Attitudes of Canadian oncology practitioners toward psychosocial interventions in clinical and research settings in women with breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-189

  Elizabeth Del Giudice, M ^a,b   Leszcz, Molyn ^c   Pritchard, Kathleen I ^d   Vincent, Leslie ^c   Goodwin, Pamela ^a,b,e,f  

^a Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 12644274681     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199709)6:3<178::AID-PON271>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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