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Susan E. Thrane

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1978

Publications

41

Citations

757

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
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Susan E. Thrane's work focuses on palliative and end-of-life care in pediatric and adult populations, including studies on complementary therapies like Reiki and integrative approaches to symptom management. Her research also touches on nurse and caregiver well-being, quality improvement in symptom/pain management, and nursing education related to death, dying, and chronic illness transitions. This work is grounded in nursing science and clinical practice research rather than laboratory-based investigation.

Palliative and end-of-life careComplementary and integrative therapies (e.g., Reiki, Urban Zen)Pediatric symptom and pain managementNurse and caregiver well-being/burnoutNursing education and patient-family care

Publication output peaked around 2019-2020 but has slowed considerably in recent years, with sparse output from 2021 onward and gaps in 2024-2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 8 publications8192020: 6 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications2324252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management×4
  • Complementary Therapies in Medicine×2
  • Journal of Palliative Medicine×2
  • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing×2
  • Journal of Adolescence×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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