Use of distress thermometers in an outpatient oncology setting

Health and Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-297

  Frost, Glenn W ^a   Zevon, Michael A ^a   Gruber, Marcia ^a   Scrivani, Rosa A ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OUTPATIENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857678944     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/36.4.293     Document Type: Review

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