Oncologists' perception of depressive symptoms in patients with advanced cancer: Accuracy and relational correlates

BMC Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gouveia, Lucie ^a   Lelorain, Sophie ^b   Brédart, Anne ^c   Dolbeault, Sylvie ^c   Bonnaud Antignac, Angélique ^d   Cousson Gélie, Florence ^e   Sultan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Univ Lille   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d Universite de Nantes   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Oncology; Patient centered care; Physician patient relations; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007385137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S40359-015-0063-6     Document Type: Article

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