How feasible is implementation of distress screening by cancer clinicians in routine clinical care?

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6260-6269

  Mitchell, Alex J ^a   Lord, Karen ^b   Slattery, Jo ^b   Grainger, Lorraine ^b   Symonds, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; depression; diagnosis; distress; implementation; satisfaction; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EMOTION THERMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SATISFACTION; SCREENING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870665783     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27648     Document Type: Article

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