Psychosocial care for patients and their families is integral to supportive care in cancer: MASCC position statement

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Surbone, Antonella ^f   Baider, Lea ^a   Weitzman, Tammy S ^b   Brames, Mary Jacqueline ^c   Rittenberg, Cynthia N ^d   Johnson, Judith ^e  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer   (United States)

^e Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Patients' psychosocial concerns; Psychosocial interventions; Supportive care; Unmetpsychosocial needs

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; SURVIVORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 76549104435     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0693-4     Document Type: Review

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