Individual Psychological Support for Cancer Patients: Utilisation and Patient Satisfaction.

Hellbom, Maria; Brandberg, Yvonne; Glimelius, Bengt; Sjoden, Per-Olow

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ERIC Number: EJ587238

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Individual Psychological Support for Cancer Patients: Utilisation and Patient Satisfaction.

Hellbom, Maria; Brandberg, Yvonne; Glimelius, Bengt; Sjoden, Per-Olow

Patient Education and Counseling, v34 n3 p247-56 Jul 1998

Evaluates a short-term, problem-focused Individual Psychological Support (IPS intervention in a study with cancer patients (N=527). Results show that a majority of responding patients stated that their problems were addressed to a great extent, that the number of contacts was adequate, and the IPS came at the right time. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Behaviorism, Cancer, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation, Intervention, Mastery Learning, Outcomes of Treatment, Patients, Satisfaction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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