Screening for distress and unmet needs in patients with cancer: Review and recommendations

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1160-1177

  Carlson, Linda E ^a,b   Waller, Amy ^b   Mitchell, Alex J ^c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER NEEDS DISTRESS INVENTORY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROBLEMS IN LIVING SCALE; CANCER REHABILITATION EVALUATION SYSTEM; CANCER SURVIVORS UNMET NEEDS; CANCER TREATMENT SURVEY; COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL IN CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR ADVANCED LUNG CANCER PATIENTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED CANCER PATIENTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL: PROGRESSIVE DISEASE CANCER; NEEDS EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE; NEEDS NEAR THE END OF LIFE SCALE; PATIENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREEN FOR PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE NEEDS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; SCREENING; SHEFFIELD PROFILE FOR ASSESSMENT AND REFERRAL TO CARE; THREE LEVELS OF NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DEPRESSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84861556080     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.5509     Document Type: Review

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