Public policy, human consequences: The gap between biomedicine and psychosocial reality

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 697-703

  McMurtry, Robert ^a   Bultz, Barry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial oncology care; Medical and psychological care; Mental health and health care policy; Policy and psychosocial cancer care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOMEDICINE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SICK ROLE;

EID: 24944543777     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.938     Document Type: Article

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