Dr. Leslie J. Blackhall MD
Internist
4 Hospital Dr Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Leslie Blackhall is an internist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Blackhall specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Blackhall provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1987
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ethnicity and attitudes towards life sustaining technology.
- Bioethics in a different tongue: the case of truth-telling.
- Negotiating cross-cultural issues at the end of life: "You got to go where he lives".
- Ambiguity and hope: disclosure preferences of less acculturated elderly Mexican Americans concerning terminal cancer--a case story.
- Low survival rate after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a county hospital.
- Palliative educational outcome with implementation of PEACE tool integrated clinical pathway.
- Nurse-physician perspectives on the care of dying patients in intensive care units: collaboration, moral distress, and ethical climate.
- Tibetan medicine: a complementary science of optimal health.
- Providing palliative care in the ambulatory care setting.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and palliative care: where we are, and the road ahead.
- Why physicians Avoid Straight Talk about CPR.
- Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? No.
- Development and validation of a collaborative behaviors objective assessment tool for end-of-life communication.
- Screening for substance abuse risk in cancer patients using the Opioid Risk Tool and urine drug screen.
- Do Palliative Care Clinics Screen for Substance Abuse and Diversion? Results of a National Survey.
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Fellowships
- General Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA USA 1989
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