Patient and health professional's perceived barriers to the delivery of psychosocial care to adults with cancer: A systematic review

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 601-612

  Dilworth, Sophie ^a   Higgins, Isabel ^a,b   Parker, Vicki ^a,c   Kelly, Brian ^d,e   Turner, Jane ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Practice Opportunity and Development (CPOD) Hunter New England Local Health District   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

barriers; cancer; oncology; psychosocial care; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIKERT SCALE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84902110771     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3474     Document Type: Review

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