How and for whom? Asking questions about the utility of psychosocial interventions for individuals diagnosed with cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 4818-4820

  Stanton, Annette L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 24644472519     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.913     Document Type: Editorial

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