The validity of the family relationships index as a screening tool for psychological risk in families of cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 546-554

  Edwards, Ben ^a   Clarke, Valerie ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22644446097     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.876     Document Type: Article

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