Laura Weiss Roberts

ORCID: 0000-0003-4270-253X
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Research Areas
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Medical Education and Admissions
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer

Stanford University
2015-2024

Western Michigan University
2024

Stryker (United States)
2024

Health Affairs
2020-2023

McCormick (United States)
2012-2022

Ohio University
2022

Baylor College of Medicine
2011-2020

Palo Alto University
2017-2020

University of California, Los Angeles
2012-2020

Loyola University Chicago
2020

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI), a 16-item instrument assess physicians’ professional fulfillment and burnout, designed for sensitivity change attributable interventions or other factors affecting physician well-being. A sample 250 physicians completed PFI, measure self-reported medical errors, previously validated measures including Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), one-item burnout measure, World Health Organization’s...

10.1007/s40596-017-0849-3 article EN cc-by Academic Psychiatry 2017-12-01

This Viewpoint discusses the opportunities and ethical implications of using machine learning technologies, which can rapidly collect learn from large amounts personal data, to provide individalized patient care.

10.1001/jama.2015.18421 article EN JAMA 2016-02-09

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10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0262 article EN JAMA Psychiatry 2017-04-07

Purpose To explore the barriers and facilitators experienced by ethnic minority medical students in achieving personal professional success. Method In 2002 2003, 43 participated one of six two-hour focus groups located Philadelphia, Pa; Kansas City, Mo; Baltimore, Md; Miami, Fl; New York, NY; Los Angeles, Calif. Focus consisted an average seven (range 5–10) individuals. Eighty-eight percent were black/African descent, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian/Pacific Islanders. Students discussed their views...

10.1097/acm.0b013e31802d8f2c article EN Academic Medicine 2007-01-25

SummaryThe research literature is replete with reports of barriers to care perceived by rural patients seeking healthcare. Less often reported are the healthcare providers themselves. The current study an extensive survey over 1,500 randomly selected from two US states large populations, Alaska and New Mexico. Barriers consistently identified across urban regions all professionals were Patient Complexity, Resource Limitations, Service Access, Training Constraints, Avoidance Care. Findings...

10.1080/13561820600622208 article EN Journal of Interprofessional Care 2006-01-01

Belonging is the experience of being accepted, included, and valued by others. A fundamental human motivation, belonging positively influences an individual's health, abilities, relationships, overall well-being.1 interpretation cues that suggests one fits in welcome a given context; it inference based on observations, interactions, values, past events define culture environment.2 Encountering discrimination, exclusionary practices, bias, microaggressions interferes with belonging....

10.1097/acm.0000000000003215 article EN Academic Medicine 2020-04-28

Roughly 15 million of the 62 rural U.S. residents struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. These dwellers have significant health care needs but commonly experience obstacles to obtaining adequate psychiatric services. Important little-recognized ethical dilemmas also affect delivery. Six attributes isolated settings limited resources appear intensify these dilemmas: overlapping relationships, conflicting roles, altered therapeutic boundaries between caregivers, patients, families;...

10.1176/ps.50.4.497 article EN Psychiatric Services 1999-04-01

Health care providers face challenges in rural service delivery due to the unique circumstances of living. The intersection living and health can create barriers that may not be trained navigate, resulting burnout high turnover. Through exploration experienced providers' knowledge lessons learned, this study sought inform future practitioners, educators, policy makers avenues through which enhance training, recruiting, maintaining a workforce across multiple domains.Using qualitative design,...

10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00314.x article EN The Journal of Rural Health 2010-08-05

OBJECTIVE: Significant controversy surrounds the ethics of psychiatric research. Nevertheless, few data have been gathered to improve our understanding how individuals with serious mental illness and psychiatrists view ethically important aspects biomedical research participation. METHOD: The authors assessed views clinically diagnosed patients schizophrenia from three sites by means structured interviews at two written surveys regarding attitudes affecting motivation participate in...

10.1176/ajp.157.1.67 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 2000-01-01
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