Our Team

Joanna M. Parker, M.A.

Joanna M. Parker, Coordinator of Bereavement Services, received her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in counseling from North Carolina Central University , Durham . Ms. Parker is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor and is certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement, through the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Joanna has also served as a research assistant for the Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care and as a counselor and hospital volunteer coordinator for the Cancer Patient Support Program at Duke University Medical Center .

Selected Publications:

1. Steinhauser KE, Christakis NA, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, McIntyre LM, Tulsky JA, Parker J. Preparing for the end of life: preferences of patients, families, physicians and other care providers. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2001; 22(3): 727-737.

2. Rudy RR, Rosenfeld LB, Galassi JP, Parker J, Schanberg R. Participants’ Perceptions of a peer-helper, telephone-based social support intervention for melanoma patients. Health Communication 2001; 13(3): 285-306.

3. Steinhauser KE, Bosworth HB, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Parker J. Tulsky JA. Initial Assessment of a New Instrument to Measure Quality of Life at the End of Life. Journal of Palliative Medicine (2002); 5(6); 829-841.

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