PUBLICATIONS

(Selected publications in chronological order)

 

Klitzman, R. Review of Richard Selzer's Letters to A Young Doctor, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 56(1): 59-60, 1983.

 

Klitzman, R. Review of Lewis Thomas' The Youngest Science, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 56(3): 263 264, 1983.

 

Klitzman, R., Alpers, M., Gajdusek, D.C. The Natural Incubation Period of Kuru and the Episodes of Transmission in Three Clusters of Patients. Neuroepidemiology, 3:3-20, 1984.

 

Klitzman, R. Letter to the Editor, The New York Times Book Review, November 9, 1986, p. 65.

 

Klitzman, R. "Stay Tuned," New York Doctor, 2(6): 23, 1989.

 

Klitzman, R. A Year-long Night: Tales of a Medical Internship, New York: Viking Press, 1989. Paper Edition: New York: Penguin Books, 1990.

 

Klitzman, R. Review of Lisa Belkin's First, Do No Harm, Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993, p. 24-25.

 

Klitzman, R. and Perry, S. Psychiatric Complications in the Critically Ill. In Surgical Intensive Care, eds. Shires G.T. and Barie P. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1993, 1247-62.

 

Klitzman, R. Review of Edward Shorter's From The Mind Into The Body, New York Times Book Review, January 16, 1994, p. 22.

 

Klitzman, R. Review of Frederic Hafferty's Into The Valley: Death and the Socialization of Medical Students, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 9(2): 120, 1994.

 

Bodkin, A., Klitzman, R., Pope, H.: Treatment orientation and associated characteristics among North American academic psychiatrists. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, 184:729-735, 1995.

 

Klitzman, R. That Way Madness Lies, New York Times, March 4, 1995, Op-Ed page.

 

Klitzman, R. Sketching Books. In Introduction, The Sketch Books of Melissa Meyer, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.

 

Klitzman, R.: In a House of Dreams and Glass: Becoming a Psychiatrist. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995. Paperback edition: New York: Fawcett Books. 1996.

 

Klitzman, R.: Being Positive: The Lives of Men and Women with HIV. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1997.

 

Klitzman, R.: Disclosure. In: R.A. Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic. Chicago and London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, Inc., pp. 181-182, 1998.

 

Klitzman, R.: The Trembling Mountain: Kuru, Cannibals and Mad Cow Disease. New York: Plenum, 1998, paperback edition, 2001, Japanese edition: Hosei University Press, 2003.

 

Klitzman, R., Bodkin, A., Pope, H.: Sexual orientation and associated characteristics among North American academic psychiatrists. The Journal of Sex Research, 35:282-287, 1998.

 

Klitzman, R.: Self-disclosure of HIV-status to sexual partners: A qualitative study of issues faced by gay men. Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, 3:39-39, 1999.

 

Klitzman, R.: Sorcery and science: Responses to Kuru and other epidemics. Western Journal of Medicine, 171:204-6, 1999.

 

Klitzman, R., Pope, H.G., Hudson, J.I.: MDMA abuse and high-risk sexual behaviors among 169 gay and bisexual men. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157:1162-4, 2000.

 

Klitzman, R.: The social and moral commitments of a physician writer. In: C.M. Messikomer, J.P. Swazey, et al. (Eds.), Society and Medicine: Essays in Honor of Renee C. Fox. New Brunswick: Transaction, 2002.

 

Klitzman, R. "Missing..." Doubletake, 8(2): 18-23, 2002.

 

Klitzman, R. Letter to the Editor, "Fighting Crime, Risking Privacy," New York Times, May 13, 2002, p. A16.

 

Klitzman, R. "When Grief Takes Hold Of the Body," Science Times Section, New York Times, September 10, 2002, p. F5.

 

Klitzman, R., Greenberg, J., Dolezal, C., Pollack, L.: MDMA ("Ecstasy") use and its association with high risk behaviors, mental health and other factors among gay/bisexual men in NY City. Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 66:115-125, 2002.

 

Klitzman, R., Greenberg, J.: Patterns of communication between gay and lesbian patients and their health care providers. Journal of Homosexuality, 42:65-75, 2002.

 

Lazzarini, Z., Klitzman, R.: HIV and the law. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 30:533-547, 2002.

 

Klitzman, R. "Questions That Have No Answers," Science Times Section, New York Times, January 21, 2003, p. F5.

 

Klitzman, R. "With Disease, Fear Knows No Cultural Boundaries," Science Times Section, New York Times, May 13, 2003, p. F6.

 

Klitzman, R. "Seeing Risk and Reward Through a Patient's Eyes," Science Times Section, New York Times, May 27, 2003, p. F7.

 

Klitzman, R., Bayer, R.: Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2003.

 

Klitzman, R., Bayer, R.: Tell it slant: Sex, disclosure and HIV. Studies in Gender & Sexuality, 4:227-262, 2003.

 

Klitzman, R. "A Timely Lesson in Horror Unvarnished," Science Times Section, New York Times, October 26, 2004, p. F5.

 

Klitzman, R., Kirshenbaum, S., Kittel, L., et al.: Intricacies and inter-relationships between HIV disclosure and HAART: A qualitative study. AIDS Care, 16:628-640, 2004.

 

Klitzman, R., Kirshenbaum, S., Kittell, L., Morin, S.F., Daya, S., Mastrogiacomo, M., Rotheram, M.J.: Naming names: Perceptions of name-based HIV reporting, partner notification, and criminalization of non-disclosure among persons living with HIV. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 1:38-57, 2004.

 

Klitzman, R., Daya, S.: A scientific bent: Challenges and changes in spirituality faced by doctors who become patients. Social Science and Medicine, 61(11):2396-2406, 2005.

 

Klitzman, R.: Selected topics in clinical neuroethics. In: J. Illes (Ed.), Neuroethics. NY: Oxford U. Press, 2005.

 

Klitzman, R.: The importance of social, cultural, and economic contexts, and empirical research in examining "undue inducement." American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB), 5(5):19-21, 2005.

 

Klitzman, R., Siragusa, J.: Contexts, anyone?: The need for contextualization in the debate about the moral status of embryos. American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB), 5(6):56, 2005.

 

Klitzman, R. "Genetic Testing Creates New Versions of Ancient Dilemmas," Health & Fitness Section, The New York Times, January 17, 2006, p.F5.

 

Klitzman, R. Views of Risks and Benefits Among Doctors Who Become Patients, Patient Education and Counseling, Patient Education and Counseling, 64:277-284, 2006. January 20, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R. Milestones: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, FRS on Vermeer: A Figment of the Imagination, The FASEB Journal, 20: 591-594, 2006.

Klitzman, R.: Complications of culture in obtaining informed consent. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(1): 20-21, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R.: Qualifying confidentiality: Historical and empirical issues and facts. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(2): 26-27, 2006.

 

Krosin, M., Klitzman, R., Levin, B., Cheng, J., Ranney, ML. Problems in comprehension of informed consent in rural and peri-urban Mali, West Africa. Clinical Trials, 3(3): 306-313, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R., Weiss, J., Daya, S. From "Male Bonding Rituals" to "Suicide Tuesday": A Qualitative Study of MDMA Use among Gay Men, Journal of Homosexuality, 51(3), 2006.

 

Klitzman, R. Improving Education on Doctor-Patient Relationships and Communication: The Views of Doctors Who Become Patients, Academic Medicine, 81(5): 447-453, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R. Views and approaches toward risks and benefits among doctors who become patients, Patient Education and Counseling, 64:61-68, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R. "Post-residency disease" and "the medical self": Identity and work among doctors who become patients, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 49(4): 542-552, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R., Weiss, J. Disclosures of illness by physicians to their patients: A qualitative study of doctors with HIV and other serious disorders. Patient Education and Counseling, 64:277-284, 2006.

 

Klitzman, R. Questions, complexities, and limitations in disclosing individual genetic test results. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(6):34-36, 2006.

Klitzman, R. Pleasing Doctors: When it gets in the way. BMJ 2007;335:514 (September 8 2007)

 

Klitzman, R. Additional implications of a national survey on ethics consultation in U.S. hospitals. American Journal of Bioethics, 7(2):47-48, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R. Views of the process and content of reviews of HIV vaccine trials among members of US Institutional Review Boards and South African Research Ethics Committees. Developing World Bioethics, 2007, available on-line at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-8847.2007.00189.x

 

Klitzman, R., Exner, T., Kirshenbaum, S.B., Remien, R., Ehrhardt, A.A., Kelly, J.A., Weinhardt, L.S., Catz, S. Johnson, M.O., Morin, S.F., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., Lightfoot, M., & Charlesbois, E. It's not just what you say: Relationships of HIV disclosure and risk reduction. AIDS Care, 19(6): 749-756, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R., Thorne, D., Williamson, J. Chung, W., & Marder, K. Decision-making about reproductive choices among individuals at-risk for Huntington's Disease. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 16(3): 347-362, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R. "Patient-time," "doctor-time," and "institution-time": Perceptions and definitions of time among doctors who become patients. Patient Education and Counseling, 66(2): 147-155, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R., Thorne, D., Williamson, J., & Marder, K. The roles of family members, health care workers and others in decision-making processes about genetic testing among individuals at risk for Huntington's Disease. Genetics in Medicine, 9(6): 358-371, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R., Thorne, D., Williamson, J., Chung, W., & Marder, K. Disclosures of Huntington's Disease risk within families: Patterns of decision-making and implications, American Journal of Medical Genetics, 143:1835-1849, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R., Siragusa, J., Albala, I., Appelbaum, P. The reporting of compensation in research articles. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2(4): 61-67, 2007.

 

Klitzman, R., Albala, I., Siragusa, J., Appelbaum, P. The reporting of compensation and risks on research recruitment websites. IRB , 30(1), Jan-Feb, 2008, 15-20.

 

Klitzman, R., Marhefka, S., Mellins, C., Wiener, L. Ethical issues concerning disclosures of HIV diagnoses to perinatally-infected children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Ethics, 19(1): 31-57, 2008.

 

Klitzman, R., Appelbaum, P, and Chung, W., Anticipating issues related to increasing Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis use: A research agenda. Reproductive Biomedicine. 17(1), 2008. http://www.rbmonline.com/4DCGI/Article/Detail?38%091%09=
%203517%09

 

Klitzman, R., Zolovska, B., Folberth, W., Chung, W., Sauer, M., Appelbaum, P, Presentations on IVF Clinic Websites of Information on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis: Ethics, Risks and Benefits. Fertility and Sterility
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1772

 

Klitzman, R. Kuru Field Work: 1981, and Beyond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B, 363: 3646-3647.

 

Appelbaum, P., Lidz, C., and Klitzman, R., Voluntariness of Consent to Research: A Conceptual Model. Hastings Center Report, 39(1): 30-39.

 

Klitzman, R. and Sauer, M. Should egg donors in stem cell research be paid, and if so, how much? Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 18(5): 603-608.

 

Klitzman, R., Decision-making about genetic testing among individuals at risk for Alpha 1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency: Ethical and other issues. Genetic Testing and molecular biomarkers, 13(2): 269-276.

 

Appelbaum, P., Lidz, C., Klitzman, R., Voluntariness of Consent to Research: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation. IRB, (in press).

 

Kleinart, K., Rifai, H., Klitzman, R., The Reporting of IRB Review in
Journal Articles Presenting HIV Research Conducted in the Developing
World. Developing World Bioethics (In Press).

 

Klitzman, R., Use of eggs and embryos in stem cell research. Seminars
in Reproductive Medicine. (In press).

 

Klitzman, R., Views of discrimination among individuals confronting
genetic disease. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 19(1):68-83, 2010.

 

Klitzman, R., Presymptomatic Testing of Children for Huntington’s
Disease, /Virtual Mentor: American Medical Association Journal of
Ethics. Sept., 2009. /Number 9: 661-672.
http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2009/09/ccas2-0909.html

 

Klitzman, R., "Am I My Genes?": Questions of Genetic Identities Among
Individuals Confronting Genetic Disease. Genetics In Medicine. (In Press).

 

Klitzman, R., The Process of Deciding about Prophylactic Surgery for
Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Patient Questions, Uncertainties, and
Communication, American Journal of Medical Genetics (In press).

Klitzman, R., Misunderstandings Concerning Genetics Among Patients Confronting Genetic Disease. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2010. doi: 10.1007/s10897-010-9307-z

 

Fisher, CF, Chin, L, Klitzman, R., The Marketing of Neuromarketing: Ethical and Policy Considerations. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, (In press).

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