Cancer Care Ontario's experience with implementation of routine physical and psychological symptom distress screening

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-364

  Dudgeon, Deborah ^a   King, Susan ^a   Howell, Doris ^b   Green, Esther ^a   Gilbert, Julie ^a   Hughes, Erin ^a   Lalonde, Brendon ^a   Angus, Helen ^a   Sawka, Carol ^a  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer symptoms; Distress screening; ESAS; Improvment; Oncology; Quality

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; TEACHING; WORKFLOW;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PAIN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958794479     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1918     Document Type: Review

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