Current approaches to managing fear of cancer recurrence; A descriptive survey of psychosocial and clinical health professionals

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 390-396

  Thewes, B ^a   Brebach, R ^a   Dzidowska, M ^a   Rhodes, P ^a   Sharpe, L ^a   Butow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; fear of recurrence; health professional; oncology; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL PROFESSIONAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON; TRAINING; WORKER; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84897580785     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3423     Document Type: Article

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