How not to evaluate whether psychosocial interventions benefit patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-338

  Palmer, Steven C ^a   Schroevers, Maya J ^b   Coyne, James C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETTER; PAIN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 79951921340     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1919     Document Type: Letter

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