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Barry D. Bultz

Barry D. Bultz

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
8819
World Ranking
8444
National Ranking
568

Overview

Barry D. Bultz is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Clinical Psychology is also represented among their subfields of study.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including cancer survivorship and care, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, family support in illness, palliative care and end-of-life issues, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, family and disability support research, and mental health and psychiatry.

Barry D. Bultz has published extensively in frequent venues such as Supportive Care in Cancer, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, Research Square, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, and ONCOLOGY.

  • Lessons learned about virtual cancer care and distress screening in the time of COVID-19 (2021, Supportive Care in Cancer)
  • The effectiveness of a men-only supportive expressive group therapy intervention for psychosocial health outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a 6-month longitudinal study (2021, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
  • Psychosocial risk, symptom burden, and concerns in families affected by childhood cancer (2021, Supportive Care in Cancer)
  • From foundation to inspiration: implementing screening for distress (6th Vital Sign) for optimal cancer care-international leadership perspectives on program development (2021, Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice)
  • Psycho-Oncology and the Relevance of a Biopsychosocial Screening Program (2022, ONCOLOGY)

Frequent coauthors in their research include Fiona Schulte, Devesh Oberoi, Celestina Martopullo, Linda E. Carlson, and Linda Watson.

Best Publications

  • High levels of untreated distress and fatigue in cancer patients

    L E Carlson;M Angen;M Angen;J Cullum;E Goodey

  • The NCCN Guideline for Distress Management: A Case for Making Distress the Sixth Vital Sign

    Jimmie C. Holland;Barry D. Bultz

  • Cancer distress screening. Needs, models, and methods.

    Linda E Carlson;Linda E Carlson;Barry D Bultz;Barry D Bultz

  • Emotional distress: the sixth vital sign--future directions in cancer care.

    Barry D. Bultz;Barry D. Bultz;Linda E. Carlson

  • Efficacy and medical cost offset of psychosocial interventions in cancer care: making the case for economic analyses.

    Linda E. Carlson;Barry D. Bultz;Barry D. Bultz

  • Screening for Distress in Lung and Breast Cancer Outpatients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Linda E. Carlson;Shannon L. Groff;Olga Maciejewski;Barry D. Bultz

  • Emotional distress: the sixth vital sign in cancer care.

    Barry D. Bultz;Linda E. Carlson

  • Impact of computerized quality of life screening on physician behaviour and patient satisfaction in lung cancer outpatients.

    Paul Taenzer;Barry D. Bultz;Linda E. Carlson;Michael Speca

  • Benefits of psychosocial oncology care: Improved quality of life and medical cost offset

    Linda E Carlson;Barry D Bultz

  • Is there a cost to poor communication in cancer care?: a critical review of the literature.

    Sally E Thorne;Barry D Bultz;Walter F Baile

  • A randomized controlled trial of a brief psychoeducational support group for partners of early stage breast cancer patients.

    Barry D. Bultz;Michael Speca;Penny M. Brasher;Peter H.S. Geggie

  • Implementing screening for distress, the 6th vital sign: a Canadian strategy for changing practice.

    Barry D. Bultz;Shannon L. Groff;Margaret Fitch;Marie Claude Blais

  • What goes up does not always come down: patterns of distress, physical and psychosocial morbidity in people with cancer over a one year period.

    Linda E. Carlson;Amy Waller;Shannon L. Groff;Janine Giese-Davis;Janine Giese-Davis

  • Screening for Distress, the 6th Vital Sign: where are we, and where are we going?

    Barry D. Bultz;Barry D. Bultz;Christoffer Johansen

  • Emotional distress in patients with cancer: the sixth vital sign

    Barry D. Bultz;Jimmie C. Holland

  • Facilitators and obstacles to sperm banking in young men receiving gonadotoxic chemotherapy for cancer: the perspective of survivors and health care professionals

    Marie A. Achille;Zeev Rosberger;Zeev Rosberger;Roxane Robitaille;Sophie Lebel

  • Partners of Cancer Patients: Part I. Impact, Adjustment, and Coping Across the Illness Trajectory

    Linda E. Carlson;Barry D. Bultz;Michael Speca;Mereille St. Pierre

  • Mind-body interventions in oncology.

    Linda E. Carlson;Linda E. Carlson;Barry D. Bultz;Barry D. Bultz

  • Partner understanding of the breast and prostate cancer experience.

    Linda E. Carlson;Nicki Ottenbreit;Mereille St. Pierre;Barry D. Bultz

  • Computerized quality-of-life screening in an oncology clinic.

    P A Taenzer;M Speca;M J Atkinson;B D Bultz

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda E. Carlson
Linda E. Carlson University of Calgary
Michael Speca
Michael Speca University of Calgary
Thomas F. Hack
Thomas F. Hack University of Manitoba
Luigi Grassi
Luigi Grassi University of Ferrara
David W. Kissane
David W. Kissane University of Notre Dame Australia
Maggie Watson
Maggie Watson University of Strathclyde
Phyllis Butow
Phyllis Butow University of Sydney
Jimmie C. Holland
Jimmie C. Holland Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jane Turner
Jane Turner University of Queensland
Janine Giese-Davis
Janine Giese-Davis University of Calgary

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