Reliability of the next of kins' estimates of critically ill patients' quality of life

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1137-1143

  Rogers, J ^a   Ridley, S ^a   Chrispin, P ^a   Scotton, H ^a   Lloyd, D ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Intensive care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030771052     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.240-az0374.x     Document Type: Article

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