Disparities in psychosocial cancer care: a report from the International Federation of Psycho-oncology Societies.

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The aim of the study was to understand the characteristics of the International Federation of Psycho-oncology Societies (FPOS) and possible disparities in providing psychosocial care in countries where psycho-oncology societies exist.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Psychooncology

Title: Psycho-oncology

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN (Electronic): 1099-1611

ISSN (Print): 1057-9249

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 25

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. luigi.grassi@unife.it.

[2 ] Department of Neuropsychiatry and Palliative Care Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

[3 ] Faraja Cancer Support Trust and Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya.

[4 ] Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

[5 ] Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

[6 ] Department of Psychosocial and Rehabilitation Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, and Department of Psychosocial Oncology, Daniel Family Leadership Chair in Psychosocial Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

[7 ] Psycho-oncology Service, Clinical Center of the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.

[8 ] Centre for Psycho-oncological Research and Training, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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DOI: 10.1002/pon.4228

PubMed ID: 27452183

SO-VID: 5b285246-21fc-416b-af68-600199f3c95e

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Keywords: Federation Psycho-oncology Societies,cancer,disparities,oncology,psycho-oncology,psychosocial care

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Keywords: Federation Psycho-oncology Societies, cancer, disparities, oncology, psycho-oncology, psychosocial care

Disparities in psychosocial cancer care: a report from the International Federation of Psycho-oncology Societies.

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