The Five Steps of Comprehensive Psychosocial Distress Screening

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lazenby, Mark ^a   Tan, Hui ^a   Pasacreta, Nick ^a   Ercolano, Elizabeth ^a   McCorkle, Ruth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care; Distress; Five step; Management; Psychosocial; Whole patient

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SCREENING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CANCER CENTER; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84926284137     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-015-0447-z     Document Type: Review

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