Population-based standardized symptom screening: Cancer Care Ontario's edmonton symptom assessment system and performance status initiatives

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-214

  Pereira, José ^a,b,c,d,e   Green, Esther ^a,b,c,d,e   Molloy, Sean ^a,b,c,d,e   Dudgeon, Deborah ^a,b,c,d,e   Howell, Doris ^a,b,c,d,e   Krzyzanowska, Monika K ^a,b,c,d,e   Mahase, Wenonah ^a,b,c,d,e   Tabing, Reena ^a,b,c,d,e   Urowitz, Sara ^a,b,c,d,e   Macdougall, Laura ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84907065050     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2014.001390     Document Type: Review

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