Mary Beth Happ

Mary Beth Happ studies how patients in intensive care units (ICUs) who cannot speak—often because of a breathing tube—can communicate with caregivers and clinical staff, and how families and surrogates make difficult decisions on behalf of critically ill loved ones. Her work also extends to informal caregiving networks that support older adults with dementia and complex chronic illness at home. Much of this research involves developing and testing communication tools, decision-support aids, and standardized outcome measures used in clinical trials.

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the past decade, with a peak in 2020 and consistent yearly output averaging under 10 papers per year in the most recent five years.

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