Unmet psychosocial needs among cancer patients undergoing ambulatory care in Singapore

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1049-1056

  Ng, Raymond ^a   Verkooijen, Helena Marieke ^b,c   Ooi, London Lucien ^a   Koh, Woon Puay ^c  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Oncology; Unmet needs; Unmet psychosocial needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVORS' UNMET NEEDS MEASURE QUESTIONNAIRE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNMET PSYCHOSOCIAL NEED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84863475731     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1181-1     Document Type: Article

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