Usefulness of pharmacist-assisted screening and psychiatric referral program for outpatients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-654

  Ito, Tatsuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Ken ^b,c   Ichida, Yasuhiko ^c   Ishibashi, Yuki ^b   Akizuki, Nobuya ^d   Ogawa, Asao ^c   Fujimori, Maiko ^c   Kaneko, Naoko ^e   Ueda, Ikuyo ^c   Nakayama, Kazuhiko ^a   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Health Medical Care Public Corporation East Hospital Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

adjustment disorder; cancer; chemotherapy; major depressive disorder; oncology; outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISTRESS AND IMPACT THERMOMETER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCREENING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79957873663     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1945     Document Type: Article

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