Now what? Toward an integrated research and practice agenda in distress screening

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Parry, Carla ^a   Padgett, Lynne S ^a   Zebrack, Brad ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer survivorship; distress management; distress screening; implementation; measurement; psychosocial care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868245162     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.721486     Document Type: Article

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90. Palmer, S. C., and, Coyne, J. C. 2003. Screening for depression in medical care-pitfalls, alternatives, and revised priorities. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54 (4): 279-287.
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