The influence of personal expectations on cancer patients' reports of health-related quality of life

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Wan, George J ^a   Counte, Michael A ^a   Cella, David F ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030904460     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199703)6:1<1::AID-PON230>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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