Given, C.W. (1994).
Caregiving transitions: Changes in depression among family caregivers
of relatives with dementia. Nursing Research, 43(4),
220-225
Collins, C., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1994). Interventions
with family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.
Nursing Clinics of North America, 29(1), 195-207.
Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1994). The home care of a patient
with cancer: The mid-life crisis. In E. Kahana, D. Biegel, &
M. Wykle (Eds.), Family Caregiving Through The Lifespan
(pp. 240-261). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Pohl, J.M., Collins, C.E., & Given, C.W. (1994). Family
caregiving characteristics: Referral to and use of home care
services following hospital discharge. [Program abstracts from
the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America, "Aging Cells to Aging Populations: Dynamics
of Later Life," November 18-22, 1994, Atlanta, GA], The
Gerontologist, 34(Special Issue 1), 347.
Given, C.W., Stommel, M., Wang, S., & Given, B. (1994).
Impact of new care demands and care transitions on caregiver
depression. [Program abstracts from the 47th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, "Aging
Cells to Aging Populations: Dynamics of Later Life," November
18-22, 1994, Atlanta, GA], The Gerontologist, 34(Special
Issue 1), 252.
Stommel, M., Collins, C., & Given, B. (1994). The costs
of family contributions to the care of persons with dementia.
The Gerontologist, 34(2), 199-205.
Stommel, M., Given, B., Given, C. W., Kalaian, H., Schulz,
R., & McCorkle, R. (1994). Gender bias in the measurement
properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression
Scale (CES-D). Psychiatry Research, 49, 239-250.
Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1994). Family home care for
individuals with cancer. Oncology, 8(5), 77-83.
Given, B., Given, C. W., & Harlan, A. (1994). Strategies
to meet the needs of the rural poor. Seminars in Oncology
Nursing, 10(2), 114-122.
Given, B., Given, C. W., Stommel, M., & Lin, C. (1994).
Predictors of use of secondary careers used by the elderly following
hospital discharge. Journal of Aging and Health, 6(3),
353-376.
Given, B., Given, C. W., & Stommel, M. (1994). Family and
out-of-pocket costs for women with breast cancer. Cancer
Practice, 2(3), 187-193.
Collins, C., King, S., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1994).
When is a service of service? Understanding community service
use among family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. In E. Light,
G. Neiderhe and B. Lebowitz (Eds.). Stress Effects on Family
Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients (pp. 316-329). Springer
Publishing Company.
Pohl, J., Given, C. W., Collins, C., & Given, B. (1994).
Social vulnerability and reactions to caregiving in daughters
and daughters-in-law caring for disabled aging parents. Health
Care for Women International, 15, 385-395.
Given, B. (1994). Capital updates: How research influences
policy. ONS Newsletter.
Kurtz, M. E., Given, B., Kurtz, J. C., & Given, C. W. (1994).
The interaction of age, symptoms, and survival status on physical
and mental health of patients with cancer and their families.
Cancer Supplement, 74(7), 2071-2078.
Given, C. W., Given, B., & Stommel, M. (1994). The impact
of age, treatment, and symptoms on the physical and mental health
of cancer patients: A longitudinal perspective. Cancer Supplement,
74(7), 2128-2138.
Given, B., Stover, D. & White, N. (1994). Nurse-centered
community networks, linking specialty cancer to rural areas.
Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Supplemental Issue,
62-65.

Given, B., Stover, D., White, N., Yancey, R., Knapp, J., Blair,
J., & File, S. (1995). Nurse managed clinics: Linking specialty
cancer care to rural areas. Michigan Nurse, 68(3), 11-12.
Given, B. (1995). Nurse researchers should influence health
policy. Advanced Nursing Research: Oncology Nursing Society
Special Interest Group Newsletter, 6(1), 1-4.
Kurtz, M. E., Kurtz, J., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1995).
Relationship of caregiver reactions and depression to cancer
patients' symptoms, functional states and depression CA longitudinal
view. Social Science and Medicine, 40(6), 837-846.
Given, B. (1995). Believing and dreaming to improve cancer
care. Oncology Nursing Forum, 22(6) 929-937.
Barnes, C., Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1995). Parent caregivers:
A comparison of employed and not employed daughters. Journal
of the National Association of Social Workers, 40(3), 375-381.
Given, B. (1995). Urban Health Care. Sigma Theta Tau International
Reflections, 21(2) 6-7.
Pohl, J.M., Boyd, C., Liang, J., & Given, C.W. (1995).
Analysis of the impact of mother-daughter relationships on the
commitment to caregiving. Nursing Research, 44(2), 68-75.
Pohl, J.M., Collins, C., & Given, C.W. (1995). Beyond patient
dependency: Family characteristics and access of elderly patients
to home care services following hospital discharge. Home
Health Care Services Quarterly, 15(4), 33-47.
Stommel, M., Given, B., Given, C. W., & Collins, C. (1995).
The impact of the frequency of care activities on the division
of labor between primary caregivers and other care-providers.
Research on Aging, 17(4), 412-433.

Dontje, K., Sparks, B., & Given, B. (1996). Establishing
a Collaborative Practice in a Comprehensive Breast Clinic. The
Clinical Nurse Specialist 10(2), 95-101.
Given, B., & Given, C. W. (1996). Family caregiver burden
from cancer care. In R. McCorkle, M. Grant, M. Frank-Stromborg,
& S.B. Baird (Eds.), Cancer Nursing: A Comprehensive
Textbook (2nd Edition) (pp 93-109). Orlando, FL: W.B. Saunders
Co.
White, N., & Given, B. (1996). Rural care cost issues.
In K.H. Dow (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Breast Cancer
(pp.193-204). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
White, N., Given, B., & DeVoss, D. (1996). The advanced
practice nurse: Meeting the information needs of the rural cancer
patient. Journal of Cancer Education, 11(4), 203-209.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1996).
Concordance of cancer patients and caregiver reports. Cancer
Practice, 4(4), 185-190.
Sparks, B., Ragheb, N., Given, B., & Swanson, G. (1996).
Breast cancer screening in rural populations: A pilot study.
Journal of Rural Health, 12(2), 120-129.

Given, B., Given, C. W., Helms, E., Stommel, M., & DeVoss,
D. (1997). Determinants of family caregiver reaction: New and
recurrent cancer. Cancer Practice, 5(1), 17-24.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J. Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1997).
Predictors of postbereavement depressive symptomatology among
family caregivers of cancer patients. Supportive Care in
Cancer, 5, 53-60.
Mickus, M., Stommel, M., & Given, C.W. (1997). Changes
in living arrangements of functionally dependent older adults
and their adult children. Journal of Aging & Health,
9(1), 126-143.
Given, B. (1997). Response to Caregiver Concept Analysis Outcomes.
Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice: An International
Journal, 11(1), 75-78.
Wyatt, G., Kurtz, M., Friedman, L., Given, B., & Given,
C.W. (1997). Preliminary testing of the Long- Term Quality of
Life (LTQL) instrument for female cancer survivors. Journal
of Nursing Measurement, 4(2), 153-170.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J., Given, C. W., & Given, B. (1997).
Loss of physical functioning among geriatric cancer patients:
Relationships to cancer site, treatment, comorbidity, and age.
European Journal of Cancer, 33(14), 2352-2359.
Given, B., Given, C.W., DeVoss, D. (1997). The education of
nurses for the future - Caring for those with chronic health
care problems. In V. Ferguson (ed.), Educating the 21st
Century Nurse: Challenges and Opportunities (pp. 175-198),
New York: National League for Nursing.

Wyatt, G.E., Given, B., Given, W. (1998). Bridging the gap
between nursing outcomes and the research process: One-step
computerized documentation and direct data entry. (Abstract)
Oncology Nursing Forum, 25(2), 347.
Pohl, J. M., Collins, C. E., & Given, C. W. (1998). Longitudinal
employment decisions of daughters and daughters-in-law after
assuming parent care. Women, Aging, & Ageism, 10(1),
59-74.
Stommel, M., Given, C.W., Given, B.A. (1998). Racial differences
in the division of labor between primary and secondary caregivers.
Research on Aging, 20(2), 199-217.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B.A. (1997). Loss of physical functioning among geriatric cancer
patients: relationship to cancer site, treatment, comorbidity
and age. The European Journal of Cancer, 33(14), 2352-2359.
Given, B.A., & Given, C.W. (1998). Health promotion for
family caregivers of chronically ill elders in J. J. Fitzpatrick
(ed)., Annual Review of Nursing Research (vol. 16), pp
197-217, Springer Publishing Company, New York.
Stommel, M., Given, B.A., Given, C.W. (1998). Conceptual issues
in the measurement of costs of cancer care to patients and their
families. The Journal of Quality of Life-A Nursing Challenge,
6(3), 56-60.
Yancey, R., Given, B.A., White, N.J., DeVoss, D.N., Coyle,
B. (1998). Computerized documentation for a rural nursing intervention
project. Computers in Nursing, 16(5), 275-84.

Given, C.W., Given, B., Stommel, M., & Azzouz F. (1999).
The impact of new demands for assistance on caregiver depression:
Tests using an inception cohort. Gerontologist, 39(1),
76-85.
Wyatt, G., Friedman, L., Given, C.W., & Given, B. (1999).
A profile of bereaved caregivers following provision of terminal
care. Journal of Palliative Care, 15(1), 13-25.
Wyatt, G., Friedman, L., Given, C.W., & Given, B. (1999).
Complementary therapy use among older cancer patients. Cancer
Practice, 7(3), 136-144.
Kozachik, S., Given, B., & Given, C.W. (1999). Cancer patients
at home: Activating nurses to assist patients and to involve
families in care at home. Oncology Nursing Updates, 6(2),
1-11.
Kozachik, S., Given, B., & Given, C.W. (1999). Family caregivers
can experience debilitating fatigue. Fatigue Forum Newsletter,
3(2), 1-5.
Stommel, M., Collins, C.E., Given, B.& Given, C.W. (1999).
Correlates of community service attitudes among family caregivers.
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 18(2), 145-161.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (1999). The influence of symptoms, age, comorbidity, and
cancer site on physical functioning and mental health of geriatric
women patients. Women and Health, 29(3), 1-12.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (1999). Predictors of physical functioning among geriatric
patients with small cell and non-small cell lung cancer 3 months
after diagnosis. Supportive Care Cancer, 7, 328-331.
Wyatt, G.K., Ogle, K.S., & Given, B. (1999). Recommendations
for pro-active hospice education: A perspective from the bereaved.
Journal of Cancer Education, 5(1), 13-25.
Given, B. (1999). Commentary: Caregiving as a risk factor for
mortality: the Caregiver Health Effects Study (By R. Schultz),
JAMA, 282, 2215-9.

Given B. (2000) Commentary: Family Caregivers Need Nurse Support.
(By T. Gosselin). ONS News, Volume 15, No 11.
Bradley, C., Given, B., Given, C.W., & Kozachik, S. (2000).
Physical, economic, and social issues confronting patients and
families. In C. Yarbro et al. (Eds.), Cancer Nursing: Principles
and Practice (pp. 1551-1564). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
Publishers.
Given, C.W., Given, B., Azzouz, F., Stommel, M., & Kozachik,
S. (2000). Comparison of changes in physical functioning of
elderly patients with new diagnoses of cancer. Medical Care,
38(5), 482-493.
Kurtz, M.C., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (2000). Symptomatology and loss of physical functioning among
geriatric patients with lung cancer. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management, 19(4), 249-256.
Wyatt, G., Ogle, K., & Given, B. (2000). Access to hospice:
A perspective from the bereaved. Journal of Palliative Medicine,
3(4), 433-440.

Given, B., Kozachik, S., Collins, C., DeVoss, D., & Given,
C.W. (2001). Caregiver role strain. In M. Maas, K.C. Buckwalter,
M. Hardy, T. Tripp-Reimer, M. Titler & J. Specht (Eds.),
Nursing Care of Older Adults: Diagnoses, Outcomes & Interventions
(pp. 679-695). St. Louis, MS: Mosby, Inc.
Given, B. & Given, C.W. (2001). Health promotion for older
adults in a managed care environment. In E.A. Swanson, T. Tripp-Reimer,
& K. Buckwalter (Eds.), Health Promotion & Disease
Prevention in the Older Adult (pp. 219-241). New York, NY:
Springer Publishing.
Given, B. (2001). Nurse practitioners: Issues within a managed
care environment. In J. McCloskey-Dochterman & H. Kennedy-Grace
(Eds.), Current Issues in Nursing, 6th ed.,
(pp. 358-366). St. Louis, MS: Mosby.
Bradley, C.J., Given, C.W., & Roberts, C. (2001). Disparities
in cancer diagnosis and survival. Cancer, 91 (1), 178-188.
Given, B. (2001). Into the millennium: Open the door and let
the future in for cancer nursing research. Oncology Nursing
Forum, 28(4), 1-9.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (2001). Physical functioning and depression among older persons
with cancer. Cancer Practice, 9(1), 11-18.
Given, C.W., Given, B., Azzouz, F., Kozachik, S., & Stommel,
M. (2001). Predictors of pain and fatigue in the year following
diagnosis among elderly cancer patients. Journal of Pain
and Symptom Management, 21(6), 456-466.
Given, B., Given, C.W., Azzouz, F., & Stommel, M. (2001).
Physical functioning of elderly cancer patients prior to diagnosis
and following initial treatment. Nursing Research, 50
(4), 222-232.
Given, B., Given C.W., & Kozachik, S. (2001). Family support
in advanced cancer. CA - A Cancer Journal for Clinicians,
51(4): 213-231.
Kozachik, S., Given, C.W., Given, B., Pierce, S., Azzouz, F.,
Rawl, S., & Champion, V. (2001). Improving depressive symptoms
among caregivers of patients with cancer: Results of a randomized
clinical trial. Oncology Nursing Forum, 28 (7), 1149-1157.
Smith, R., Gardiner, J., Armatti, S., Johnson, M., Lyles, J.,
Given, C.W., Lein, C., & Given, B. (2001). Screening for
high utilizing somatizing patients using a prediction rule derived
from the management information system of an HMO: A preliminary
study. Medical Care, 39(9), 968-78.
Given, C.W., Bradley, C., Luca, A, Given, B., Osuch, J. (2001).
Observation interval for evaluating the costs of surgical interventions
for older women with a new diagnosis of breast cancer. Medical
Care, 39(11), 1146-1157.
Neumark, D.E., Stommel, M., Given, B., Given, C.W. (2001).
Research design and subject characteristics predicting early
attrition in family panel surveys. Nursing Research, 50(6),
363-368.
Ropka, M., Spencer-Cisek, P. (2001). PRISM: Priority Symptom
Management Project Phase I: Assessment. Oncology Nursing
Forum, 28(10) 1585-1594. [B. Given participated on PRISM
Project Team]

Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (2002). Predictors of depressive symptomatology of geriatric
patients with lung cancer – a longitudinal analysis. Psycho-Oncology,
11, 12-22.
Riess-Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C. (2002). Who cares
for the caregiver: Strategies to provide support. Home Health
Care Management and Practice, 14(2), 110-121.
Bradley, C., Given, C.W., Roberts, C. (2002). Race, socioeconomic
status, and breast cancer treatment and survival. Journal
of the National Cancer Institute, 94(7), 490-496.
Holmes-Rover, M., Williams, G.A., Hoppough, S., Quillan, L.,
Butler, R., & Given, C.W. (2002). Colorectal cancer screening
barriers in low income blacks and whites. Cancer Practice,
10(5), 240-247.
Smith, R., Gardiner, J., Lyles, J., Johnson, M., Rost, K.,
Luo, Z., Goddeeris, J., Lein, C., Given, C.W., Given, B., et
al. (2002). Minor acute illness – A preliminary research report.
The Journal of Family Practice, 51(1), 24-30.
Given, B., Given, C.W., McCorkle, R., Kozachik, S., Cimprich,
B., Rahbar, M., & Wojcik, C. (2002). Pain and fatigue management:
Results of a nursing randomized clinical trial. Oncology
Nursing Forum, 29(6), 949-956. [Won the 2002 ONS
Excellence in Cancer Nursing Research Award.]
Rawl, S., Given, B., Given, C.W., Champion, V., Kozachik, S.,
Barton, D., Emsley, C., & Williams, S. (2002). Intervention
to improve psychological functioning for newly diagnosed cancer
practice. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(6) 967-975.
Stommel, M., Given, B., Given, C.W. (2002). Depression and
functional status as predictors of death among cancer patients.
Cancer, 29(10), 2719-2727.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Stommel, M., Given, C.W., & Given,
B. (2002). Predictors of depressive symptomatology of geriatric
patients with colon cancer – a longitudinal view. Journal
of Supportive Care in Cancer, 10, 494-501.

Bradley, J.C., Given, C.W., Baser, O., Gardiner, J. (2003) Influence of surgical and treatment choices on the cost of breast cancer care. European Journal of Health Economics, 4(2), 96-101.
Lyles, J.S., Hodges, A., Collins, C., Lein, C., Given, C.W.,
Given, B., Smith, R.C. (2003). Using nurse practitioners to
implement an intervention in primary care for high-utilizing
patients with medically unexplained symptoms. General Hospital
Psychiatry, 25(2), 63-73.
Smith, R.C., Lein, C., Collins, C., Lyles, J.S., Given, B.,
Dwamena, F.C., Coffey, J., Gardiner J.C., Goddeerris, J., Given,
C.W. (2003). Treating patients with medically unexplained symptoms
in primary care - a data-based recommendation. Journal of General
Internal Medicine, 18(6), 478-89.
Kozachik, S., Given, B., Given, & C.W. (2003). Conducting
a multi-site randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy
of an intervention directed toward family caregivers for cancer
patients. In J. Hawkins, L. Haggerty (Eds.), Multi-site Research:
Managing Research Projects Across Sites: Perils and Promises. Chapter 9-pg. 160-180.
Given, B., Sherwood, P., & Doorenbos, A. Z. (2003). Caregiver
scenarios: Caregiver role strain, caregiver health, caregiver
skill, respite for the enmeshed caregiver, competing role demands-occupational,
competing role demands-personal and social. Commissioned work
by the National Cancer Institute for the consumer education
series "Facing Forward".
Bradley C., Given, C. Roberts, C. (2003). Late stage cancers
in a Medicaid-insured population. Med Care, 41(6), 722-728.
Bradley, C., Given, C., Roberts, C. (2003). Correlates of
late stage breast cancer and death in a medicaid-insured population.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Undeserved, 14(4), 503-515.

Given, C., Given B., Bahbar, M., Jeon, S., McCorkle, R., Cimprich,
B., Galecki, A., Kozachik, S.,DeVoss, D., Brady, A., Fisher-Malloy,
M., Courtney, K., & Bowie, E. (2004). Does a Symptom Management
Intervention Affect Depression Among Cancer Patients. Psycho
Oncology. Results from a clinical trial. Psycho-Oncology, 13, 818-830.
Baser, O., Bradley, C., Gardiner, J., Given, C. (2004). Testing and Correcting for Non-Random Selection Bias Due to Censoring: An Application to Medical Costs. Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology, 4, 93-107.
Given, C., Given, B., Rahbar, M., Jeon, S., McCorkle, R., Cimprich,
B., Galecki, A., Kozachik, S., Brady, A., Fisher-Malloy, M.,
Courtney, K., & Bowie, E. (2004). Effect of a Cognitive
Behavioral Intervention on Reducing Symptom Severity During
Chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 22(3). 507-516.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Doorenbos, A., & Given, C. (2004).
Forgotten voices: Lessons from bereaved caregivers of persons
with a brain tumour. International Journal of Palliative Nursing,
10(2), 67-75.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Schiffman, R., Murman,
D. & Lovely, M. (2004). Caregivers of persons with a brain
tumor: a conceptual model. Nursing Inquiry, 11(1), 43-53.
Given, B., Sherwood, P., & Given, C. (2004). Symptom Clusters.
Chapter of "Pocket Guide to Managing Fatigue in Cancer,"
A. Schwartz, Ed. Jones, and Bartlett. New York. Chapter 8, 143-162.
Gift, A., Jablonski, A., Stommel, M., & Given, C.W. (2004).
Symptom clusters in elderly patients with lung cancer. Oncology
Nursing Forum. 31:(2), 202-212.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Scholnik, A., & Given, C. (2004).
To refer or not refer: Factors that affect primary care provider
referral of patients with cancer to clinical treatment trials.
Journal of Cancer Education, 19(1), 58-65.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C. (2004). Affecting policy
to assist informal caregivers in a changing health system, 13(1)
[online]. Available www.cancercare.msu.edu.
Given, B., Wyatt, G., Given, C.W., Sherwood, P., Gift, A., DeVoss, D., & Rahbar, M. (2004). Burden and depression among caregivers of patients with cancer at the end of life. Oncology Nursing Forum, 31(6), 1105-1115.
Stommel, M., Kurtz, J.C., Given, C.W., & Given, B.A. (2004).
A longitudinal analysis of the course of depressive symptomatology
in geriatric patients with cancer of the breast, colon, lung,
and prostate. Health Psychology. 23(6), 564-573.
Given, B., Sherwood, P., Given, C. (2004). Family Care During
Active Cancer Care. Commission White Paper. National Cancer
Institiute.
Doorenbos, A., & Schim, S. (2004). Assessing cultural competence
in hospice. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care,
21(1), 28-32.
Schim, S., Doorenbos, A., Miller, J., Benkert, R. (2004). Development
of a cultural competence assessment instrument. Journal of Nursing
Measurment, 12(1), 38-43.
Hodgson, N., Given, C. (2004). Determinants of Functional Recovery
in Older Adults Surgically Treated for Cancer. Cancer Nursing,
27(1), 10-16.
Baser, O., Gardiner, J., Bradley, C., Given, C. (2004). Estimation
from Censored Medical Cost Data. Biometrical Journal, 46, 1-46.
Gift, A., Stommel, M., Jablonski, A., & Given, C. (2004).
A Cluster of Symptoms Over Time in Patients With Lung Cancer.
Nursing Research, 52(6), 393-400.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Wyatt, G., DeVoss, D.,
Rahbar, M., & Gift, A. (2004). Burden and depression among
caregivers of end-of-life cancer patients. Oncology Nursing
Forum.
Baser O., Bradley C., Gardiner J., Given C. (2004). Testing
and Correcting Non-Random Selection Bias due to Censoring: Application
to Medical Costs. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology,
4, 93-207.
Baser, O., Bradley, C., Gardiner, J., Given, C. (2004). Testing
and Correcting for Non-Random Selection Bias due to Censoring:
An Application to Medical Costs. Health Services and Outcome
Research Methodology, 4(2), 93-107.
Given, B., Sherwood, P., & Doorenbos, A. Z. (2003). Caregiver
scenarios: Caregiver role strain, caregiver health, caregiver
skill, respite for the enmeshed caregiver, competing role demands-occupational,
competing role demands-personal and social. Commissioned work
by the National Cancer Institute for the consumer education
series "Facing Forward".
Sherwood, P., Stommel, M., Murman, D., Given, C., Given, B.
(2004). Primary Malignant Brain Tumor Incidence and Medicaid
Enrollment. Neurology, 62(10), 1788-1793.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J., Given, C.W. & Given, B. (2004) Depression and physical health among family caregivers of geriatric patients with cancer—a longitudinal view. Medical Science Monitor, 10(8): CR447-56.
Bradley, C., Given, C.W., Roberts, C. (2004). Health care disparities and cervical cancer. American Journal of Public Health, 94(12), 2098-2103.
Given, B. (2004). Commentary by Given. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(3), 287.
Given, B. & Given, C.W. (2004). Research for nursing practice: What do we tell practitioners about nursing interventions? Research in Nursing & Health, 27, 293-295.
Rogers, L., Given, B., Given, C.W., Remer, S. & Sherwood, P. (2004) Perceptions of brain tumor treatments by the caregivers for brain tumor patients who are now deceased. NeuroOncology, 6, 357-358.

Doorenbos, A. Z., Verbitsky, N., Given, B. & Given, C.W. (2005) An analytic strategy for modeling
multiple item responses: A breast cancer symptom example. Nursing Research, 54(4), 229-234.
Doorenbos, A. Z., Given, B., Given, C. W., Verbitsky, N., Cimprich, B., & McCorkle, R. (2005).
Symptom Limitations: Effects of a cognitive behavioral intervention randomized trial.
Psycho-Oncology, 14(7), 574-584.
Smith, R., Gardiner, J., Lyles, J., Sirbu, C., Dwamena, F., Hodges, A., Collins, C., Lein, C.,
Given, C.W., Given, B., & Goddeeris, J. (2005) Exploration of DSM-IV criteria in primary care
patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67(1), 123-129.
Sherwood, P., Given, C.W., Given, B., & vonEye, A. (2005). Caregiver burden and depressive symptoms: Analysis of common outcomes in caregivers of elderly patients. Journal of Aging and Health, 17(2), 125-147.
Simone, J., Afrin, L., Byers, T. Chen, V., & Given, B. et.al (2005). Assessing the quality of cancer care: An approach to measurement in Georgia. The National Academic Press.
Given, B. & Sherwood, P. (2005) A nurse led educational intervention for cancer pain management
was effective in cancer patients in ambulatory settings. Evidence-based Nursing, 8(1),17.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J., Given, C.W. & Given, B. (2005) Utilization of services among elderly cancer patients—Relationship to age, symptoms, physical functioning, comorbidity, and survival status. Ethnicity & Disease, 15, S2-17-S2-22.
Kurtz, M., Kurtz, J., Given, C.W., Given, B. (2005). A randomized, controlled trial of a patient/caregiver symptom control intervention: Effects on depressive symptomatology of caregivers of cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 30(2), 112-122.
Given, B., & Sherwood, P. (2005). Nursing sensitive patient outcomes – A white paper. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32(4), 773-84.
Given, C.W., & Given, B. (2005). Caregivers in early adulthood: The challenges. In R. Talley (Ed.), Caregiving across the lifespan.
Giesler. R.B., Given, B., Given, C.W., Rawl, S., et al. (2005). Improving the quality of life of patients with prostate carcinoma: A randomized trial testing the efficacy of a nurse-driven intervention. Cancer, 104(4), 752-762.
Given, B., Given, C.W., Jeon, S., Sikorskii, A. (2005). Effect of neutropenia on the impact of a cognitive behavioral intervention for symptom management. Cancer, 104(4), 869-878.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C., Champion, V., Doorenbos, A., et al. (2005). A cognitive behavioral intervention for symptom management in patients with advanced cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32(6), 1190 –1198.
Cimprich, B., Janz, N., Northouse, L., Wren, P., Given, B., & Given, C.W. (2005). Taking CHARGE: A self-management program for women following breast cancer treatment. Psycho-Oncology, 14(9), 704 - 717.
Fouladbakhsh, J., Stommel, M., Given, B. & Given, C. (2005) Predictors of use of complementary and alternative therapies among patients with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 32(6), 1115-1122. [won the 2005 Excellence in Research award].
Gaugler, J. E., Hanna, N., Linder, J., Given, C. W., Tolbert, V., Kataria, R. & Regine, W. (2005). Cancer caregiving and subjective stress: A multi-site, multi-dimensional analysis. Psycho-Oncology, 14(9), 771-785.

Doorenbos, A.Z., Given, C.W., Given, B., Verbitsky, N. (2006). Symptom experience in the last year
of life among individuals with cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 32(5), 403-412.
Gardiner, J.C., Luo, Z., Bradley, C.J., Corina, M.S., Given, C.W. (2006). A dynamic model for
estimating changes in health status and costs. Statistics in Medicine, 25 (21), 3648-3667.
Given, B., Given, C.W., Sikorskii, A., Jeon, S., Sherwood, P., Rahbar, M. (2006). The impact of
providing symptom management assistance on caregiver reaction: Results of a randomized trial.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 32(5), 433-43.
Monahan, P.O., Champion, V., Rawl, S., Giesler, R.B., Given, B., Given, C.W., Burns, D., Bigatti,
S., Reuille, K.M., Azzouz, F., Wu, J., Koch, M. (2006, Nov. 8). What contributes more strongly to
predicting QOL during 1-year recovery from treatment for clinically localized prostate cancer:
4-weeks-post-treatment depressive symptoms or type of treatment? Quality of Life Research.
Given, B. (2006). An educational booklet did not improve adherence or symptoms in patients prescribed thyroxine for primary hypothyroidism. Evidence-Based Nursing, 9(1), 22.
Given, B., & Sherwood, P. (2006). Family care for the older person during cancer care. Seminars in Oncology, 22(1), 43-50.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Given, C.W., Given, B. (2006). Predictors of use of health care services among elderly lung cancer patients: the first year after diagnosis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 14(3), 243-250.
Kozachik, S. L., Given, C. W., Wyatt, G., & Given, B. A. (2006). Patterns of Use of Complementary Therapies Among Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers. Cancer Nursing, 29(2), 84-94.
Sherwood, P., Given, B., Given, C. W., Schiffman, R., Murman, D., et al. (2006). Predictors of distress in caregivers of persons with a primary malignant brain tumor. Research in Nursing & Health, 29(2), 105-120.
Baser, O., Gardiner, J. C., Bradley, C. J., Yuce, H., Given, C. (2006). Longitudinal analysis of censored medical cost data. Health Economics, 15(5), 513-525.
Given, B., Sherwood, P., & Given, C. W. (2006). “Family Support for the Older Cancer Patient”, in Muss, H., Hunter, C., Johnson, K. (Ed.), Treatment and Management of Cancer in the Elderly, 1st ed., pp. 587-610. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Smith, R.C., Lyles, J.S., Gardiner, J.C., Sirbu, C., Hodges, A., Collins, C., Dwamena, F.C., Lein, C., Given, C.W., Given, B., Goddeeris, J. (2006). Primary Care Clinicians Treat Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms – A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21(7), 671-677.
Doorenbos, A. Z., Given, B., Given, C.W., & Verbitsky, N. (2006). Physical functioning: Effect of a behavioral intervention for symptoms among individuals with cancer. Nursing Research, 55(3), 161-171.
Kurtz, M.E., Kurtz, J.C., Given, C.W., Given, B. (2006). Effects of a Symptom Control on Utilization of Health Care Services among Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study. Medical Science Monitor, 12(7), CR319-324.
Given, B., & Sherwood, P. (2006). “Caregiver role strain”, in Ackley, B., Ladwig, G. (Ed.), Nursing diagnosis handbook: A guide to planning care, 7th ed., pp. 279-293. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc.
Given, B., & Sherwood, P. (2006). “Fatigue”, in Ackley, B., Ladwig, G. (Ed.), Nursing diagnosis handbook: A guide to planning care, 7th ed., pp. 515-523. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc.
Sikorskii, A., Given, C., Given, B., Jeon, S., McCorkle, R. (2006). Testing the Effects of Treatment Complications on a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Reducing Symptom Severity. Journal of Pain and Symptom and Management, 32(2), 129-139.

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