\’Distress Thermometer\’ a new focus of patient concern

November 18, 2014 

PHILADELPHIA — When the staff at Abington Memorial Hospital handed the breast cancer patient its new \”Distress Thermometer\” questionnaire, she instantly felt conflicted. How could she, an early-stage patient with a good prognosis, say how she was really feeling when she saw how much worse off others in the radiation-treatment waiting room were? She left it…

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