Journal article
Cancer Care Professionals' Attitudes Toward Systematic Standardized Symptom Assessment and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System After Large-Scale Population-Based Implementation in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
CONTEXT: Cancer patients experience a high symptom burden throughout their illness. Despite this, patients' symptoms and needs are often not adequately screened for, assessed, and managed.
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the attitudes of cancer care professionals toward standardized systematic symptom assessment and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) and their self-reported use of the instrument in daily practice in a large …
Authors
Pereira JL; Chasen MR; Molloy S; Amernic H; Brundage MD; Green E; Kurkjian S; Krzyzanowska MK; Mahase W; Shabestari O
Journal
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 662–672.e8
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.11.023
ISSN
0885-3924