What do 1281 distress screeners tell us about cancer patients in a community cancer center?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 594-600

  Kendall, Jeff ^a   Glaze, Kelly ^b   Oakland, Shari ^b   Hansen, Jeanice ^b   Parry, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; distress; distress screening; oncology; psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; DIETITIAN; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957797248     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1907     Document Type: Article

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