Implementation of the edmonton symptom assessment systemfor symptom distress screening at a community cancer center: A pilot program

Oncologist

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 995-1001

  Hui, David ^a,b   Titus, Annie ^c   Curtis, Tiffany ^c   Ho Nguyen, Vivian Trang ^c   Frederickson, Delisa ^c   Wray, Curtis ^d   Granville, Tenisha ^c   Bruera, Eduardo ^a   McKee, Donna K ^c   Rieber, Alyssa ^b  

^a Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health plan implementation; Mass screening; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Psychological stress; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TRAINING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRENDS;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85027323191     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0500     Document Type: Article

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