Positive influence of a liaison program on the rate of psychiatric consultation referrals for cancer patients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-278

  Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a,e   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Okamura, Hitoshi ^a,b   Kugaya, Akira ^a   Zensho, Hidenodu ^c   Kagaya, Akira ^c   Saeki, Toshinari ^c   Okamoto, Yasumasa ^d   Nishida, Akira ^d   Takedayashi, Minoru ^c   Yamawaki, Shigeto ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KURE MEDICAL CENTER AND CHUGOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Psychiatric consultation; Psychiatric liaison; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 13144259637     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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