Routine assessment of social difficulties in cancer patients: Are we opening Pandora's box?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1425-1432

  Podmore, Emma J ^a   Bingham, Laura C ^a   Roberts, Kathryn M ^b   Selby, Peter J ^a   Wright, Penny ^a   Velikova, Galina ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Patient centred assessment; Psychosocial; Referral rates; Social difficulties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DIFFICULTY INVENTORY; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350156607     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0690-7     Document Type: Article

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