John Cagle, MSW, PhD

Research interests

Addressing psychosocial barriers to pain management
Improving access to hospice and palliative care
Quality of care and quality improvement in end of life care
Research approaches

Clinical trials
Survey methods
Qualitative inquiry

Publications

Cagle, J. G., Zimmerman, S., Cohen, L., Porter, L., Hanson, L. & Reed, D. (2015). EMPOWER: An intervention to address barriers to pain management in hospice. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 49, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.05.007
Cagle, J. G., & Bunting, M. (in press). Patient reluctance to discuss pain: Understanding stoicism, stigma and other contributing factors. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2017.1282917
Cagle, J. G., Pek, J., Clifford, M., Guralnik, J., & Zimmerman, S. (2015). Correlates of a good death and the impact of hospice involvement: Findings from the National Survey of Households Affected by Cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 23, 809-818. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2404-z
Cagle, J. G., Munn, J. C., Hong, S., Clifford, M., & Zimmerman, S. (2015). Validation of the quality of dying-hospice scale. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 49, 265-276 doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.06.009
Hong, S., Cagle, J. G., Van Dussen, D. J., Carrion, I. V., & Culler, K. L. (2016). Willingness to use pain medicine to treat pain. Pain Medicine, 17, 74-84. doi: 10.1111/pme.12854