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Bruce Greenfield PhD

  • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
    Professor Emeritus
  • (404) 712-5660
  • bgreenf@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University, Atlanta
  • Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health Law & Ethics - Certificate Program: Disability, Health and Culture, Emory University, Atlanta
  • Assistant Director and Chair of the Admissions Committee, Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, Emory University, Atlanta

Education

Degrees

  • MA from Loyola University Chicago, Chicago
  • Certificate - Master Teacher Program from Emory University, Atlanta
  • Certificate - Master Teacher Program from Georgia State University, Atlanta
  • PhD from Georgia State University, Atlanta
  • MMSc from Emory University, Atlanta
  • Certificate - Physical Therapy from Emory University, Atlanta
  • BA from Oglethorpe University, Atlanta

Research

Focus

  • My scholarship focuses on strategies to improve patient - centered care. Specifically, I have developed an ethics of care based on phenomenology that contains practical steps to help clinicians to understand the values and concerns of a patient living with disabilities as those values emerge and change over time

Publications

  • Can Reading Tolstoy Make Us Better Physical Therapists? The Role of the Health Humanities in Physical Therapy.
    Phys Ther Volume: 100 Page(s): 885 - 889
    06/23/2020 Authors: Blanton S; Greenfield BH; Jensen GM; Swisher LL; Kirsch NR; Davis C; Purtilo R
  • Clinical narratives in residency education: Exploration of the learning process.
    Physiother Theory Pract Volume: 35 Page(s): 1202 - 1217
    12/01/2019 Authors: Furze JA; Greenfield BH; Barr JB; Geist K; Gale J; Jensen GM
  • Education Research in Physical Therapy: Visions of the Possible.
    Phys Ther Volume: 96 Page(s): 1874 - 1884
    12/01/2016 Authors: Jensen GM; Nordstrom T; Segal RL; McCallum C; Graham C; Greenfield B
  • Ethical Challenges of Health Care Professionals Who Provide Care for Athletes in Team Sports
    PM&R Volume: 7 Page(s): 1091 - 1092
    10/01/2015 Authors: Greenfield BH
  • The Team Physician: Ethical and Legal Issues.
    PM R Volume: 7 Page(s): 1089 - 1094
    10/01/2015 Authors: Blauwet C; Greenfield BH; Ham EL; Spill G; Mukherjee D
  • Power and promise of narrative for advancing physical therapist education and practice.
    Phys Ther Volume: 95 Page(s): 924 - 933
    06/01/2015 Authors: Greenfield BH; Jensen GM; Delany CM; Mostrom E; Knab M; Jampel A
  • Exploring the experiences of novice clinical instructors in physical therapy clinical education: a phenomenological study.
    Physiotherapy Volume: 100 Page(s): 349 - 355
    12/01/2014 Authors: Greenfield BH; Bridges PH; Phillips TA; Drill AN; Gaydosik CD; Krishnan A; Yandziak HJ
  • Ethical issues in sports medicine: a review and justification for ethical decision making and reasoning.
    Sports Health Volume: 4 Page(s): 475 - 479
    11/01/2012 Authors: Greenfield BH; West CR
  • Phenomenology as a philosophical orientation for understanding the transformative experience of disabling illness.
    Top Stroke Rehabil Volume: 18 Page(s): 35 - 39
    01/01/2011 Authors: Greenfield B
  • Understanding the lived experiences of patients: application of a phenomenological approach to ethics.
    Phys Ther Volume: 90 Page(s): 1185 - 1197
    08/01/2010 Authors: Greenfield BH; Jensen GM
  • Beyond a code of ethics: phenomenological ethics for everyday practice.
    Physiother Res Int Volume: 15 Page(s): 88 - 95
    06/01/2010 Authors: Greenfield B; Jensen GM
  • The meaning of caring from the perspectives of patients undergoing physical therapy.
    J Allied Health Volume: 39 Page(s): e43 - e47
    01/01/2010 Authors: Greenfield B; Keough E; Lynn S; Little D; Portela C
  • Phenomenology: an alternative ethics in rehabilitation.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil Volume: 88 Page(s): 955 - 958
    11/01/2009 Authors: Greenfield B
  • Advancements in contemporary physical therapy research: use of mixed methods designs.
    Phys Ther Volume: 89 Page(s): 91 - 100
    01/01/2009 Authors: Rauscher L; Greenfield BH
  • Meaning of caring to 7 novice physical therapists during their first year of clinical practice.
    Phys Ther Volume: 88 Page(s): 1154 - 1166
    10/01/2008 Authors: Greenfield BH; Anderson A; Cox B; Tanner MC
  • The meaning of caring in five experienced physical therapists.
    Physiother Theory Pract Volume: 22 Page(s): 175 - 187
    09/01/2006 Authors: Greenfield BH
  • Posture in patients with shoulder overuse injuries and healthy individuals.
    J Orthop Sports Phys Ther Volume: 21 Page(s): 287 - 295
    05/01/1995 Authors: Greenfield B; Catlin PA; Coats PW; Green E; McDonald JJ; North C
  • Comparison of the effects of exercise in water and on land on the rehabilitation of patients with intra-articular anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.
    Phys Ther Volume: 74 Page(s): 710 - 719
    08/01/1994 Authors: Tovin BJ; Wolf SL; Greenfield BH; Crouse J; Woodfin BA
  • Isokinetic and isometric measurement of strength of external rotation and abduction of the shoulder.
    J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume: 75 Page(s): 1254
    08/01/1993 Authors: Greenfield B; Johanson M
  • Treatment of instability of the shoulder with an exercise program.
    J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume: 75 Page(s): 311 - 312
    02/01/1993 Authors: Greenfield B; Johanson M; Donatelli R; Gonzalez Z
  • The application of open and closed kinematic chain exercises in rehabilitation of the lower extremity.
    J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil Volume: 2 Page(s): 38 - 51
    01/01/1992 Authors: Greenfield BH; Tovin BJ
  • Effects of strength training on throwing velocity and shoulder muscle performance in teenage baseball players.
    J Orthop Sports Phys Ther Volume: 15 Page(s): 223 - 228
    01/01/1992 Authors: Wooden MJ; Greenfield B; Johanson M; Litzelman L; Mundrane M; Donatelli RA
  • Isokinetic evaluation of shoulder rotational strength between the plane of scapula and the frontal plane.
    Am J Sports Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 124 - 128
    01/01/1990 Authors: Greenfield BH; Donatelli R; Wooden MJ; Wilkes J
  • The influence of cephalostatic ear rods on the positions of the head and neck during postural recordings.
    Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop Volume: 95 Page(s): 312 - 318
    04/01/1989 Authors: Greenfield B; Kraus S; Lawrence E; Wolf SL
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