Implementing a screening programme for distress in cancer settings: Science and practice

Psicooncologia

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 259-275

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Distress; Distress thermometer; Oncology; Psychosocial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

EID: 84872200950     PISSN: 16967240     EISSN: 19888287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_PSIC.2013.v9.n2-3.40896     Document Type: Review

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