Reducing distress in cancer patients with an orientation program

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-217

  McQuellon, Richard P ^a   Wells, Michael ^b   Hoffman, Sara ^a   Craven, Brenda ^a   Russell, Greg ^a   Cruz, Julia ^a   Hurt, Gail ^a   DeChatelet, Pat ^a   Andrykowski, Michael A ^c   Savage, Paul ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Surry County Schools ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7144228631     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199805/06)7:3<207::AID-PON304>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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