Removing the stress from selecting instruments: Arming social workers to take leadership in routine distress screening implementation

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 667-678

  Rohan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

distress screening implementation; distress screening in cancer patients; oncology social workers; social work leadership role

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY 18; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL WORKER; SOMATIZATION; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868245386     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2012.721487     Document Type: Article

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