Objectives: To (a) compare the domains of distress between patients who were distressed
and patients who were not distressed and (b) examine the relationship between the National …

In specialty clinics, a staff physician is often required to direct patient flow through the clinic
and performs all documentation for coding/billing. In response to the workload created by …

Purpose: To investigate the use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to assess
symptoms and how they can provide opportunities to clinicians to address symptoms in a …

The use of new information and communication technologies has become widespread in
daily life. In recent years, these technologies have also extended into healthcare settings …

Background: Pain in people with cancer is common but often under-recognized and under-
treated. Guidelines can improve the quality of pain care, but need targeted strategies to …

Psychosocial and behavioral approaches to cancer treatment have been demonstrated to
improve clinical outcomes and are recommended by the Institute of Medicine for improving …

Background Within the generalist-plus-specialist palliative care model, palliative care is
mainly provided by nurses and physicians of hospital primary care teams. Palliative care …

Background: Cancer treatment and management require complicated clinical decision
making to provide the highest quality of care for an individual patient. This is facilitated in …

DISCUSSION Although literature in four languages was used in this analysis, this does not
provide a definitive exploration of comfort from the standpoint of different cultures. Some …

Purpose/Objectives: To identify priority areas of research for the Oncology Nursing Society
(ONS) Research Agenda for 2014–2018, consistent with ONS's mission to promote …