Tradeoffs between quality and quantity of life: Development of the QQ questionnaire for cancer patient attitudes

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-192

  Stiggelbout, Anne M ^a   De Haes, J C J M ^b   Kiebert, Gwendoline M ^b   Kievit, Job ^b   Leer, Jan Willem H ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

health state utilities; oncology; patient preferences; quality of life; side effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029964249     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600211     Document Type: Article

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