Acceptability of common screening methods used to detect distress and related mood disorders - Preferences of cancer specialists and non-specialists

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-236

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a,b   Kaar, Stephen ^a   Coggan, Chris ^b   Herdman, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer and oncology; Depression; Detection; Distress; Distress thermometer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOOD DISORDER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SKILL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 40949141965     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1228     Document Type: Article

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