Screening for Distress, the 6th Vital Sign, as the Connective Tissue of Health Care Systems: A Roadmap to Integrated Interdisciplinary Person-centred Care

Clinical Psycho-Oncology: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-96

  Bultz, Barry D ^a   Loscalzo, Matthew J ^b,c   Clark, Karen L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Sheri and Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center   (United States)

^c City of Hope ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer care systems, integrating resources ensuring patients' concerns; City of Hope, California, USA, SupportScreen, patient friendly data entry; Integrated interdisciplinary patient centred care; Key driver of the Integrated Symptom Relief Service, the Screening for Distress; Screening for Distress, a roadmap to person centred care; Screening for Distress, the connective tissue of the health care system; Screening, as the standard of clinical care in institutions; Supportive care programme based on person centred care; The 6th Vital Sign, an accomplishment person centred; The 6th Vital Sign, problem based Screening for Distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879968091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119941101.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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