Provision of Psychosocial Care for Cancer Patients

• Main Authors: Kathleen Abrahamson PhD, RN (Author), Morgan Durham MHA (Author), Kelli Norton BS (Author), Bradley N. Doebbeling MD, MSc (Author), Caroline Carney Doebbeling MD (Author), James G. Anderson PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although common, psychosocial distress is frequently under diagnosed and untreated in the US health care system. Previous research shows that cancer patients have unmet psychosocial needs, and provision of psychosocial care frequently falls to primary care providers who may lack the resources to ade...