Psychosocial concerns of cancer patients in Singapore

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages e96-e103

  Mahendran, Rathi ^a,b   Lim, Haikel A ^b   Chua, Joanne ^a   Lim, Siew Eng ^c   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cancer patient; chemotherapy; emotional distress; psychosocial need; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS THERMOMETER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUROQOL QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; FAMILY CONCERN; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT WORRY; PROBLEM LIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SADNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ETIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927549466     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajco.12344     Document Type: Article

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