Screening for distress: A role for oncology nursing

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-337

  Fitch, Margaret I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

psychosocial distress; screening for distress; supportive care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958864583     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32834791a1     Document Type: Review

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