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Cleveland G. Shields

Health Professions · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1971
Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareCancer survivorship and careAttachment and Relationship DynamicsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Publications

151

Citations

6,482

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

54

Publishing since 1971

Research summary
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Cleveland G. Shields studies how doctors and patients communicate, especially in cancer care, and how factors like empathy, implicit bias, and patient background shape those conversations and health outcomes. His work also touches on patient education programs (such as barbershop-based prostate cancer education) and disparities in how care and pain are perceived and delivered across different patient groups.

Doctor-patient communicationCancer care and survivorshipHealth disparities and implicit biasPatient education and outreachQuality of life and end-of-life communication

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with peaks around 2018 and 2021, but has slowed notably in the most recent two years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 7 publications7182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 7 publications7212022: 5 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 1 publication242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Patient Education and Counseling×3
  • Journal of Cancer Education×3
  • PLoS ONE×2
  • Journal of Adolescent Health×2
  • Frontiers The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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