Screening for distress (the sixth vital sign) in a global recession: Sustainable approach to maintain patient-centered care

Future Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 727-738

  Thomas, Bejoy C ^a   NandaMohan, Vasudevanpillai ^b   Nair, Madhavan K ^c,d   Robinson, John W ^e,f   Pandey, Manoj ^g  

^a Alberta Cancer Board Holy Cross Site ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c Sree Utharadom Thirunal Hospital   (India)

^d REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^g BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Distress; Malignant neoplasm; Patient centered care; Screening; Sixth vital sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ECONOMICS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69849106366     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.09.43     Document Type: Article

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