Psychosocial screening and assessment in oncology and palliative care settings

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Grassi, Luigi ^a,b   Caruso1, Rosangela ^a   Sabato1, Silvana ^a   Massarenti, Sara ^a   Nanni, Maria G ^a,b   Aguiari, Letizia ^c   Battista, Silvia ^c   Bongiovanni, Luca ^c   Colla, Cristina ^c   Faccini, Ambra ^c   Fusaro, Laura ^c   Gambetti, Francesca ^c   Malanchin, Doralice ^c   Marangoni, Ciro ^c   Martino, Elena ^c   Negrelli, Laura ^c   Piazza, Giulia ^c   Pivelli, Alice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S Anna University Hospital and Health Authority   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; DCPR; DSM5; Psycho oncology; Psychosocial dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926682566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01485     Document Type: Article

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